Southern Man
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I find it had to believe that a hose clamp meets Code. Where is this, Mexico?
I find it had to believe that a hose clamp meets Code. Where is this, Mexico?
So the professional plumber who said that "the repair could last a week or forever". Was trying to hood wink titan77 into buying a more costly and intrusive repair. Right?Most water services and wells are installed with poly pipe, insert fittings and hose clamps. All of these are code approved legal in the United States under all of the codes.
So the professional plumber who said that "the repair could last a week or forever". Was trying to hood wink titan77 into buying a more costly and intrusive repair. Right?
I didn't say that the plumber should warranty the old pipe, but if the repair was made on poly pipe that was to code 30 years ago, I would expect the pipe to last as long as the manufacturer thinks that it would:The pipe he can not guarantee, is the old stuff that was not replaced.
http://www.uspolycompany.com/index.php?ID=57With the unique combination of flexibility and corrosion resistance, even conservative research shows that the life of a hdpe piping system is at least several hundred years when the pipe is properly selected and installed.
I commonly find installation mistakes as well.
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Sometimes I think the pipes can have bad spots in them.
We don't send them out for testing, we just cut out the bad section, and hope that the rest of the pipe is not like this. ....
I'm an avid skier, one Spring, both of my boots snapped in half, the ski store told me that after a number of years, the plastic boots would do that.
The material was only good for so many years. So in the trash they went, and I had to buy a new pair.
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You are therefore correct to assume that an isolated repair would not affect the remainder of the system.
Local plumber offers service where blue poly is cut at both ends (trench at street connection) and then 1" copper tube is pulled thru blue poly. A cone shaped device precedes the copper to "spread open" the blue poly.
This is awkward, but...
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