Broken Cleaner Booster Return Pipe

[Pesh]

Sadly, I tripped and fell on my equipment pad. In the process, I ended up busting the Booster Cleaner Return pipe all the way down at the concrete

Any tips on how to repair. From the looks of it, it was repaired once before with a pipe-in-the-pipe.

Fingers crossed that the wisdom of this community has an elegant solution that doesnt end up breaking the bank!

 

[PoolStored]

Socket saver to the rescue...

https://www.amazon.com/Fitting-1-%C2%BD-Inch-Aluminum-Reamer-Socket/dp/B0BRWFFZKH

 

[Pesh]

@PoolStored Thanks for the tip. Its worth a try.

 

[DrewLG]

Fingers crossed that the wisdom of this community has an elegant solution that doesnt end up breaking the bank!

Maybe not a direction you want to go, but you could also consider switching to an electric robot.

Depending on your cleaning schedule and cost of electricity, a robot could more than pay for itself. And that's without counting what you could make from the sale of your good used booster pump and Polaris cleaner.

 

[Bperry]

Sadly, I tripped and fell on my equipment pad. In the process, I ended up busting the Booster Cleaner Return pipe all the way down at the concrete

Any tips on how to repair. From the looks of it, it was repaired once before with a pipe-in-the-pipe.

Fingers crossed that the wisdom of this community has an elegant solution that doesnt end up breaking the bank!

That’s odd looking concrete. Is it just packed gravel? I was going to add that cutting the concrete out with an angle grinder and patching below the surface is also not that technical. Just a bit more labor.

 

[Pesh]

Maybe not a direction you want to go, but you could also consider switching to an electric robot.

Depending on your cleaning schedule and cost of electricity, a robot could more than pay for itself. And that's without counting what you could make from the sale of your good used booster pump and Polaris cleaner.

I really want to avoid dealing with concrete. Too much risk of damaging other plumbing that is buried.