How to Repair a water leak in the ground from a well
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2020
- This video is a Guide to follow for any DIY people who are looking for a proper direction on how to repair a in ground water leak.
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You just added 4 unnecessary 90's to this line. That is crazy. With that much opening, and the flexibility of the poly, all you needed was 2 barbed unions, one at each end of the splice. Less flow resistance and more mechanical strength against blowing out. This is a great video on how NOT to do this. Sorry to be negative, but this was nuts.
Just the video I needed. Thanks!!
Great! I have water coming into my basement where the well line pokes through. I’m going to dig up the point of connection outside and hopefully fix it like you did here. Thanks for the info!
Going to tackle one of these for the first time ever tomorrow, this was extremely helpful. Good look
Careful digging bc the power wire will be with the pipe.
@@h2omechanic yeah the home owner informed me. I’m in Illinois it was like 5 ft deep, I have to go back I made 4 ft in the rain, lol!
thanks
Where do find the black barb fitting and the fitting that went on it? Lowe’s doesn’t show they have the black fitting…. Is it called something else?
You already have to dig up the line. I would use 2 brass fittings for each end of the pipe, put a connector and both fittings on one side as a whole assembly, then dig enough of the other side out to lift it the 3 inches needed to have the pipe meet the nipple on the other side, dump some boiling water on the pipe and slip the nipple in it, tighten the clamp (don't forget to put those on the pipe first) and be done with it. I would be hot if someone put a mess like that on my water line.
how would you know where in the line to start digging? Lets say if the well is 30ft to the house?
@@brianrossmiller
If there is a spot that is wet on the ground or maybe the grass is taller and greener. If there is a slope it will be at the uphill end. In dryer rockier ground you might have to dig a few inches off the top til you find a wet spot. Sometimes there has been a disturbance such as a truck driving over where a line is burried or someone digging for some reason, like to put up a fence. Those would be good places to start. Or the fittings at the beginning and end of a line. If they have 45° turns where they come up sometimes those don't keep a seal if they are not done properly. Sometimes in lines burried really deep its just hit and miss. Although usually there is a sign, and its wet.
So how do to stop it from siphoning while you doing this?
Can I just cap it off until I found and fix the problem. I running the water through a Hose to the house.
why are you using 90s instead of couplings
Hello, I have a well. The lawn was getting really wet around where the spout comes up. I would still have water pressure inside. But once I dug into the ground and can see the tank, the water in the house has stopped running. Now I have no water pressure inside. What do you believe happened there when I dug into the ground? I don't want to go purchase the pressure tank if I just have to replace part of the pvc pipe. Could it just be that the pipe broke by someone possibly running int the spout?
Probably a bad tank. But dig it all up & see what's leaking. I hate buried tanks.
@@h2omechanic yeah thanks for the reply. I'm going to dig near the tank tomorrow. I think it is the tank.
Seems to me that a simple splice with a couple claps on each end would work but I suppose there may be certain situations ...
How do you find where the leak is from the well to the house? We keep losing pressure from the well water and have to prime it. Gave the well head acid bath, it's flowing, pump is good, pressure tank new.
There would be a wet spot in the yard.
You probably have a leaky foot valve
@@h2omechanic No wet spot that I can see, we are in Florida so who knows. I hope the guy that's been out here about 5 times is aware of the foot valve, will mention it to him. Thanks for taking time to respond!
Not supposed to use pvc on domestic in my county
Ok so it’s a well how do you stop it from siphoning as you do this
Shut your pump off and close the valves at your house inlet and pump outlet. The water in the pipe may drain but it will not siphon.
@@justme-dm7sb a well doesn’t have valves up until holding tank so it siphons.
@@craigleidigjr4170
The pump house is about 10 ft from the well. I guess if that pipe broke I would be putting a valve at the well cap myself (if there isn't already one).
@@justme-dm7sb all under ground to well no shut off built 1960
@@craigleidigjr4170
I have 2 above ground and 3 underground. 1 before 60, one custom, and one regular. The above ground, one 1932 and one about 1968.
Still here in may 2024
I have ground squirrels chewing through my water lines from the well... bastards.
Info is good but presentation sucks... It'd be a 1000x better if you mounted the camera above so you could use both hands and actually do what you are describing. Too many youtubers shoot one handed but it's the smarter setups that get the most info across.