Water main bursts in plumber's face - GIF

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Oct 31, 2023, 12:56 PM
Altair

Water main bursts in plumber's face - GIF

Water main bursts in plumber's face.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...150#post184486
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...622#post197562
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...124#post218018
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...284#post222017
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...783#post206383
Oct 31, 2023, 07:22 PM
Karl_H

Another case of the cameraman missing the money shot!
Nov 1, 2023, 04:38 AM
Hoosiersmoker

I wonder what shot into his face along with the water?
Nov 1, 2023, 07:22 AM
mwmkravchenko

What did this genius expect to happen? Or maybe this was a setup by the other guys. I hope he was wearing eye protection.

Mark
Nov 1, 2023, 10:46 AM
BuffaloJohn

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They have special tools to do this kind of work and it is not a cordless drill with a hole saw...

The money shot is there, it just goes by fast. If you go to 0:04 and stop the video, you can slowly step forward by pressing your cursor just ahead of the dot which is the current position.

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Nov 4, 2023, 01:11 PM
drivermark

1. On the bright side, it wasn't a sewer pipe.
2. Why would anyone be cutting into a live water main like that?
I mean wouldn't you shut it off and relieve the internal pressure before cutting? Just curious.
Nov 4, 2023, 05:04 PM
WmRMeyers

Quote:

Originally Posted by drivermark

1. On the bright side, it wasn't a sewer pipe.
2. Why would anyone be cutting into a live water main like that?
I mean wouldn't you shut it off and relieve the internal pressure before cutting? Just curious.

Amateur hour right there. ;)
Nov 4, 2023, 10:18 PM
BuffaloJohn

Quote:

Originally Posted by drivermark

1. On the bright side, it wasn't a sewer pipe.
2. Why would anyone be cutting into a live water main like that?
I mean wouldn't you shut it off and relieve the internal pressure before cutting? Just curious.

2 - Actually they cut into fully live pipes like that all the time. There is a special saddle they put on the pipe. There is a special fitting that is a combination of drill, fitting, and coupling that are part of the assembly. You make the hole into the larger pipe and it is capped auto-magically... You hitch up the tap pipe and remove the saddle assembly, all without making a mess. I have watched the tapping of PVC and asbestos concrete pipe for the water system my house is attached to.

All this was done, in each case, without depressurizing the main. Main was about 110psi, 6" to 8" (depending on the job and branch). Barely a drop spilled...
Nov 5, 2023, 08:57 AM
Frank S

Quote:

Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn

2 - Actually they cut into fully live pipes like that all the time. There is a special saddle they put on the pipe. There is a special fitting that is a combination of drill, fitting, and coupling that are part of the assembly. You make the hole into the larger pipe and it is capped auto-magically... You hitch up the tap pipe and remove the saddle assembly, all without making a mess. I have watched the tapping of PVC and asbestos concrete pipe for the water system my house is attached to.

All this was done, in each case, without depressurizing the main. Main was about 110psi, 6" to 8" (depending on the job and branch). Barely a drop spilled...

Its even done on large high pressure live natural gas pipelines. You might think it is crazy, but a welder will weld a collar or a flanged coupling to the pipeline then a valve is mounted and the special penetrating device makes the hole in the main pipe.