Sigh... I've been pulling up weeds in my back yard. I put a hole in a water line

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Current Events » Sigh... I've been pulling up weeds in my back yard. I put a hole in a water line
CableZL
03/12/2024
07:52 PM
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Fortunately water only goes through this line if my sprinklers are running... now I can't find my duct tape
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ForsakenHermit
03/12/2024
07:54 PM
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Another reason not to own a home.
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Heineken14
03/12/2024
07:55 PM
#5
Now we'll know who to blame when Texas has a drought!
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CableZL
03/12/2024
07:55 PM
#6
16-BITTER posted...
Duct tape isn't water proof, you need that flex seal shit or something similar

Yeah, I ordered some proper hose repair tape
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CableZL
03/12/2024
07:56 PM
#7
mobilebloechel posted...
Damn what were you using?
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I use this because it pulls up the roots along with the weed most of the time. I've pulled up my water line before, and I was trying to bury it again but it poked a hole in the hose. damn it, lol
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Shotgunnova
03/12/2024
07:59 PM
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vycebrand2
03/12/2024
08:00 PM
#10
I've laid a lot of pipe.
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CableZL
03/12/2024
08:00 PM
#11
mobilebloechel posted...
Oh yeah those are great, I agree. Good luck with your water!

Yeah... if it was a case where the water was just running non-stop, I'd be a bit more panicked. I'd have to shut water off to the house and go get some appropriate tape immediately, but my sprinkers aren't set to go off until next week any way. And I can delay it as much as I want.
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__aCEr__
03/12/2024
08:06 PM
#12
Nothing better than Grampa's weed.
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drclaeys
03/12/2024
08:44 PM
#13
Friends,

How are your water pipes that close to the service??

Of course we live in Michigan, and here it freezes, so ours are DEEP.

Seems like your sprinkler people did it cheap, and put them to shallow.
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CableZL
03/13/2024
05:20 PM
#14
Welp... taping it up isn't working... I wonder how much this is gonna cost to fix
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bnui_ransder
03/13/2024
05:24 PM
#15
What size pipe and what type of pipe

Depending on the type and size of pipe, you could just use a repair clamp

Even more so if you said it's not in constant service

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$10-ish
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CableZL
03/13/2024
05:45 PM
#16
bnui_ransder posted...
What size pipe and what type of pipe

Depending on the type and size of pipe, you could just use a repair clamp

Even more so if you said it's not in constant service


The part that got pulled up is more like a rubber hose. Not sure of the size. Would that still work?
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emblem-man
03/13/2024
05:49 PM
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CableZL posted...
The part that got pulled up is more like a rubber hose. Not sure of the size. Would that still work?
This kind of tubing?

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bnui_ransder
03/13/2024
05:51 PM
#18
CableZL posted...
The part that got pulled up is more like a rubber hose. Not sure of the size. Would that still work?
It should if its just one puncture

If not then it should be finding the size of the pipe, cutting off maybe 6 inches (3 inches in each direction from the hole and attaching a new section of pipe, connected to the old one with rubber boots for couplers, something like this vid

https://youtu.be/Ox902Rqg0sA?feature=shared

It's not a high pressure line so I believe a clamp type of patch over the hole SHOULD work
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CableZL
03/13/2024
05:56 PM
#19
Cutting the line is certainly gonna be an adventure... let me look up those parts and tools. I guess the first thing I'll need to get is something to cut the tube with. I'll probably do that this weekend so I'll have plenty of time to run back and forth to the store. I'll have to cut the tube, then take the piece of tube to the store and get the right size couplings.
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CableZL
03/14/2024
02:20 PM
#20
I noticed some of my sprinkler heads were broken as well. So I just had a company come out and do all the necessary work and it cost me $155, which is way less than what. I thought it would be. They also buried the line deeper and put some kind of staples down to help hold it in place.
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bnui_ransder
03/14/2024
07:13 PM
#21
Well that doesn't seem to bad, yeah
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ToadallyAwesome
03/14/2024
07:17 PM
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CableZL posted...
I noticed some of my sprinkler heads were broken as well. So I just had a company come out and do all the necessary work and it cost me $155, which is way less than what. I thought it would be. They also buried the line deeper and put some kind of staples down to help hold it in place.

That sounds like a steal just in terms of peace of mind and not having to mess around with it yourself. The price being reasonable is just a bonus.
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eggcorn
03/14/2024
07:39 PM
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CableZL posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8e1167ea.jpg

I use this because it pulls up the roots along with the weed most of the time. I've pulled up my water line before, and I was trying to bury it again but it poked a hole in the hose. damn it, lol
My wife bought one of those and then used it once.
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CableZL
03/14/2024
07:39 PM
#24
eggcorn posted...
My wife bought one of those and then used it once.

lol

I've used mine a ton. Makes it so much faster and easier to pull weeds up.
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kingdrake2
03/14/2024
07:58 PM
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CableZL posted...
weeds


fucking weeds drilled into his pipe and now he owes money to the repair people... gawd damnit.
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