Using A Compression Coupling To Repair Broken PVC Pipe 

I have used a compression coupling to connect galvanized steel pipe when making a revision in my underground lawn sprinkler system.Worked just fine, no leaks no hassle.

Thanks a lot for the video. Got the job done!

Thanks man, worked great for me. I have a pvc pipe leading to my garage, that has a faucet for a hose. Well the faucet sticks up about a foot n a half off the ground and my weed wacker put a nice crack in it resulting in a geyser. Once I got the water shut off, I followed your instructions. Make sure to put it on as tight at you can get it. It took a pipe wrench.... but its holding. Thanks for the edumacation sir!

Mind blown. I will never use glue and primer ever again for these repairs. I've stressed over these repairs for so long. Thank you.

Thank you for making this video on compression coupling. I bought two of these coupling and couldn't figure out how to use them. After looking at this video , I feel stupid. It's so simple. Thanks again.

This is just want I need to fix my underground pvc piping for my sprinkler system. Thank you this helped me a lot!

very helpful on a tough pool plumbing repair I did. Thx!

Sweet, fixed a broken irrigation pipe in two minutes. Thanks

Excellent video, had to replace a hunter valve so saved me a lot of time digging to get some flexibility on the line in and out. The normal cut, glue coupler to line, glue male adapter to short line and thread. now I just use this. Another selling point is that if you do all the valves like this replacing a broken valve is easy, no cutting and reattaching the water lines in or out, just remove, attach to new valve and reattach compression couplers.

Thank you excellently simple presentation

Exactly what I needed to know, thank you! 💥👍🏻👏🏻

Thank you. It worked great for me.

Awesome! I've been doing it the wrong way forever! Thanks!

You're a big help thanks..

Excellent thx

Very simple and easy 🤩😎

I'm doing a repair tomorrow. 3/4 cpvc to 3/4 black steel pipe. The coupling I bought has the gaskets inside the center tube. I noticed you slid them upwards on the pipe. Should I leaves the gaskets in the tube and slide pipe in,........or should I remove gaskets,..slide them up on the pipe as you did,...and then crank down the way you did it? Should I use pipe dope on it?

Thanks for the video. Great instructor! My repair looks less challenging. Thank you.

Just wondering, can you use those couplings in main irrigation lines? , Like 2” or 2 1/2 “ mainlines

I love the age of information

Thank you!

Can this be used on sprinkler valve replacement connection? It sure would beat having to cut and glue pvc.

numerous days of trying to fix my leaking irrigation pipe. Tried the one were you sand down the stop in the coupling. Didn't work for me. Numerous runs to the hardware store to get new couplings after ever failed attempt. Snapped the thin large pipe trying to bend it up to meet the couplings. Sever aggravation. . I had these sitting in my pvc bucket and just looked past them. Watched this video. 3 minutes repaird and so far no leaks. THanks but damn it were were you when I first started ?! Come on RU-vid recommendations why didn't you show me this 4 days ago.

My dad does maintenance for some properties. One house was illegally hooked up to the city's water line. No meter. IDK where it came from. Thing is we needed to disconnect that water line and cap it so we could reconnect the old well pump. OMG these things saved us bc it involved getting showered once we broke that connection. He failed to get it on right at first so after a couple hundred gallons we finally capped it. That was a real fun job.

Great information. On my pool equipment I have a Pentair Rainbow 320 chlorinator which I want to remove. I’m not sure, but I think it is a 1&1/2 or 2 inch pipe. Do you think that this would work? Thanks

Thanks very much so easy

I tightened my compression coupling by hand and it's dripping out one end after I turn the water on. I noticed that the rubber grommet has a beveled edge and matches the beveled angle of the inside of the main body of the coupling. Does that mean it's tightened too tight, and squeezing the rubber grommet too much to where it doesn't seat properly and leaks? Or should it be tightened further using a pipe wrench? Which situation is more likely? Too tight or too loose? I've used PVC couplings successfully on galvanized steel pipe and never had a problem until now. They make steel couplings but they're heavier and cost more. I only use steel when the stores are out of the PVC couplings.

