Surprise & Solution

There are a couple of before and after photos.  The top of each pair is yesterday, and the bottom is today.

Yesterday I took the photo of the broken pipe.

I went to Fillmore to get some PVC fitting to fix them.  I got the wrong part and wasn't able to fix it.  Instead of making another trip to Fillmore, I found some pieces and was able to plug it. The next trip to Fillmore I will get the right piece.

The ball valve broke.  I could have unscrewed it, but I cut the pipe below the valve thinking that the pipe froze and broke.

I found a valve in a nursery tub that had a lot of parts. I could have screwed it on but I cut it off.  There were a couple of adapters that worked that I glued together

Carol answered the phone. Dan Speakman was on the other end.  The new TV that I ordered last week.  I drove to Fillmore.  I got some glue, Teflon tape and the needed PVC piece.  It was the wrong size.  I then picked up the TV.  It was a little smaller than the one that we have.  Before I got out of town, I turned around and took it back.  He was good about it.  I offered to pay a restocking fee.  He didn't need that and he reversed the credit card charge.

The three foot stem that held the facet broke off.  I think that it was hit when some trees were cut down.  I watched a bunch of videos that showed how to remove the piece of PVC in the tee could be removed.  None were very practical in this situation.  During the night a solution came.  I would make a plug.

I mounted the lathe on my work bench.  I found a short piece of pine that I could turn to fit the pipe.  The left end will go into the pipe.  It took a lot of turning and removing it then test it against the broken piece.

I coated it with pipe cement and pounded it in.  I left it there and will turn the water on in the morning.

This photo is a couple days old.  There were still  a couple of low places on the edges that need more putty.  I put on some more;

Carol finished this puzzle last night.

I took Shane, Adam, and Dustin for a tour of our yard.  I showed them how the irrigation water it distributed throughout our yard and all of the sources for well water.  There are hose bibs all over our yard.

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