While they do make split pvc repair kits, If it's just for physical
protection, I would take a short piece of 3/4 PVC a few inches longer than
the broken section, cut it in half lengthwise, then fuse the two halves
together over the broken section


"MiamiCuse" wrote in message
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Hi I have a 1-1/2" PVC pipe that goes underground. Inside of it carries
an electric wire (looks Romex). It runs under the pool deck from one side
of the house, deck is a concrete slab and brick tiles on top.

It runs under a small planter area about 3'x3' in size. My wife wants to
plant some herb in there so I asked the landscape guys to remove all the
existing fern looking plants in the planter area, they pulled them out
quickly but had to use a pick axe to get to the roots. In the process
they broke this small PVC pipe with the wire in it.

Now, I have dug up the dirt and wanted to repair this pipe.

The only thing is, I can cut out a 6" section of this pipe, there is a
wire running through it, so it is in the way of me putting in a new
section of the PVC pipe "sleeve". I cannot think of a way to repair it
without cutting this wire, then insert the sleeve, the move the sleeve to
one side, then mend the wire, the put the sleeve back.

I kept thinking, there must be a gadget I am not aware of that can do
this. Do they have any plastic sleeves or pipes that are actually two half
pipes that you can fit and glue together or something like that?

Thanks,

MC