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Good tip thanks a lot!

 

Question for you. Does the 1/4" drain saddle hole really not leak once the tubing is in there? Seems like a weird design that would be prone to leaking

 

Installed these this weekend

 

What kind of lamp does it take. Very Nice.

 

You know, the more I think about this the less I think that I need a plumber. It looks like the

$90 Matsui Plumbing Isolation Valve Kit

valve assemblies are all screw on and that will make the pretty easy to replace. Anything I need to know before I try it myself?

 

Know where your main shut off valve is, and that's really it.

Get yourself plenty of that plumber's tape as you'll want it for the new ball valve assemblies.

And buckets, even if you relieve pressure by turning on faucets or running the toilet, you'll still have water in those lines you'll want to catch.

 

Yup I found that and tested it yesterday.

 

you might have to cut the pvc pipe and add a coupler at reassembly to disassemble and replace your shut offs

 

Hm. How come?

 

I never added my bit of home improvement recently for the small yard.

I've never done any plumbing and related work with the exception of replacing a water heater or replacing laundry water hoses.

Being summer (and how hot it gets here) we decided to let the grass we had left to die off and focus on running a sprinkler system.

You can rent one of those trenchers at Home Depot for pretty cheap, just make sure to hose it off clean so you don't get charged extra.

Here's our yard with trenching done. Rather than have the entire area covered in grass, we expect to have only half of it covered with grass (for the dogs) and the rest an extension of our covered patio.



Had bought about seven 10' long pieces of PVC schedule 40 pipe. Originally I intended to run four sprinkler heads (one at each corner) but based on the small size and range of coverage, three would provide plenty of overlap and saturation.



Fortunate enough to not live in an area where freezing temps are a concern; all this stuff can remain exposed outside. Removed the fixture and ran a T for my water source. Just below that, a ball valve so I can shut it off at the source in case a leak developed or my timer failed.





What's funny is, I never intended to buy this timer but so far it's been freaking awesome! Got it at Lowe's for $10 cause it was on clearance.

Works via bluetooth using their app, but has memory so you can set a routine watering schedule and more. Also got the first part of the water line setup going.



Was about 110 degrees when I was setting this up, had nothing better to do. Was laying out the pvc pipe to get an idea of measurements and all.





Laying down the first piece.



The first bend to create the 'outer perimeter'.



Working around the drainage, though the sprinkler pipe is sitting above in this picture I ran it below as I didn't want the weight of the dirt affecting the pipe long term.



Setting the sprinkler body height, more or less.



With everything laid out, just needed to tie it all in. Here's what was left.



I'm sure there are better ways but, it was my first time.



Measurements look good so far...



Yep, they were good! Fortunately cause it's all getting cemented together, none of it with the exception of the sprinkler hoses and bodies are threaded.



Let there be water! Oh and it may be hard to see but, there is a sprinkler straight ahead providing overlapping coverage in a 180 degree fashion.

All three sprinkler heads are 180 degree.



Criticisms welcome, first time ever doing a sprinkler system!

 

Because shut off valves, adapters, are not all the same size or length, etc.

 

that threaded pvc adapter that goes into that brass tee was likely installed , then the shut offs screwed into the unit , then the pipe glued on . Just saying you may not be able to disassemble everything by unthreading it , in case you needed to get some pvc fittings and glue etc

 

Looks like a G25 LED to me. Wattage might not be 60, though.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/EcoSmar...Light-Bulb-Daylight-3-Pack-FG-03394/312583523

 

Don't forget to get some different nipples to replace the galvanized ones.

 

Kill power, gas, and water pressure obviously. Id teflon tape any threads

 

I'm going to replace the assembly with the same one that's on there now.

I see what you mean. I think I can unscrew the top and bottom of the valve assembly, then get enough room to unscrew one of the two connections on the relief valve. I'll keep the hacksaw handy as a plan B.

Absolutely! I'm hoping they sell brass or PVC ones at Lowe's.

 

its one of them old time looking filament lamps A19 60W 2700K I think

 

So I found out my well pump emergency repair should be good to go for the long run.

The Gates radiator hose I used is EPDM so it should be safe for the house water long term no worries about leaching chemicals, UV stable so I don't have to worry about the little bit of sun exposure it gets and it's rated for a working pressure of up to 75PSI which is 15 below my pump cut off.

$20 fixed it permanently I suppose and saved me the $400 emergency well pump repair call that probably would have put more of that crap plastic hose that was on it before.

I'm happy.

 

this weekend i took on the project of fitting an 18" dishwasher in a 15" cabinet space... some call me a magician, i generally go by electrician.

got a free 18" dishwasher from a customer. sorta an oddball size, so was a long shot when i started looking a few years ago.
was going to be tricky, as none of my cabinets are a standard size. going both ways off the sink, i've got 15", 36" lazy suzan units, and finally some 37" cabinets. so no easy ride on this one. cabinet layout also sucks, but that's a different problem for a different day


i went to the left. the plan? remove the 15" cabinet, then cut down the lazy suzan to fit.
cabinet came out simple enough, but turns out my sink "cabinet" is just a facia front panel with a a hacked in raised floor and toekick. wasn't expecting that.


ended up salvaging the removed cabinet side panel to make a sink panel side
then had to pull apart the lazy susan and 're-size' it to make everything fit.

cutting down the rotating assembly of the lazy susan, and marking out how to get the rear panel to re-wrap back around to the front


the entire assembly would not come out-- it was designed for the center rod to move through the space where the countertop existed, and i was NOT removing the entire counter for this! so in-place cutting was the only option.

believe it or not, did all cutting with an m18 hackzall. would've preferred a jigsaw, but it honestly wasn't likely to come out any cleaner.

lazy susan cut down. i knew it was going to reduce my space, wasn't expecting this much! but it is what it is...


and the finished product



other surprise was the hollow core door, one day i'll fill it in and stain/varnish it to match. i sent the cut-off to my sister, the paint store expert, to match the stain.


of course, no project is without it's surprises
all-metal undersink drains, starting to rot out, the 1 is held together and not leaking only by rust/corrosion. needed to re-pipe anyways to get the dishwasher drain in, good thing too, this was already on borrowed time!

all piped in and almost read to go! lots of crud in the old setup for some reason

i was all set, and celebrating not having any leaks, then everything plugs up and water starts backing up the drain...
i knocked some of the sediment somewhere loose re-piping it, it's clogged somewhere.

so after all that, NOW i need to call a plumber this week to roto rooter out the line...

 

Finished mudding and sanded the drywall around my new door. Came out better than I expected it to. The worst looking spot will get covered by tile so no big deal. Also hung my shades on the doors. Not bad for $40 a pop on Amazon.


All thats left is to prime the wall, and cut/nail up some trim, caulk it it and paint it. Wall will stay just primed for awhile as it makes no sense to paint it now when it'll all be repainted within a few months.