Small water leak adds up to big bill
After some effort, was able to get all of the broken old bits out of the way with the help of a blowtorch, saws-all (gotta love power tools) and two heavy duty pipe wrenches. This was the first point in the operation that I began to think I might actually be capable of fixing this problem without digging up the front yard and replacing the entire thing with a new pipe as the plumbers had suggested would be required. They also mentioned that, provided I had dug then entire trench to a depth of 6 inches below the pipe, and 24 inches wide before they came out, it would still cost at least $600 to replace the pipe.
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