how to fix a leaking water line under the house?
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The line is undoubtedly cracked.If its PVC pipe get some glue and fittings and splice it.....Its simple to do and will save you the price of a service call.
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If you are not comfortable with doing it yourself, ask Home Depot for advice, or gulp and pay a plumber.
If you are not comfortable with doing it yourself, ask Home Depot for advice, or gulp and pay a plumber.
go to a h.w. store and ask for a "repair coupling"
IF ITS PVC SPLICE IT IF ITS COPPER SELL THE HOUSE
by under the house,do you mean you have no basement or you do have a basement and you can stand below it and work on it? or do you have to crawal under the house to work on it?if you can stand under the leak,turn your water off at the closest valve.if you can open up the closest faucet to the leak to drain out the excess water.than cut out the section where the leak is.you'll need two couplings and a piece of the same kind of pipe to make the repair.if the pipe is copper you'll need soldier,paste,and a torch to heat the pipe and apply the soldier to the joints.if the pipe is pvc,same parts only in pvc.you'll need pvc cleaner and glue.if galvinized pipe,its best you ask your local supply house how to do this.it would take to much explaining to tell you on the air.if you have no basement you'll have to locate the leak.and crawal uder the house to make repair.if you don't have enough room to crawal under the hous than you'll have to remove the floor boards at the leak site.
If it is copper, you might wantto pay someone to fix it. It is a simple fix for either copper or PVC, and essentially the same fix except that PVC requires no sweating of solder like copper does.
Sweating a 3/4" copper pipe under a house would be a pain but it can be done.
If it is PVC you can do it. NOTE PVC is not legal for drinking water CPVC is.
To repair:
1) cut the line on either side of the leak - give yourself room to work.
2) get 2 street couplers (these kind slide back and forth on the pipe so you can adjust them) and a length of pipe that you removed.
3) if PVC or CPVC use solvent out of a can and cover the inside of one coupler and one end of old pipe. Repeat with adhesive.
4) slide coupler over pipe.
5) repeat step 3 with new length of pipe
6) lastly you have 2 pipes close to each other and one coupler left. Coat all three parts (first with cleaner, then with glue) and assemble.
Done.
If it is copper, the same steps apply, but they require sweat connections (using propane, flux & solder)