I had a contractor roll over a sewer cleanout with some heavy machinery. It looks like the contractor may have amnesia about the damage and reporting to his insurance, so I may be out of luck and need to repair this by myself. The broken piece is at the Y coupling (shown in red):
So the cleanout piece has completely shattered and can be removed easily. Digging the dirt away down to the y connector, the Y has cracked open and I can see into the sewage pipe (gross). From what I can tell, the pipes going in both directions away from the connector are very "snug" and immovable in the ground (at least, not with the equipment I have), so bending them enough to put on a new piece is probably not an option. I think I need an in-place way to replace this that doesn't require moving the existing pipes (a slide repair coupler?). Obviously I need to avoid step-ups or step-downs in flow so waste doesn't get trapped and collect.
Looking for suggestions.
Best Answer
You could dig down around the area and cut out the broken fitting. If you cut out wide enough you can install a new replacement fitting that has a stub of pipe sticking out each side that just fits down between the cut ends of the existing not movable pipe.
You can then use Fernco type couplers on each side to join the two stub pieces to the existing pipe. Note you will have to dig back far enough on the two ends of the existing pipe to be able to slip the couplers in place before putting the new fitting with stubs in place.
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You want to make sure to use the type with stainless steel clamps to resist rusting and that have the metal shielding as shown above to resist the heavy earth load from above.