Don, My local FLAPS has the stuff on the shelf, so I ordered some for pickup tomorrow morning. I’m thinking I can cut some small scraps of 1” tubing to place over the crack to close the hole up a bit before I apply the stuff.
This is far simpler than trying to wrap something around it. And if it doesn’t work, on to the next suggestion! More as I know it. Thanks! -D > On Apr 18, 2020, at 7:12 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I'm really impressed with this stuff. > Permatex 84115 5-minute Plastic Weld Adhesive, 0.84 oz. > They say it doesn't work with polyethylene, but it did great for me. It's > not so runny that it will drip away from where you are trying to join > pipes, unlike JB Weld Plastic Weld, which it runny. Great if you need it to > run inot a joint, not good otherwise. YMMV > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 6:00 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Can you cut a tee in half and epoxy or solvent weld the pieces to the >> broken piece? >> >> --FT >> Sent from iPhone >> >>> On Apr 18, 2020, at 4:53 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I’m asking because I literally have nothing to lose at this point… >>> >>> I have a 1” schedule 20 PVC sprinkler line that is broken open at a >> joint at a “T” fitting. Normally I would dig up a portion of the line, cut >> the offending portion out and replace it with new pieces. But… >>> >>> There are two 1” lines traveling together, one on top of the other. The >> bottom line has the tee that is broken at the joint on one side, the >> portion of the tee that is parallel to the other line if that makes sense. >> Both lines are literally surrounded with tree roots, as they’re barely 6’ >> from an oak tree that is probably 24” in diameter. The roots of the tree >> have distorted and stressed the lines, causing the top line, which is the >> supply line from my water meter to the sprinkler valves, to flatten out >> some. The bottom line is under the same stress from the surrounding roots, >> but because the tee was present the joint on one side of the tee failed. >>> >>> See it here just after we had a good hard rain: >> http://penoff.com/Photo_Dump.html#1 <http://penoff.com/Photo_Dump.html#1> >>> >>> I can’t possibly cut the roots, as some are as large as 3”-4” >> surrounding these lines. To do so would risk damaging the rather fragile >> lines not to mention I would have to do some serious excavating to get >> enough space to get my chain saw at them. There’s no way I could dig them >> up and “bypass” the tree, as there’s really nowhere to go in close >> proximity that isn’t rootbound. >>> >>> So here’s my Hail Mary: >>> >>> Get some of the Flexseal Flex Tape and try to wrap the affected area on >> the break at the tee. Because the roots have actually grown between the >> lines slightly, there’s probably enough of a gap that I can slip the tape >> through to get all the way around the fitting and still partially attached >> pipe. The gap or break in the pipe is probably 1/4” at it’s greatest width, >> if that. >>> >>> Anyone else have an idea? At this point I really have nothing to lose as >> the sprinkler zone that’s affected hasn’t worked for years from what I can >> tell. >>> >>> -D >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
