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Discussion in 'The Water Cooler' started by buckeye, Feb 3, 2013.

  1. cls74

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    That appears to be a car part. Same principle but I'm not sure if it is rated for direct burial. It may deteriorate.

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    Here is a plumbing fernco fitting.[​IMG]

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    Yeah, it was definitely an auto part. Was the first thing I found with dimensions I needed. Was meant to be a quick fix that hopefully lasted.

    I'll have to look into the brand you mentioned. Needs to be an ID to fit a 2" OD then other end has to fit an OD of a coupler for joining (2) 2" OD pipes.

    What I really need is clamps with a right angle tightening rather than being perpendicular to the pipe. Getting on the pipe exiting the wall is hard to do for a clanp since it is a bit short. No way I can glue it, as if it ever busted it would be sledge hammer and chisel to replace it. The company that waterproofed the basement and installed it(now out of business with a lifetime warranty) was overly confident in their routing IMO.
     
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    I'd need that with a 2" ID and 2/14" ID or 2" on both ends, I'd just have to cut off the coupler and redo the pipe.

    I just can't remember which side has the coupler. Pretty sure it is 2" coming out if the wall and coupler was on yard side.
     
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    all of that sounds oddly personal and possibly NSFW.
     
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    Well I guess I can cancel my hip replacement surgery that they can't schedule because of covid. My wife's new set of tibetan singing bowls will fix all that stuff and my high blood pressure. They make the dogs bark too.
     
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    was going to say or add a coupler to the other side and get the fernco that fits coupler size but your pic tells me whatever you do will suck having to do it in winter.
     
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    Did she trade a rock and some oils for them?
     
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    No she did not, I am married to a shaman. On the plus side Saturday she is headed to a meditation class in the morning, I am going ice drinking.
     
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    So got home from work today, inside water didn't move at all. Put a stop watch to the aumo pump, it is cycling every 6 minutes 58 seconds.

    Call the water department tomorrow and see if they can detect an underground leak. Going to be several days before I get my bill it seems.

    For it to be entering the sump, the line coming in is literally a couple feet away fromnit and not even a little seepage where it comes through the wall.
     
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    That is a lot of cycles per day on a plastic pump I would buy a spare now. A sinkhole would suck.
     
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    It's a dual pump set up, so if the first fails the second will pick up. They both work.

    This is just frustrating, especially missing a full paycheck over 2 due to Covid.

    I don't even want to know the cost of replacing the line. May just shut the water off fir a couple weeks shower at my brothers and jug water for drinking/cooking and the cat and dog.

    Going to be inconvenienced no matter what route I go.
     
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    Is it lead lag? So they switch and both come on if you get a high level? Do you have a discharge valve? Close the valve a little create artificial head and run longer cycles?
     
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    Do you have a flow meter? Does it move when you are not using water?
     
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    I really don't know. I took it as if the lower one fails there is a back up. Never seen them run together amd back in 2013 I had water pouring into the sump after crazy heavy rains.
     
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    Flow meter on the pumps or main coming into the house? I have a meter inside, it did not move in 12 hours today while at work.

    Here's what pump set up looks like. The discharge pipe is actually encased in concrete and goeas up behind a concrete wall. I'm guessing a check valve is up top before or after the right turn to exit to the outside. I'd have to pull out a ton of insulation and i hate that itchy chit.

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    Meter, but the meter the water dept uses is outside in the right of way at road.

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    Yeah to be lead lag there would be a control box with it how many floats?
     
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    If the meter did not move you are not losing water, but where is the water coming from? You could shut off incoming water with that valve in front of the meter and if the pumps keep running you know it is not from your water line inside of the house.
     
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    There's 2 floats, one on each pump.

    I'm certain it is not a water line leak inside the house now. The meter pictured was originally the water dept. meter so they would have been liable for the line in question. Little grey thing on left side of oic is the antenna I asked them to install a meter that they could read from outside. Either it wasn't giving a good signal or they realized the meter was inside my house and they dug up the right away and installed another meter at the road.
     

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