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Anywho.... So Tina notices that the ground near the coop is wet. It hadn't rained for weeks.
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I suggest where to dig. She digs farther away from that spot. She finds a bright orange conduit. "NOT the water line." I tell her. "That's a power line."
"There is water running around it."
"Power line, water line will come in front THERE," pointing, "and run to There."
She digs in the area I suggested, and finds the water line about 8" down.
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![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
She won't let me get down into the hole. (Docs orders.) She opens up the hole a bit more, and I ask what size the line is. She has no clue. I use a crescent wrench to span the line and put it on the tape measure. 1" OD. You can see the orange power conduit in the pic below as well as the bad 45 degree connector.
I start to outline the plan for the repair. She tells me to HD go get what we need, and she'll use the tractor to pull the mud and dirt out of the way. I tell the guy at HD my plan for the repair, and that the wrench said 1". He pulls a two foot piece of pipe marked 1" and I tell him I'll need a 45 degree and straight connector. In fact, I ask the guy for two of each. (I have heard you guys say there will be at least three trips to plumbing supply, I want to avoid that.) I think I angered the plumbing gods with that move.
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I get home, and the pipe is too big. HDs 1" pipe is 1" inside diameter. I needed 3/4" to get 1" outside diameter. It's a half hour drive back to HD, so Tina and I go to lunch... while we are out.
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I'll skip the details, but the first repair was done, and we waited the required two hours before applying pressure by turning the pump back on. Of course it leaked.
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After doing the angry snoopy dance, we cut it out, and ... surprise, I had enough pipe and two more connectors.
Since I had watched a number of YouTube videos during that two hour curing time, I now knew the mistakes that were made. The second repair was smooth as silk, and the curing time was extended to three hours. Luckily, no leaks... as it was dusk.
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Tina covered up the repair after first carefully and firmly packing DRY dirt under the repair to prevent flexing and recracking the pipe. If we have a hard winter again, we may end up having to run a new trench from the house to the coop. (250') Wouldn't look forward to that, but if we did, it would be 2' down, not 8" as they do get freezes here.
I am not a plumber, never claim to be. I can do the most basic repairs, but after all the surgery, I am NOT flexible and am happy to pay to have the repairs done. Getting a plumber out is the challenge.
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Insert happy Snoopy dance here.