/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Why don't you just replace the pipes?

>>1328258
Trying to avoid that- but after trying one more fix its either that or call a plumber.

>>1328258
>>1328267
Also the leak is real close to the concrete- to replace it I would have break up some of that cement, thanks tho.

There's something you could order,I forgot exactly what it was called, but i think it was called "flex seal" and it will seal anything, go check it out.

>>1328268
Do it the right way and call a plumber, you don't have the skills to do it yourself.

>>1328272
Haven't had much luck with flex seal- always needs a repeat pretty quick, but thanks

.>>1328273
Yeah, like I was saying its fix, replace, cap, or call a plumber, just going see if there are any recommendations I haven't though of.

>>1328254
lol@repair

its a pipe not a broken bone

what the hell is that anyway? where does it go?

>>1328292
Right... haha, its the hot water to a faucet i have in the garage- wouldn't be the end of the world to just cap it.

>>1328267
>trying one more fix

...A-are you going to encase it in concrete or Great Stuff?

The good whacks with a sledge hammer will bust that 80 yr old crete....slip a compression fittin on the pipe and be done with it...take an hour at best

Three good whacks with a sledge hammer will bust that 80 yr old crete....slip a compression fittin on the pipe and be done with it...take an hour at best....

>>1328254
You should replace it, but if you want something that works, use marineweld from jb weld brand. It's intended for fucking boats. Apply it properly, let it cure and no water will leak, and it's food safe I think.

>>1328344
Nigger rigger replies to Nigger rigger
exchange phone numbers spoogelords

>>1328314
cap it where it originates under/near house if you don't feel like redoing it. It's likely leaking under that concrete as well where the lime eats the metal. What kind of jackass would run hot and cold galvanized water lines from a house then up out of the ground into the side of the building, uninsulated, unprotected, and then pour concrete on it?
Worse yet, it looks like black steel not galvanized, which means it's probably got holes all through it under ground. Go look at meter and see how much water is being wasted.
If you want to keep it, get concrete saw or sledge hammer and rerun it with pex from house or at least the last few feet, through pvc, and then replace concrete. Pex doesn't like UV/sunlight and you'd want to protect it from the concrete scratching it up.

How much pressure? If low Cut the pipes off a few inches before it enters the building and a few inches above the concrete and patch it with PVC and fermco's.

>>1328467
nigger lives in Louisiana all they know is killing and moonshine

bust the concrete with a goddamn sledge hammer around the pipe...slip a compression fitting and tie back into the main or go fuck yourself bottom dwelling beggar faggot

>>1328510
and yet another fucking nigger rigger adds his two cents...don't quit your day job mcdumbass

>>1328467
How would you run hot water to a house you nut fumbler? The water heater is inside the house. Hot water isn't provided by the water company...ITT full blown fucking retards

Did I catch it right that this is a line going out of the house to an outdoor faucet?

>>1328682
>>1328519
>>1328386

What's with the baby ragers lately? Normally they quiet down this time of year because of school.

>>1328685
>What is district heating
It is often provided by the city, at least in civilized countries

>>1328826
>baby ragers
go back to twitch chat you stream monster piece of human garbage

>>1328685
I don't know, maybe with something other than galvanized or black steel directly in contact with concrete as well as exposed to the elements uninsulated.

>Just like every other hot water line in a house that isn't installed by a retard.

Do you really think that there is some need for metal pipe to be directly in contact with shit that eats it for it to work? Or do you think that lines that don't sit exposed to freeze up in the winter are somehow deficient?

We now not only have people who give wrong advice/answers, people who do bad work, people who justify bad work, but now people who DEMAND that work must look like it was designed by drunk 3 year olds and installed by rabid monkeys.

>>1328861
>twitch chat
Swing and a miss newfag.

>>1328254
Do it right the first time or don't do it at all.

>>1328338
Agreed. It's time to be a man Anon; bust that shit up with a sledge, buy you some real pipe wrenches, like every man has, get some heavy duty paste, the proper fittings, you might need a union, bag of concrete, and get it done. Your time has come, Anon. Can you be a Man?

>>1328522
>Ferncos on a pressure line

Pure genius

>>1329558
>doesn't know the difference between a fernco and a compression fitting
Real fags of genius

>>1329523
>paste

Pipe dope?

