Spiro, I am talking very theoretical here. do you think you could get a tool that expands, then stick it down in the pipe, expand it and pull the broken pipe up?
I only mention it because the new cap the water guys put on my curb box works just like that. As you tighten the nut on top, it draws a bar up between two hanging arms, forcing them apart and jamming them against the sides of the pipe. I don't know how much holding force you could get out of a system like that. Nor how much force you would need to pull the pipe up. Any chance of sticking a smaller solid rod down inside the broken pipe and prying it back and forth to somewhat bend the pipe back into a bit more round so that you can pull it up? Since the guy who did it is a drunk, how about you liquor him up, stuff his arm down the pipe and pour some cement in. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081
