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    Feb 23, 2012, 10:07 AM
    Broken pipe to septic tank
    Pipe from house broke at joint with septic tank pipe
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    Feb 23, 2012, 10:39 AM
    What's you question? If the pipe is broken it must be dug up and replaced. You can try to just fix the place of the break but most of the time we replace the entire run if the pipe is not PVC or ABS
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