As last posted, we recently bought our first house. We've been here for two months and two days and have thoroughly enjoyed the perks of having a home: both cars in a garage therefore there's no scraping frost off in the morning, a large closet, 2 sinks in the master bathroom, a dishwasher, etc. However, this morning we awoke to the downside of owning a home. When things go wrong, you're in charge of fixing them.
Our backyard had flooded and there was water EVERYWHERE. Any place you couldn't see water, you'd step and sink into the ground because it was so soggy.Immediately we were able to find the source of the leak. That entire area was bubbling.
Jonathan was able to reach his arm into the lawn and feel the pipes.
So, we pulled back the mud and scooped about 14 gallons of water out the hole.
Jonathan was tempted to drink some because it looked so much like chocolate milk.
Then, we found the problem. Not just a crack in the pipe, but the entire hose had come apart. No wonder it was bubbling.
So, after a lot of digging, a trip to Home Depot and a few new parts we thought we fixed the problem.
But we were wrong. Once we turned the water back on, it burst again. Within about 15 seconds we had a now bigger hole filled with water. Back to the beginning.
After two more trips to Home Depot , 8 hours of working on it, another burst pipe and some blistered hands we had replaced that line of sprinkler. For those of you who have worked with sprinklers before probably are laughing at how long this took us but neither of us had ever done this before so we learned a lot and felt proud of our work.
When we turned the water back on just before dark we were thrilled we didn't have another hole full of water. We do however still have a leak. Looks like we need to replace it again with a slightly different part. Next Saturday....unless the ground is covered in 2 feet of snow. Then it will have to wait until the Spring. But for now, the water is turned off.
After two more trips to Home Depot , 8 hours of working on it, another burst pipe and some blistered hands we had replaced that line of sprinkler. For those of you who have worked with sprinklers before probably are laughing at how long this took us but neither of us had ever done this before so we learned a lot and felt proud of our work.
When we turned the water back on just before dark we were thrilled we didn't have another hole full of water. We do however still have a leak. Looks like we need to replace it again with a slightly different part. Next Saturday....unless the ground is covered in 2 feet of snow. Then it will have to wait until the Spring. But for now, the water is turned off.***Yes, my camera is still missing and I don't think I'll ever get it back - these pictures were taken with our old camera which we replaced with the new camera that was stolen***
