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   FrankB89 | May 30, 2002 03:56am | #1

   I don't know if this will help, but if it's in a bad spot, but you can still manage to loop a length of mason's twine around it(good quality building string, not the cheap pink stuff on the little plastic reel), you can cut it off by sawing back and forth with the string.

   Make sure the pipe is dry and once you start sawing the string, don't stop and wear gloves. 4" PVC will test your stamina a bit. Then repair the pipe with new pieces.

   I doubt if saturating the pipe with glue will reliably help you.

   My caveat:  I am not a plumber.

    

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   KCPLG | May 30, 2002 04:16am | #2

   I keep a cable saw in my toolbox (you know the one they sell in the camping area in stores for cutting firewood) comes in handy for those tight spots.

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   cwpp1 | May 30, 2002 05:16am | #3

   Try a plumbing house. they make a compound that is suppost to work on PVC leaks. I've used it with some sucess, but I cannot remember what it is called.

   charlie

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   OneofmanyBobs | May 30, 2002 12:45pm | #4

   Excellent. I'll try there. Was thinking of of

   filling it up with radiator stop-leak, but this sounds

   better. Don't want to cut out the fittings because

   there's 6 fittings in the space of a foot. No room

   for a repair coupling. I'd have to cut it way back

   and replace a big section just to fix one leak.

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   IronHelix | May 30, 2002 01:12pm | #5

   They make a plumber's epoxy that will work even when the joint is wet.

   It is sold locally at most DO-IT-Best stores, and I've seen it in Tru-Value's.

   Clean the joint, remove all water possible (shop-vac), apply kneaded epoxy rolled out into a long snake 1/4" diameter to the joint and work around the joint until you have a nice "Weld" joint appearance.

   If it is visually exposed it can be spray painted gloss white to disquise.  Did one in my house 15 years ago..............still going strong.

   Have sold numerous customers this same fix over the years.

   .................................Iron helix

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   TERRE5 | May 30, 2002 04:59pm | #6

   I have seen some "Wonder Glue" type of expoxy stuff at the plumbing supply house before.  It comes in a 2 stick deal with this caulking gun looking applicator made especially for this.  It blends the two tubes together through a corkscrew thing and they say it's like concrete glue.  It will bond anything to anything and gets rock hard.  I'm sure there's something like that around you.