>>1329560
Replied to wrong post. See >>1328510

>>1329560
Also, aren't compression fitting CTS and not IPS therefore they wouldn't work?

>>1329561

>>1329561
Two

>>1329567
Don't forget the teflon

>>1329561
Bust concrete to find the next connection. You will need one of these, pay attention as you take it apart. This will be require the most skill...

That old shit wont brea k loose

Yes it will.

>>1329581
>>1329579
Doesn't matter, he's going to have to try. We learn by making mistakes sometimes.

cut pipe 2" from wall and 2" from pad . Clean pipes with sand paper and slide compression fittin on each. Buy two short sections of galvy pipe, dope the ends and screw into elbow. slide pipes sticking out of elbow into each compression fitting and tighten...1 hour job. Take longer to dig that nigger rigged shit off there than to fix it right

>>1329590
Pipe is pretty ragged.

>>1329599
KYS then

>>1329603
Ya, that's what I thought. Getting a seal on that POS may or may not happen. He needs to do it right.

>>1329604
that pipe will sand just fine compression fittings have a large sealing area. Doing it right would be to tear all that shit pipe out and replace it all. Guarantee its half clogged anyway

It's metal. Weld it.

>>1328850
Bullshit. That's so incredibly energy inefficient, there's no way any logical infrastructure would do that.

>>1328254
If that's really just for a faucet, kill the water and use the big ass pipe as conduit to snake a pex line to your sink.

>>1329875
don't quit mcdonalds to pursue a career in plumbing

>>1329877
Ok, I'll bite.

All I see is a nice, slopping 90 degree bend in a 1.5"-2" pipe.

I guess you're getting that it'll reduce in the ground to 3/4", but even if that's the case, get some 1/2" pex and you'll still have water.

>>1329879
You can't bend pex that tight, it would crimp (assuming you were even somehow able to force it through the 90)

>>1329850
Tell that to my water tap. I live in a commieblock and get hot water from the city.

>>1328254

Are these water or drain lines?

If drain lines, then just take an angle grinder or recip saw and cut both of the join out.

Replace with a PVC elbow and two no-nub clamps.

If water lines, then you need to just bite the bullet and repipe the entire line and stop playing with shitty galvanized steel.

>>1330001

>>1330320
Really not hard at all with warm pex and a leader

>>1330320
>>1330324
Those are 2" ID drain lines. The ID of the pipes in OP's picture is probably half that, if not less.

>>1329850
>he doesn't get steam piped directly to his house
heh

>>1330324
runs pex thru a drain...fucking retarded douche nozzle

>>1329850
Are you retarded?
My house, and most others in my neighbourhood, are heated by waste heat from the nearby powerplant.
It's pretty much free compared to natural gas.

Italy here btw.

>>1330734
>Italy here btw
I thought I smelled something

>>1328685
I love this post.

In certain cities, (mainly lib cities) the city center runs hot water into the big buildings and then makes an ass load of money off it.

Iowa City does this because the University wanted it. It's pretty spoopy but totally real

>>1330501
>>1330608
Still, the proof of concept stands - 3/4" pex through a maze of 3 90 bends.

Let's say OP's pipe is 1.5" and has 3 90s (which we see are slopping) spaced pretty far out. Get some 1/2" pex and a snake and give it a try. Better than all this busting up concrete talk.

>>1328685
In the summer you can run incoming water through your attic.

Heats the water and cools the attic.

>>1329850
It's water that they needed to cool anyway, may as well treat it as any other recyclable waste asset and make some profit from it. Once the infrastructure is in place it's basically free money. Shit it might be cheaper than building huge cooling towers or heat exchangers

>>1328338
is american concrete that week
my realy 50 yo concrete driveway is so hard you can hit it with an sledgehammer and the hammer bounces off chipping off a tiny bit of concrete.

>>1329567
>>1329571
>>1329575
You're a fucking idiot

>>1331008
how the fuck do you expect to connect it at the supply end without breaking concrete. Youre a fucking Idiot

>>1331118
wtf ever you weak pussy

>>1328272
I know a guy that built his boat out of flex seal.

>>1333951
This has become a nigger rig thread