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Originally Posted by Baz

No sense in offering advice if you have someone in the business coming.

But....don't see a broken 90....but I wonder if that's a nipple that broke on top there.

PVC nipple?

If so, replace with galvanized version and that should do it. Also wouldn't hurt to brace or support that pipe somehow. Maybe a 4x4 post & strapping?

Yes, I believe the top (cap/reducer/seal) on the well has either a PVC nipple that broke. But the plumber said that the PVC used on wells is different than what you'd get at a hardware store. He was just looking at a photo, likely on his phone while he was traveling to another state, so I don't know how closely he looked.

I think our well may be a bit different, but it's in roughly the same position as the nipple in this photo that passes through the seal. I don't want to remove the seal.


This is what broke last time. They replaced the broken PVC 90º elbow with a bronze elbow. If they'd put another pvc elbow in, that probably would have broken and I'd be able to replace it myself. But since they went with bronze, it moved the failure point.