A small update from a few days ago. To save you a click, it turns out that if you apply PVC cement and don’t push the pipes together you won’t actually make a good joint. Who knew.
I’m honestly impressed it lasted so long without issues. We’ve lived in this house over 10 years and the PVC run predates our purchase.
As a side note, PVC repair couplers are a massive PITA. I am glad I didn’t have to dig a fresh trench, get the old pipe out, and put a new one in, but it was quite the dance getting the coupler on while fighting with 2" OD pipe that’s firmly lodged in clay. My nice small hole grew a bit longer to get some wiggle room.
That stinks. I was able to find this within about 6" on the first dig. It’s about 10 feel from the outlet, so I could use the snake as a depth gauge.
Hope your dad is able to get to the bottom of it soon!
He’ll probably have it fixed soon enough.