Quick tip I learned tonight: Do NOT use lubricant to help slide the rubber gasket on. The water pressure will very quickly push the lubricated pipe out of the end of the fitting. Seems obvious now, but like they say, hindsight drinks Mad Dog 20/20.

Is the Compression Coupling you mentioned easily be bought in your area or have to be made by ourself. It is so precious knowledge for me and others, I suppose. Thank you for sharing. Warm regards from Indonesia.

Fyi, mine did not hold on a 1” line repair at full line pressure. I used it on a repair under roots so there was a flex hose on one side. Maybe that is why it did not hold. I tightened with channel locks on both sides. I am going to try one of the telescoping couplers next. Trying to avoid a big re-route around tree.

Can I use them to repair a broken main water line underground? I'm asking because I'm not sure it will hold high water pressures. Thanks

How long does this coupling last in the constant main line in general?

This is a great video! What's the optimal length that you need to cut away of the broken pipe to fit the compression coupling? Like maybe three inches shorter than the coupling? ( So you can fit the coupling on) Thanks.

You think it will hold pressure to use on a brake in my underground water main?

Is it easy to remove the coupling? Thank you

I think you should give the specification for each one. For example if your pipe is broke at the coupler and you had to cut it a compression coupler may not work based on the gap between the cut. The slide fix allows you so many inches between, so each one is for a specific application they are not inter- changeable. So if you have 4 or 5 inches of a broken pipe a compression coupler may not work. What is the best specification for a compression coupler in inches? vs a slide fix in inches? vs inches of a simple coupling? --its not a contest of who is better than who its really about finding and using the right product by specification. The piper breaks at a previous coupler --4 or 5 inches of a cut when does the compression coupler not work ? I hope I said that right...tired of mentally wrong answers

Can a compression coupler work on the more flexible polyethylene type of tubing? I have a leak on a sprinkler line and found that the 3/4' pipe doesn't quite fit the standard 3/4" PVC couplers.

Will these work when used on the supply side of a water ram?

The 3 inch cc slip under pressure or leak why.

What is the pressure rating? Is it for pressurized lines?

Is there something like a compression T or elbow?

can the compression coupling be used on Poly Pipe?

Did he say compression coupling? :)

Can you use compression coupling on rubber pipe

Seems so simple, yet I blow it every time! 🤣

Over time won't the gasket deteriorate? Thanks.

Will a PVC Compression Coupling work to transition from ABS to PVC?

I do sprinklers 4 a living that is good if u have flex in a line but a quick fix works better

All I want is a compression and slip coupler. I'm gonna have to go on Grainger for specialty couplings :(

how do you use this when the pipe is buried in the ground and you have no flexibility?

Were can I buy one

Great videos but...Please turn the music down! Thanks. Jay

You assumed the pipes on both sides were free to move which is not the case for repair. What is the proper distance between the ends?

You should have talked about the gap between the pipes that you're joining. In my case, the pipes are fixed so I can't push them apart or pull them together.

Sorry but of course if you can move the 2 halves of the pipe that you need to repair a lot it's easy, whatever method you use. Any method would work. I would love to hear about more awkward situations, like 2 pipes 1/4" close to each to other and/or different sizes.

What if i have a small leak after installing on the main line?

Can't see well because of the subtitles

If i wanted to know all the different kinds of coupling to repair PVC pipe, this would suffice. HOWEVER, when using a compression coupling to repair a REAL PVC line break, you don't have two independent pieces of pipe laying their to be connected with the compression coupling. You have to locate the break, evaluate and probably cut out a split section. Often times you have to add in some line when repairing a larger break. THEN, the MOST IMPORTANT thing to HOW MUCH OPENING do you need to fit on the compression head to connect to the ends. This was ridiculous!

What a waste of viewers' time that music blah is at the front of your good video.