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Best broken underground PVC pipe fix?

What's the best way to fix this? This morning, the missus went out with the grandsons and came back a min later "there's a puddle outside" which is bad news since we are in a drought.



This is what I hate about PVC. If you have to cut out a broken piece, you're then left with something too short or otherwise off for a straight forward fix. I'm hoping someone can tell me the magic secret.

The exposed 3/4" between the T and the 45º is .9". So that might be enough to put a male/female coupling then connect a 45 to the end of that, but then what to do at the other end of the 45º? If I use a regular female/female coupling, how do I get everything back together without bending/breaking more sheiße? In the past, I've used screw together couplings that enable a direct fit. And if there's a direct break in the future, hopefully, just unscrew one end. But I have to think that's not the "best/right" way to fix it.

Last edited by masraum; 08-03-2022 at 01:25 PM..
Old 08-03-2022, 01:15 PM
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