Wednesday, 27 June 2007
The fence people came out today in preparation for providing me with an estimate. The sprinkler people arrived at about the same time to replace the broken backflow device.
Broken backflow device
The part of the backflow device that connected to the PVC irrigation pipe came out real easy… the PVC joint shattered due to the impact.
Bent copper, broken PVC
The copper feed pipe also took a good hit. The bend was below the grade. The first 6-10 inches of PVC pipe was full of dirt from the accident. The dirty portion was cut out and replaced as was the bent copper feed pipe.
New device installed
All done. Water is on through the backflow device, but off at the output of the device. I won’t turn it on until tomorrow to give the PVC glue a chance to set.
Thursday, 28 June 2007
Turned the valve at the output of the backflow device to provide water to the irrigation system and yard hoses. Turned on the drip system to the vegetable garden. The tomatoes were looking quite thirsty.