Hi all. Here's the story. Broken PVC pipe under the paver stones. This is a return line to the pool (sends water back to the pool from the filter / heater equipment). Our area has a lot of land movement, and the pipe broke at the 45-degree joint. This is the 2nd 45-degree joint like this that has broken. I had the other one repaired by someone else for $750 last year, which I thought was really expensive at the time. This time, they wanted $950. Seems like about three hours of work. Could be cheaper to hire my attorney to repair the pipe, but that's a discussion for the politics OT forum.
So, I can cut the pipe back and replace a fitting, but the 45-degree bend makes "traditional" repair solutions a bit unrealistic. Since this is a pressure-side pipe, I was thinking of putting in a flexible coupling here - like FlexPVC or even some type of heater hose. I'm not sure how durable that would be underground. I was also thinking of putting a little box around the connection with some wood, so if I have to reach it again, I don't have to dig too far underground.
I'm leaning towards cutting off the fitting (already started to chip away at it), and then attaching some of that FlexPVC to perform the repair, and also to maintain some flexibility in the pipe. I'm hoping there are no more 45-degree bends like these along this pipe - I'm actually not sure why they were installed there to begin with.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
-Wayne
