could you reroute it and maybe not put it so deep? I'd rather trench 20 feet of dirt than 2 feet of roots, but that might just be me.
if you don't mind being ghetto as shit you could wrap it with self fusing silicone tape and just be done. Some places sell it with electrical, i think i've even seen small rolls at walmart. You'll get hundreds of hits on amazon. The stuff is really amazing and you'll find lots of uses for it.
Yeah wish I could re-route. One side is all cement it's my drive way. The other side is all trees. I'll look into the tape idea though. I've never heard of it so thanks for the suggestion. Sounds like something I need to add to my DIY arsenal.
yeah, you can use it to make grips for tools, waterproof connections, etc. basically it is a ribbon of silicone, and it won't "stick" to anything, but you stretch it thin and when it lays back on its self it fuses. you would do something like overlapping half of the width wrap it for 4 inches on each side and go back and forth (less the further you get away from the hole). they advertise quite a few psi per pass, and it would last longer than the original pipe.
in some videos the guys will then cut off their wrapping to show what it does, and you will see it is a solid piece of silicone, pretty cool.
That tape is as useless as a nigger with a broken dick. It will not hold for long. No licensed plumber uses that sheeit.
I used this rubber-like tape that sticks to itself to fix a kitchen drain, where the drain pipe had move a quarter of an inch or more sideways on the sink strainer. It forms a seamless elastic rubber sleeve. It worked like a charm for years -- may still be working, but I sold the house so I don't know. I should add, I doubt it will work for pipes under pressure.
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