Water Works

Robin enjoyed a wonderfully productive Saturday in the yard weeding, landscaping, planting, etc. I, on the other hand, had quite a destructive Saturday in the yard breaking our sprinkling system.

We inherited a sprinkling system that came with the house. I tried to turning it on for the first time Saturday and learning the lines, circuits, etc. I did poorly learning the valves. I turned something that wasn’t supposed to be turned. –Snap. Run around to the other side of the house and close the main valve, quick!

After an hour of work with a pocket knife, vise-grip, and hammer I clogged the hole the way one might try to shove an oversized cork into a champagne bottle.

Then I was back to my original problem. Why could I hear the electric buzz of the solenoids and sound of flowing water in the pipes when circuit #3 was turned “on”, but see absolutely no water coming out anywhere in the yard? I double-checked the drain and bleed valves (or what I thought were...). Still no answer.

And that’s how I leave you. If you’re experiencing an unexpected water leak (as opposed to an expected one?), call me. It might be hooked up to my #3.