Live 2" water main repair

Water work

[@mkb3580]

Good job brother!!

[@g2macs]

Amazing that there are so many experts at pipe maintenance in YT.

[@matti1111]

This has to be down south that water mains only like 2 feet underground

[@chriswright8464]

Those repair clamps are a God send!!

[@MrEne7]

Easy to fix.Come to Finland 🇫🇮 fix winter when is -40 degrees.

[@LaFox23]

Can’t imagine 2 inch mains. Smallest I have seen are 4 inch mains feeding the end of a culdesac. I would think the residents don’t get much flow unless this 2 inch just supplies a bank of 4 meters.

[@Doxboi]

That's light work!

[@brianmccarth7084]

You are supposed to tighten from this middle out

[@AlanMolstad]

I always tightened from the middle out. Then I read the directions and turns out they always have a pattern…

[@jdwylde7]

@@AlanMolstad i always tighten the middle first. Because usually it’s bigger than a 2 inch and I’m fighting to get the seal to clamp down for a sec so I can tighten the rest.

[@dragon21lee]

That's light pressure..try that on an eight or bigger water Main,in the middle of winter....

[@kidred843]

Nice work!!

[@HarrisWaterandSewer]

Wow great work, especially when the water keeps coming. We have some videos like this on our channel.

[@huntingdude01]

great work! don't listen to all the people bitching about how you fixed it! what kind of pump are you using?

[@jaceblueberries1634]

Looks like a submersible pump.

[@victoriamanning2278]

We use 2 bolt Wrap arounds that are Soo simple and easy ... you give me 20 seconds of casual wrench turning and it's as easy as that

[@mootymootmoot1679]

DNR clamps are the best for a pin hole or broken back, makes life so much easier than having to shut down values and cut out a section of pipe

[@oregongoldhunter]

Excellent video brother

[@lostcoastlocal7073]

Its still leaking we need you over here!

[@josemendez815]

Nice👍

[@georgeEPC]

That's how you TEMP repair!!

[@jdwylde7]

Umm no. I’ve been doing this for 17 years and my first circle seal is still holding to this day. Those seals are awesome and a permanent fix.

[@jdwylde7]

Impact wrenches are a God send bro. Get you one and some long sockets..boom.

[@johnnyfish8273]

But you can't "feel" the pressure that you're putting on the pipe with an impact gun. Doing it by hand ensures that you do not over tighten and cracker egg the pipe.

[@jdwylde7]

@@johnnyfish8273 I’ve done this for 10 years. The threads tell me how close I am. I always stop before getting to my target. And even so I’ve over tightened these and never one time Have I had one bust or egg up. We replace everything with c900 and it’s not possible to egg one of the new thick ones with a an impact wrench. Even working with thin wall whether it’s a circle seal or a hymax coupling, you can feel when the resistance starts and you slow down. Especially if I’m repairing a 16” or so…I’m not turning that by hand. Torque until i gets where I want it then check it with the wrench. I’m not saying it’s because I’m the best or anything but I’ve literally never egged or cracked a pipe with an impact wrench. But just talking about circle seals, those are the easiest thing to make sure it’s tight enough. I love doing circle seals.

[@johnnyfish8273]

@@jdwylde7 .... I've been doing this for 15 years now , so we are in the same range. But the comment was for this repair, not anything else. Yes, with today's pipe... C-900 being the most widely used, you definitely wouldn't worry about cracking or egging. But again, I was commenting on this particular scenario, and wouldn't use an impact on it. And everyone makes mistakes once in awhile,even those of use in the game over 10 plus years..

[@jdwylde7]

@@johnnyfish8273 and I commented on this particular scenario. Great job on the repair but I’m just saying this really isn’t mistake territory. Our impacts are the fastest way to tighten a seal. You can always tell if you’re gonna go too tight. And even if you do, the motion in which the seals tighten almost won’t allow you to over do it. The impact will stop turning altogether. Even as a newbie working my first winter. I put on tons of these because they made me to get experience. I was just saying hymax couplings are the only thing we have to watch not to over tighten.

[@marksmith-xe4no]

Try that in the winter

[@jdwylde7]

It’s winter now and I just did this exact repair on a 6 inch last night. Not fun, but doable.

[@UKWMO]

I guess the reason for not turning the water off to repair is to stop contamination getting back in to the water supply?

[@bigd8161]

Yes that is correct... but you can throttle it down after it’s excavated like that, you just need a small amount of positive pressure to prevent back siphonage

[@bigd8161]

There is multiple reasons why they didn’t shut it down tho... maybe a broken valve or maybe they do not know the location of a valve... many reason why

[@matthewgrantham493]

No, there was a dialysis clinic there that depended on uninterupted service. To cut the leak off would cut the clinic off.

[@jdwylde7]

There’s a lot of reason. Sometimes it’s honestly easier to not have to worry about closing valves and water hammers. Just fix it live and get soaked. Other times there are places that can’t go without water and you just have to do it.

