In every of our constructions before the pipes where covered with cement or tiles I connected a small waterpump to the system and let it work a few days, and everytime we found a leak in some pipes, most because the plumber forgot the glue....I had been in my house for about 15 years and the house was probably already 10 years old. One day, with no rainfall in the past several days, there was a couple of inches of standing water in part of my side yard. I found a place where water was bubbling up to the surface, dug down just over a foot, and uncovered a right angle connection of two plastic tubes that were held together only by small pieces of rebar driven next to them to "hold them in place".. No pipe cement at all. Now the rest of my house is built like the proverbial Brick SXIT House, so this was curious.
A surge in water pressure probably separated the tubes after many years, and I had to glue them properly (instead of using rebar this time
After Pedro left the DR, when there is a problem we find someone to do the hard work if digging or chiseling into concrete is needed, and supervise that the connections are done well.
It's been years now I do all plumber stuff by my own, this works better for us.
