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Hassin Bin Sober

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4. Leaving access seems like a very good idea.

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:51 PM

Jan 2013

Assuming it doesn't cause ground water to enter the basement.

Why they would cover a mechanical fitting like that (which WILL fail) is beyond me.

I don't understand the difference in price for just removing it and replacing it. It seems to me, if you pay for the labor to dig in to the concrete and patch the pipe, the only difference is the cost of the check valve.

If you know where the fitting is and you are adventurous, you could probably do it yourself. The hardest and messiest part is breaking out the concrete. Replacing the check valve is a matter of cutting the pipe on either side and fitting in the valve with probably a couple rubber couplings.

Fernco couplings (sold at home depot):

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Help! Plumbing / check valve advice needed stat [View all] Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 OP

we had a busted pipe replaced last year Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2013 #1

Thinking this over a light bulb went off in my head Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #2

Leaving access seems like a very good idea. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2013 #4

I've got a fuller back story now Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #5

Too bad you can't find something that is water tite. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2013 #6

I'm betting that the plumbing code requires MineralMan Jan 2013 #3