Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Never a dull moment! Jasse On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 11:00 AM Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > They got it fixed at 3:00 AM. Once they found the pipe the fix was pretty > fast. It was interesting seeing them search for the leak with the large > vacuum cleaner. First right by the tree then over by the curb. I guess it > beats a backhoe as they did not have to have the gas line and cable line > marked. A backhoe would never have gotten by them anyway. It was about 5 > feet down, about 2 feet under the two other lines. . The break was a clean > break at a fitting. As you can see from the last photo, the pipes don't > line up so I guess 35 years of sheer tension finally snapped it. Great > water system. The pipe is 1 inch 125psi pipe. Not even schedule 40. So, > we will have a hole in the ground until Monday when they will bring back > some dirt and gravel to bury it back up, but we have water. > > So, what will we do today for excitement? > > New photos start here and continue to the right. > > Broken Water Line-1010397 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/wm/Broken+Water+Line-1010397.jpg.html> > > View large. The Q2 can take it. > > Aram > > -- > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > -- Jasse Chan jassechan at gmail.com