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Duct tape on a PVC pipe held for 2 years, now I have to deal with it
I patched a crack in my main drain line with duct tape and a hose clamp back in 2023 after a tree root snagged it. Figured it would fail in a month, but the thing held so well I forgot about it until Tuesday when the tape finally rotted through. Has anyone else had a cheap fix outlast their actual plan to fix it the right way?
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drew69017d ago
Honestly, I gotta disagree with the whole "cheap fix outlasted the plan" thing. That tape and clamp was a ticking time bomb, not a win. You gambled with your main drain line for two years, and if that thing had let go during a holiday when guests were flushing wipes and grease, you would have had raw sewage flooding your basement floor. A proper PVC coupling and primer costs like $8 and takes 20 minutes, no hose clamp needed. Cheap fixes only feel clever until they aren't, and you just got lucky it rotted through when you were home.
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jennysullivan17d ago
The real gamble was hoping that corroded pipe wouldn't just snap clean off one day.
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