Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
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There was some heavy road construction outside my building, a few days later the main water and irrigation line both broke on my side of the meter. Could the pipe have acted like a level( seesaw effect) in which movement on one end effects the connection on the opposite side of the pipe?
Please let me know if such a thing is possible?
Thanks.
Please let me know if such a thing is possible?
Thanks.





RE: Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
The effect might be bending or simply axial stress if the pipe has moved.
All depends on what the routing is, how the road construction impacted the incoming pipe, strength, type and size of pipes, soil type etc. A drawing or sketch of the buried piping layout (if you know it) would help.
On the other hand could just be coincidence....
Remember - More details = better answers
Also: If you get a response it's polite to respond to it.
RE: Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
A lawyer will tell you there is no question that the road construction caused it.
The lawyer is more certain.
Call the lawyer.
RE: Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
But yes, we deal in shades of gray, lawyers just deal in black or white.
Remember - More details = better answers
Also: If you get a response it's polite to respond to it.
RE: Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
RE: Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
Any more details available?
RE: Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
RE: Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
YOUR lawyer will get paid claiming it is not only possible, but a 100% certainly.
An engineer will tell you that it is likely.
Can you find "any" evidence of movement of "anything" else by 1/2 to 2 inches nearby the building, the street, OR the pipe: curb cracked or dug out, steps moved or settled (or maybe raised), a walkway or sidewalk now cracked, a tree crooked or leaning or dead, lines or cracks in the soil, a sign or USPS box tilted? The soil moves first, THEN the pipe moves to relieve the stress that has been increased, then the pipe cracks.
Any evidence of the building moving? Brick cracks most likely? Doors now jamming or not closing, air leaks, paint stars or cracks, windows not opening? ANYTHING that shows movement is evidence of movement, which is evidence of that the pipe cracked because of movement. (Doesn't "prove" that the road construction caused the building movement, but it establishes the building did move.)
Go open and shut windows and closet doors and look for gaps and for interior paint problems near the ppipe entry. Take photos and document the findings for your lawyer.
RE: Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
RE: Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
RE: Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
In that case I think the answer to that question is a resounding "Could be".
RE: Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
Can you elaborate?
RE: Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
RE: Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?
Within a year several large trees on both sides of that path died.
I can imagine what similar deviations could do to relatively rigid pipes, but I'll bet the other side is going to deny they did it and then deny they are solely responsible, blaming aging materials or God.
RE: Could Road Construction lead to a broken pipe at the opposite end of the pipe? Level effect?