Water System Help!?!

[rsteele1113]

I hope I can explain the problem well enough for others to understand without a visual aid. I am fixing my grandparent's home water line. They have a well and a pressure tank. Most of the line is not easily accessible, the only place it can be reached is about a 4 or 5 foot section right next to the pressure tank. When the system was built, a coupler with the threaded nuts and rubber gaskets on both ends was used to connect the supply line to the rest of the system which is a steel line. The gasket in the coupler became worn out over the years and began leaking. The hardware store did not have a 1 inch coupler in stock, so I improvised and purchased a union style connection, where there is only 1 threaded set right in the center. The problem I encountered is that both the supply line in and the steel pipe that leads into the system are rigid and cannot be moved at all. To make the union join tightly in the center, the pieces of 1 inch PVC have to be longer than will fit in the joints.

I know this is really hard to follow without a diagram of sorts, but I'm not sure where to create one. Basically, I don't have enough room to put the correct length of pipe into the glue joints. Instead of being able to use a piece that is supposed to be the length from the inside of the joint on one end all the way to the inner most of the joint on the other end, the only way I can make the piece fit is from the very edge of one joint to the very edge of the other, leaving no room for the surfaces to contact each other inside the joints. I am unsure of how to solve this problem since I cannot move anything to get any extra room.

Hopefully somebody can help answer my question before tomorrow. I'll be waiting eagerly for replies. Thank you very much!

Please feel free to ask questions, as I'm sure the above reading is not very precise.

 

[turnpin]

Hello Rsteele1113 and welcome any chance of a few pictures so we may be able to offer a solutionregards turnpin

 

[Dannypipe]

My advice, take a photo and upload it on here. You'll get a better response.

 

[Dannypipe]

Hello Turnpin, beat me to it by a second or so there!!

Also can I ask the OP if they reside in the UK? Get the feeling this might be an American post, few words mentioned, like water 'line' not a term a lot of us Brits use.

Of no consequense just interested to know.

 

[rsteele1113]

Ok, well I guess I will try again tomorrow when I can get a pic of it. I already left their house and don't feel like driving back today. Thank ya'll for reading

 

[rsteele1113]

P.S. yeah, I'm an American, not that I like it....I just noticed that there was a lot of activity here and I thought I might have a better chance of getting a reply. Sorry I'm an outsider lol.

 

[turnpin]

Not a problem all are welcome here hope we can find a solution to your problemregards turnpin

 

[Dannypipe]

P.S. yeah, I'm an American, not that I like it....I just noticed that there was a lot of activity here and I thought I might have a better chance of getting a reply. Sorry I'm an outsider lol.

Of course you're not an outsider!!

We'll do our best to help you, I was just interested as I picked up on some of the terminology you used.

I love the states, my best mates wife is American. Great people, great country.

Speak again once you have photos.