Stopping a leak 2 feet away?

eamon11

hello,

here,s the story. Had the guy in with the listening equipment. Leak under tarmac on a pipe coming into the house teed off the mains. This pipe has been stopped just inside house wall in garage as we dont use it anymore. The leak is 2 feet from the wall under the tarmac. This pipe continues another 4 feet to the T. ie the leak pipe is 6 feet long with the leak in the middle.
As we dont use this anymore I had a brainwave.You lads might tell me if this is feasible. Is there something I can simply put into this pipe, which will harden and stop the water flow? It will have to travel over 2 feet in the pipe but less than 6 as then it would reach the T. It would effectively render the pipe useless but it is useless anyway. The tarmac is brand new and I hate to go digging it up.

Thanks a lot

eamon

JohnnieK

Not that I'm aware of. By right you should go back to the tee and cap it, or change for a 310.

Boardnashea

Is the pipe coming off the mains before or after where your shiny new water meter will be going? Maybe don't do a permanent fix yet...;)

Joey the lips

eamonn i notice you have opened a thread on this in DIY as well. Rather than opening multiple threads why dont you take pictures and try explain better.

Sometimes the reason you get no answers is either your explaining wrong or the job looks to difficult to explain.

Make it easier.

This is a 'Dead Leg' and in theory should be disconnected at the T junction.

eamon11

tks lads,

guess Ill just ahve to bite the bullet and go cutting up the new tarmac. I might put a stopcock there and a manhole.

tks again