Thought I would share this brief adventure and even include a bit of poker.



Last night I decided to do some yard work to please the boss. I pruned and weeded the bed along the side of our house. It was not a problem and I had energy to burn. I have been inspired to create another water feature so I decided to start digging the hole. I used a shovel and a pick axe, having a grand old time. I hit something hard so I got my 30 pound rock spike. Wham! Wham! Sphhhhshhhhhh! I hit the #@%&*( main sprinkler line. I was pissed! I turned off the water to the house. How the F... was I going to cut this line. I could not get a hack saw in there. Hmmmm! My wife bought me a all-in-One tool a few years back. It took n act of Congress to figure out how to install the saw blade, but I finally managed. In the pool of water I was only able to cut 3/4 through the pipe. I had to dig deeper into the swamp I created then finsih the job with a mud splattering hack saw. I got the piece of pipe out and boogied to Lowes to buy parts. I returned with a compression fitting two couplers and a end cap.



Note to readers - PVC compression fittings suck! Oh I forgot to add since the water was turned off my wife was let's say "Less than Happy"! I tried four times to get the damn compression fitting to stop leaking. I finally gave up and debated a trip back to Lowes. Hmmm! I bought the end cap for a reason, so I just capped the pipe and turned the water back on. No leak!



Saga continues - Oh I forgot to mention that I did buy two couplers, but I did not have a piece of pipe to connect the two. I stopped at Lowes on the way home from work and got the PVC pipe. I did learn from my boss that there should be a cut-off valve specific to the sprinkler system. I found and opened the box. I was staring at the valving with my sun glasses on trying to study the configuration and figure out how to turn off the water. Then I saw it it laying on top of the pipe. A SNAKE! I was thankful I did not just reach in and attempt to turn a valve. I am not sure what type it was. I poked it with the screw driver. The snake did not put up much of a fight then slithered into the hole next to the pipe. I was thinking to myself -"Man life is full of surprises!"



After several cuts of PVC I got the leak repaired and the water back on.

Poker story will have to be later!