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how to plug a broken PVC pipe
Author: joeyc (CA) this top of this pipe broke off. it had been capped off once a patio replaced a lawn. not sure how it broke but guessing a kid rode a scooter into it. it broke off a few inches below the patio, with no real room to work with. is there some compound i can fill it with to seal it off? some kind om cement or epoxy? the picture is a view looking down into the hole.
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Re: how to plug a broken PVC pipe
Author: bernabeu (SC) may be a clean-out do NOT plug it - when it is needed you will be glad available from our sponser ============================================== "Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638
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Re: how to plug a broken PVC pipe
Author: hj (AZ) I am guessing at the size of the pipe, but if it is 2" or larger, some plumbing supply stores have Top-Kap plug/adapter that glues into the pipe with a removable plug.
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Re: how to plug a broken PVC pipe
Author: joeyc (CA) Should have included that I don't anticipate ever needing this pipe again.
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Re: how to plug a broken PVC pipe
Author: hj (AZ) quote; I don't anticipate ever needing this pipe again. To quote James Bond, "Never say never".
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Re: how to plug a broken PVC pipe
Author: joeyc (CA) i believe the pipe is 3/4 inch. (the hole in the patio is bigger)
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Re: how to plug a broken PVC pipe
Author: sum (FL) hard to tell from the pic but do you have some pipe left above the bottom of that thing or did it break right there?
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Re: how to plug a broken PVC pipe
Author: joeyc (CA) it broke right there. clarification - it is 1/2 pipe. i've tried different approaches, but what i keep running into is that this is " older" pipe with thinner walls, so none of the fitting i have found (plugs, extenders, etc) will fit in there. really still looking for an idea of something i can fill into the pipe and that will give it a permanent seal. Edited 1 times.
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