Water-supply pipe repairs

  • Exposed copper water-supply pipe leading from a meter box to a clamped connection in an excavated trench.
    Copper water-supply pipework exposed beside the meter box.
  • A black bolted repair coupling joining white PVC pipe in a soil excavation, below a crossing orange pipe.
    A bolted repair coupling joining sections of PVC pipe.
  • Copper water-supply pipe with two lever-handled valves and elbows exposed in a soil excavation.
    Copper supply pipe and valves exposed below ground.
  • Copper pipe connected to older threaded pipe and wheel-handled valves in an excavation beneath plant roots.
    Copper pipe joined to older fittings beneath plant roots.
  • A blue bolted coupling joining black pipe to a metal pipe with a lever-handled valve in a soil trench.
    A supply-pipe valve and blue bolted coupling exposed in a trench.
  • Close-up of a white PVC pipe section lying on rough ground, with a long narrow split visible along its wall.
    A lengthwise split visible in the wall of a PVC pipe.
  • A white pipe exposed along a long, narrow trench cut through concrete, with other pipework crossing near the far end.
    Supply pipework exposed along a narrow concrete trench.

Copper pipe details

  • Close-up of an exposed copper pipe showing a small dark opening and green discoloration on its surface.
    A small opening visible in an exposed copper pipe.

Couplings & seals

  • Close-up of a black repair coupling on a work surface, showing threaded tie rods, nuts and the rubber seal inside its open end.
    Tie rods, nuts and the inner seal of a bolted repair coupling.

Obstructions & root intrusion

  • A removed clay pipe section lying on the ground, with a dense mass of roots filling its opening.
    Roots packed into a removed clay pipe.
  • Stones and debris lodged inside the opening of an orange clay pipe.
    Stones and debris obstructing a clay pipe.
  • A removed green pipe section with debris accumulated inside its opening.
    Debris inside a removed drain pipe.
  • A broken clay pipe section lying beside a dense cylindrical mass of roots and soil on the ground.
    A broken clay pipe beside a dense mass of roots.
  • A gloved hand holding an open drain pipe section with thick accumulated material narrowing its interior.
    Buildup visible inside a removed drain pipe.
  • Stones and compacted debris filling a drain pipe opening that is still surrounded by the excavated soil.
    Stones and debris packed into a buried drain opening.
  • An exposed clay drain fitting with roots hanging from its open joint and a separated curved pipe section beneath it.
    Roots visible at an opened clay drain joint.
  • A gloved hand holding a removed drain pipe close to the camera, revealing thick layered deposits and broken fragments across the lower half of its interior.
    A close view of layered buildup inside a removed drain pipe.
  • A removed clay pipe section lying on grass among thick cut roots, with smaller roots wrapped around the pipe.
    A removed clay pipe section surrounded by thick roots.

Underground drain connections

  • A black pipe section joined with banded couplings in an excavation beneath two crossing red pipes.
    Banded couplings around a black pipe section in an excavation.
  • A black drain pipe and coupling exposed in a narrow trench beside tree roots and crossing utility lines.
    Drain pipe exposed beside roots and crossing lines.
  • A short black pipe connection exposed at the bottom of a rectangular excavation, beneath two crossing gray conduits.
    An underground pipe connection, visible in the excavation.
  • A white pipe section with couplings exposed in a rectangular trench cut through pavement.
    White drain pipe and couplings exposed beneath the pavement.
  • Black drain pipe with angled fittings and a banded coupling exposed in a soil excavation.
    Angled drain connections exposed below ground.
  • An orange clay drain pipe joined to a black pipe by a flexible coupling with two metal bands in a soil excavation.
    A banded coupling joining clay and black drain pipe.
  • A long clay drain pipe with broken ends exposed in a narrow concrete channel, beneath a broken crossing pipe and beside yellow caution tape.
    Clay drain pipe exposed in a narrow concrete channel.

Outdoor drain branches

  • Black drain pipe exposed in a soil trench with two angled capped access risers and a banded connection.
    Drain branches and capped access risers exposed in a trench.

