Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Rusted out Stand Pipe

Hi all,

What a great wealth of information, glad I found this Site!

I am in the process of purchasing a tract a land in East Texas - It has, (or more accurately "had") a rather nice 8 or so acre lake on it. Upon close inspection I can see that the pipe rusted at about the L-bend, where the pipe runs under the dam. The Stand pipe is inside the dam.

Questions:

Is having the standpipe inside the lake a recommended replacement design? Do I have a choice?

I have been told - "don’t dig up the dam to replace the pipe, it will never seal properly". Instead, "shove a new pipe through the old one and pump fill the excess space in the old pipe".

I have also been told - "repacking the dam is not a problem with the correct fill and proper equipment."

A third option presented was plugging the old pipe and installing a "vaccum breaker" PVC system.

Any thoughts? I am rookie - but feeling like I am already hooked.