Hi,
The water supply to my pool travels under concrete and there was a 45 degree PVC joint that started leaking under the concrete.
The 45 apparently allowed the run to go under a wall two feet away (wall is part of a raised bed where the water supply comes up and shoots into the pool). It was fixed by joining new pipe to the run with a straight connector and then bowing the pipe under the wall to connect in the bed.
Now can't find Pami pebbles to match the previous pour and we'll have to accept a bit of mismatch on this walkway (one section of slab) for 2K total cost of repair.
I know PVC pipes have to have joints for long runs. But doesn't it become problematic to create extra joints under concrete?
Should the contractor have taken the run under the wall by digging the run deeper to bend under the wall?
Or is what I describe typical and usual, and 12 yrs after install, "Hey things leak, that's the breaks"
Bob
The water supply to my pool travels under concrete and there was a 45 degree PVC joint that started leaking under the concrete.
The 45 apparently allowed the run to go under a wall two feet away (wall is part of a raised bed where the water supply comes up and shoots into the pool). It was fixed by joining new pipe to the run with a straight connector and then bowing the pipe under the wall to connect in the bed.
Now can't find Pami pebbles to match the previous pour and we'll have to accept a bit of mismatch on this walkway (one section of slab) for 2K total cost of repair.
I know PVC pipes have to have joints for long runs. But doesn't it become problematic to create extra joints under concrete?
Should the contractor have taken the run under the wall by digging the run deeper to bend under the wall?
Or is what I describe typical and usual, and 12 yrs after install, "Hey things leak, that's the breaks"
Bob