Colorado B.S. Thread

Lol
I catch and release too!

 

I've tried, but then 20 more come in. Lately the doggo has been faster than me so she's getting some snacks. I think she's burning it all off chasing them

 

https://youtu.be/SPvYbzmDM8k

 

Just captured about 20 myself. Our house is old as sin and I'm sure it has gaps in it that I'm aware of. Heck there's some soffit that I need to patch up but I can't for the life of me figure out how the heck so many get in at dusk, damn demons I swear they're spawning upstairs as I type this.

 

Well that looks much safer…

 

safety is just a state of mind.

 

Quick! Run to Harbor Freight before they run out of stock.

 

As long as it's set up in a wide open sand covered area the size of a softball field, there should be no problem with that 72" flame shooting out in whatever direction the wind blows it.

 

Surprised you didn’t lose half of them on the walk out to the car

 

Surprised there wasn't at least one missing from the package

 

I open the door to release one and at least 3 more fly in.

 

Plumbing question

The hard copper line comes out of the basement to the back flow device. Makes a 90 degree turn down, then there is a metal coupler with some type of plastic gasket/ring sealing that coupler around each copper pipe. Goes into box for irrigation.

the gasket at the bottom is leaking.

what’s the best way to seal this up as a renter who doesn’t want to deal with passing the full plumbing cost to the landlord?

 

Kinda just looks like some sort of sharkbite connector, and I’m guessing it’s torquing on it in such a way that it won’t want to seal.
Get one of these (in the correct size, guessing it’s 3/4” copper?)
https://www.homedepot.com/p/SharkBite-3-4-in-Push-to-Connect-Disconnect-Clip-U712A/100638161
And watch the video on this for how the fitting is supposed to be used/adjusted:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/SharkBi...rass-Slip-Coupling-Fitting-U3016LFA/202270516

 

Thanks! That looks exactly what is on there. I wasn’t sure the anatomy/terminology for those parts, so this gets me oriented and moving along to see what the next issue I uncover is… I’m guessing it’s both a poorly prepared/deburred pipe and the fact that the two pipes don’t align well.

 

The fact they don’t align and that looks like an old shake bite there is o rings inside there

 

You could probably solder it proper yourself and be done with it. Those shark bite fittings are a poorly trained irrigation techs best friend.

 

I just need it to not leak for a year or so until I don’t live here anymore. Soldering sounds like equipment I don’t want to buy.

 

I’d guess $40 worth of stuff to have all the tools and parts to solder it, less if you already have a torch. That said, it’s not your house, and sharkbite is an easy enough fix for the time being. Might even be able to get the current fitting to seal if you can get it straightened out.

 

Yep, that’s the order of operations.

try and get it to stop leaking with current parts. Dig down a little bit to try and align the pipes to help.

from there I will reassess how big the problem is.