We have a buried PVC line going to the garden. One of the "T" fittings has started to leak where one of the lines enters the fitting. It's not a geyser, just a steady fast drip. But it's enough to pool the water above ground.
If I understand it correctly, to replace this fitting would require cutting all 3 lines a couple feet back from the T, then installing those expanding unions on each line, and then fitting in the replacement T.
Is there any other way? Is there a product that can be applied to the exterior of the leaking joint? Some kind of special wrap? Is there a way to cut out just the line that is leaking and somehow get the glued part out of the fitting?
It's not that I'm trying to avoid the work (well, OK, maybe just a little), but it seems crazy to create 3 more places for future leakage just to fix one.
Eager to hear the opinion of the experts. Thanks.
Curt
If I understand it correctly, to replace this fitting would require cutting all 3 lines a couple feet back from the T, then installing those expanding unions on each line, and then fitting in the replacement T.
Is there any other way? Is there a product that can be applied to the exterior of the leaking joint? Some kind of special wrap? Is there a way to cut out just the line that is leaking and somehow get the glued part out of the fitting?
It's not that I'm trying to avoid the work (well, OK, maybe just a little), but it seems crazy to create 3 more places for future leakage just to fix one.
Eager to hear the opinion of the experts. Thanks.
Curt