Bob's HandyGuy
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A customer asked me if I could repair his 10 year old sprinkler system that had sprung a leak. He thought I could just cut out the split female connector, buy some PVC couplings and done. The couplings don't look like standard PVC. I would need a couple tees but the 90 degree connection is not centered on the tee like usual. It is almost at the right of the tee. He has what looks like 1 1/4" PVC coming out of the main connection it is then buried about ten feet and coupled to the zone valves with the tees. I dont see any threads coupling the zone valves to supply or even glue on the joints. The PVC ? connectors have some sort of blue glue on them. The white plastic is glossier than normal PVC.
My questions are: do sprinkler systems have fittings that are sometimes specific to the brand ? Would you expect PVC to be used on a buried pressure line in a sprinkler system and why do the fittings and glue not look like normal PVC? Thanks for any help with mucking this out.
My questions are: do sprinkler systems have fittings that are sometimes specific to the brand ? Would you expect PVC to be used on a buried pressure line in a sprinkler system and why do the fittings and glue not look like normal PVC? Thanks for any help with mucking this out.