Irrigation Repair

Last week we found an irrigation leak by #9 tee.  Unfortunately, the leak turned out to be under the cart path.  This meant we needed to rent a concrete saw to remove part of the asphalt to be able to dig up the leak. 

Nick cutting out a section of cart path.

After removing the section of cart path, we were able to get down to the leak.  The culprit was a 6" T fitting that was servicing one head.  A 6" line meant a lot of water needed to be drained off. 

We removed enough material on either side of the T to cut out the old pipe and replace with new pipe and fittings.  6" fittings can get pretty expensive to replace and are no fun to deal with.  We spent the entire day cleaning out around the pipe, and removing the existing fittings and replacing with new.

6" line servicing one sprinkler head on a 1.5" line

 
We were able to get the water turned back on around 4:30 p.m.  It was a long day of repairs, but I would much rather be dealing with it in April then July!  After we replaced all of the dirt, we filled the rest of the hole with gravel so carts could return to the path.  This week we will replace the asphalt we removed with a patch.

Hole filled with gravel