A small update from a few days ago. To save you a click, it turns out that if you apply PVC cement and don't push the pipes together you won't actually make a good joint. Who knew.

I'm honestly impressed it lasted so long without issues. We've lived in this house over 10 years and the PVC run predates our purchase.

As a side note, PVC repair couplers are a massive PITA. I am glad I didn't have to dig a fresh trench, get the old pipe out, and put a new one in, but it was quite the dance getting the coupler on while fighting with 2" OD pipe that's firmly lodged in clay. My nice small hole grew a bit longer to get some wiggle room.

A 1.5" PVC pipe clogged with roots
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[–] [S] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

That's fair, I was more worried about the slipping portion that a root might be able to get in through.

All in this was less than $10 excluding the glue. Just a section of 1.5" pipe, a normal coupler, and a coupler that lacks the center stop.

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