[Leica] [LRflex] Broken Water Pipe Part two.

[Jasse Chan]

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
>
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> Aram Langhans
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> & Unemployed photographer
>
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Jasse Chan

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