Excavate and Expose Damaged Pipe

What happens here

With the main water supply successfully shut off, the team proceeded to excavate the area where the leak originated. The mini-excavator was used to quickly remove the bulk of the soil, followed by manual digging with shovels for more precise work around the pipe. This careful excavation was necessary to fully expose the broken section of the water line without causing further damage, especially since the pipe was discovered unexpectedly and its exact depth or location was unknown.

Goal: Once the main water was off, a combination of mini-excavator and manual labor was used to carefully dig and expose the damaged section of the buried water line.