Drain access fittings

  • A black drain pipe with a capped angled access fitting and a banded coupling exposed in a narrow excavation beside paving.
    A capped drain access fitting exposed beneath paving.

Tank access & components

  • Open access panels on an electric water heater showing the upper and lower thermostats and heating element wiring, with scorch marks and debris around the elements and the wires tagged with blue tape.
    Heat damage behind an electric water heater’s access panels, with the wiring tagged during service.
  • Top of a water heater tank with the anode rod removed, looking down into the open anode port below the HOT outlet label.
    The anode port on top of the tank, opened for the rod.
  • A hand holding a segmented anode rod above a water heater, beside the open anode port on top of the tank.
    A segmented anode rod lined up over the port it threads into.
  • A pile of white calcium scale cleaned out of a water heater tank, below the open lower heating element port, with a screwdriver and a rag.
    Calcium buildup cleaned out from inside the tank.

Anodes & electrical testing

  • A segmented metal anode rod laid out on a tiled floor beside a small piece of debris.
    A segmented anode rod laid out on a tiled floor.
  • A hand holding electrical test probes at the open lower access panel of an electric water heater.
    Electrical testing at the water heater's open access panel.

Tank connections & venting

  • A cylindrical water heater connected to copper pipework and a blue expansion tank in a tiled utility room.
    A water heater with copper connections and an expansion tank.
  • Two cylindrical water heaters side by side in an alcove, with copper connections, insulated pipe sections and metal vent ducts above.
    Two water-heater tanks with copper pipework and metal venting.
  • Copper pipework, lever-handled valves, two blue expansion tanks and metal vent ducts above two water heaters.
    Overhead copper connections, expansion tanks and metal vent ducts.
  • Two water heater tanks with metal straps, copper pipework across the front, flexible yellow connections below, and metal vents and blue expansion tanks above.
    Two tanks with front pipework, overhead venting and expansion tanks.

Interior drain rough-ins

  • Black drain branches and vertical pipework exposed in an opened interior wall and concrete floor.
    Drain rough-in exposed at the wall and beneath the floor.
  • Black drain pipe branches laid in an open trench through an interior concrete floor.
    Drain branches beneath an opened interior floor.
  • An open black drain branch beside vertical pipework and smaller supply pipes in an opened interior wall and concrete floor.
    An open drain branch beside vertical pipework at the wall and floor opening.
  • Two vertical black drain pipes exposed in an opened wall, with metal-banded transitions above, a capped access fitting on one pipe, and a joined branch over the floor opening.
    Banded pipe transitions and an access fitting in an opened wall.

Underfloor pipe connections

  • Black drain fittings with banded couplings connected to existing metal pipes in an opened concrete floor.
    Drain connections and banded couplings beneath the floor.
  • Close view of black drain elbows and a branch junction with a banded coupling in a soil excavation beneath the floor.
    A drain branch junction, elbow and banded coupling beneath the floor.
  • Black drain pipe exposed below a concrete floor, with a vertical riser and a side branch surrounded by soil.
    A vertical drain riser and side branch below the floor.

Laundry wall pipework

  • An opened interior wall with a vertical black drain pipe between two smaller supply pipes, above an opened floor.
    Drain and supply pipework exposed in an opened wall.
  • Drain and supply pipes exposed between wall studs, with a copper pipe partly wrapped in blue material continuing into an opening in the concrete floor.
    Wall pipework and a copper supply line exposed through the floor.

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Repiping

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Corroded pipework

  • A hand holding a removed threaded metal pipe fitting with heavy orange corrosion narrowing its opening.
    Corrosion narrowing the opening of a removed metal pipe fitting.
  • A short threaded metal pipe section standing on rough ground, with orange corrosion around the open rim and exterior threads.
    Corrosion around a metal pipe's rim and exposed threads.
  • An open threaded metal pipe projecting from soil, with corrosion lining its interior and surrounding the exterior.
    An open corroded metal pipe exposed in soil.
  • Top-down view into an exposed metal pipe, with thick orange corrosion on the inner wall and water visible below.
    Orange corrosion lining the inside of an exposed metal pipe.

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