[@FWDoraDora13]

That looks like the most annoying FCRC I could have come up with to use on a 2" break. Agree with Victoria, why don't you guys have the much simpler 2 bolt style?!?!?

[@brianf.9117]

FWDoraDora13 that’d be a solid sleeve he’s using a clamp. I’d also like to add that a 2” pipe isn’t a water main that’s a service line

[@matthewgrantham8445]

brian farrell no that is a main. It services several houses.

[@trailshark2]

Our system has several 2" mains and smaller. We have some 1" mains for short dead end streets with only a few houses.

[@piperepairclampspipetappin8384]

Good

[@battlejack1863]

A cordless impact would make it go faster

[@edwardgibbs4272]

In England that would take a team of 15 3 weeks at a cost of 2.5m to complete .than would have to do it again in a month when it fails

[@chrismarshall7220]

That goes well until you drop your socket !!!

[@baldovela8635]

Chris Marshall 😂😂😂💀💀

[@evan1213]

Someone get this man a drill !

[@daz3660]

Good job

[@harrisonsplumbing8555]

where's the impact gun

[@nihalhettiarachchi2061]

Easy method for larger pipes.

[@Twiggy163]

Doesnt look like a main. Its a distribution pipeline.

[@thepoastman209]

Hell yea!!!

[@joshandicoechea5866]

To me it seems like the pressure is too high for that 2 inch line I could be wrong though I wish our water remains were 2 feet last year I dug a 6 inch Watermain leak real bad one it was frozen 4 1/2 feet down that’s how much frost we had in the ground last year here in Wyoming it was crazy

[@jdwylde7]

Wrong. This ain’t even that bad compared to some of the like since repaired in the last year alone.

[@allaindaigle1682]

Impact gun not in the budget?

[@nihalhettiarachchi2061]

Similar to repair clamp.

[@cturner7050]

Why don't these companies bring an industrial drill for this

[@nickv4073]

Where's the life guard?

[@tropicalpolarbear6939]

Know where your valves are so you can shut a line down

[@jaymesc.moreland9265]

Its better to do the fix hot if possible. As long as there is pressure on the main then there is little to no potential for dirt and contaminants to get into the line. By doing the fix hot he also avoids having his customers out of water.

[@trailshark2]

Small lines like that often don't have valves, and if they did you're likely to break it trying to turn the water off thus causing yourself more work. Easier to fix under pressure.

[@ipizle]

what suit is he wearing in this vid

[@dracov6664]

Tu byłem. Tony Halik 2021

[@Eagle7834]

Next time use an cordless impact. Quicker

[@NotHumant8727]

water proof one?

[@Eagle7834]

@@NotHumant8727 we’ve used them lots. No problem.

[@franciscohipolito3173]

Ya inventaron los taladros de impasto

[@sly9946843]

gimme 2 hymax couplings and an impact gun

[@kawasaki8051]

That will triple the price of the repair. Using two 2.38 dressers would be a lot cheaper

[@billyflops7981]

Hell he needs to use the impact in this fuckin bandaid.

[@chrisdubois8747]

Good lord that line is shallow

[@elmanitasdeplomo]

What it your job title? I never know exactly what to say when an English speaking person asks me.

[@victoriamanning2278]

Why do You guys use those big ass, expensive ass, aggravating ass wrap arounds ?

[@user-xy2jq3fm9b]

ae ae ae

[@kappy_8728]

That’s a toy

[@jwp1180]

I could have fixed that leak without getting a single drop of water or dirt on me, and actually, no, that's not how you repair a 2" water main, your supposed to shut the water off first. This day in age, there's no reason to do a live leak repair, unless you're trying to be a show off, which is the case here

[@matthewgrantham8445]

joshua parker just so you know ...this was a small town with no maps of the infrastructure. Finding valves was a nightmare. The last thing I am is a show off. You dont even know me. I couldn't cut the water off because we had a dialysis center that couldn't go without water. So keep your negative comments to yourself ass.

[@jwp1180]

Matthew Grantham lol, they obviously called the least qualified person, because no licensed professional would make that repair in that state. no infrastructure? Lmao, that's what the city is for, also, dialysis center or not, this professional waits till closing to do a shut down and proper repair.

[@davidchevallier3202]

What system do you maintain Joshua Parker??

[@freddiewalker9351]

I see videos of people doing live repairs all the time. We always shut ours because our mains and services are deep. Job well done!!!!

[@tonychambers9228]

You dont know what your talking about with the rise of compression fittings lasting just as long as a soldered joint live work can be done quick and safely. Plus its only a two inch line in a real residential area the line would be alot bigger and those larger pipes must be shut off for repair. @ Matthew Grantham dont let this guy bust your balls you did a good job!

[@michaelcampise5617]

A SOUP CAN AND TWO CLAMPS WORK GOOD TOO. LMAO