Also bevel the thickness of the pipe walls slightly, both inside and out.
The skin on my leg, especially around the shin, chafed against the pipe walls as if it would tear off.
These jets are directed onto the pipe inner wall and remove any kind of deposits.
It leaves the pipe walls themselves undamaged, and only removes waste residue.
There is no direct interaction between the fluid and the earth; only heat transfer through the pipe wall.
Closed loop systems, in comparison, have to transfer heat across extra layers of pipe wall and dirt.
The thermal resistance due to the pipe wall is calculated by the following relationship:
Some anomalous energy deposition in the pipe wall created a fracture, I suppose.
A hollow metal spike is pushed through the pipe wall to tap into the water line.
Corrosion can erode the pipe walls, making them too thin to contain the water pressure.