245ROAD

Irrigation or is it Irritation.
Working here on installing the PRV, anti siphon, and the zone 1 valve. The pit meter is behind and to the left, already installed. The picture that got away will forever live in our memories. The story is now a week old the emotion has worn off. On Saturday, July 9, I set out on a project to remove the water meter from our mechanical room so I could relocate to a street-side pit, all in the name of irrigation. The removal went well although I couldn't sweat a copper joint to save my life. I tried twice to assemble the plumbing necessary to replace the void of the water meter, each time resulting in one or two pin hole leaks. I decided to stop the work that evening after running out of supplies. Sunday started out with a nice breakfast and a trip to Tim's Tools in Silt where I picked up 2 of everything. I arrived home and told Delle that I could do this in one shot, and I did do it in one shot - with a rain delay. As I was sweating one of the joints the compression fitting popped off the main line and we had a 100psi water feature inside the house. It turns out that our plumber failed to include a crucial part when he attached the brass compression fitting to the poly main line. The crucial part is called a stiffener and it is a short, thin stainless steel pipe that is inserted into the end of the poly to give the compression fitting a solid surface to compress upon. A responsible plumber is what we didn't have. Luckily there was a man working at the water plant located two miles away and we only had to battle the cold barrage for 30 minutes. Lesson learned: ask us who not to use for a plumber, always turn the water off before a major plumbing project.