Well it was not a valve. The bane of all irrigation systems are roots. I suspect a root was the cause of a joint separating. It is either that or the heavy zero turn lawn mower being used on our yard. No matter, the problem turned out to be a separated joint.
To begin with the joint was not really a good one but it lasted 10 years. I had to dig a lot to find the joint. A first it looked okay but all you had to do was push on the pipe and you could see a clear separation. Well I had to dig some more to get around the joint. And I had to remove a tree root that must have been an inch in diameter. I saw another root under all my plumbing but I was afraid to cut it as there are irrigation wires running all over the place. Those wires control the valves and run back to the main control box.
Any way the bad joint has been reglued and I used a piece of Cedar wood to make sure the joint would not pull apart. It would have been major work to replace the valve and redo all the plumbing. So a repair job is a swifter mending and allows the system to be back into use in this dry time of the years.
The yard is not suffering yet but soon will be. And then the grass turns brown as it goes dormant. I do not intend to allow that to happen.
So the repair is in place and I will test it shortly.
I am getting to old to do this kind of work. Well maybe not, maybe I need more exercise.
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Chip, my condolences and prayers for you and the family with regard to CR’s passing. I hope all is well otherwise.
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