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ag
08-25-2004, 02:59 PM
from what Ive herd my house here in FL is a wreck. The electric is all fucked up, nothing works the way it should. The other day we had our lawn guy install and replace the well pump. WE get the thing in and cant get it primed for shit. So he and I both agree that theres a hole in the line somewhere. So a day later since he and I were both stressed for time dug up the line. Little did I know there were 2 wells, or so I thought. Diging more I discovered 3 well points, all with no cracks or holes. ABout a week later he comes back and caps off the 2 wells furthest from the pump. Boom, it primes right up. <p>So now its my turn to go around my yard and find all the heads to see what kind of condition they are in. Just about all of them didnt pop up cause they were covered with dirt and grass. The other spots where heads should be just gussed with water. <p> Now I started the majority of my digging last friday. Ive been working on it since.I replace all the heads on on Zone. Now I have a situation where I had a piece of pipe going under my driveway, that had leaks in it. So I decided to try, key word TRY to replace the pipe. I think the hole closed. Now I need to find a way to get the pipe underneath. I go to Lowes and they tell me about this tunneler thingy that you use with water. Im like great I dont have to put as much effort into it as I though. WRONG!!!!!!!!!! I went through two of the thing because the nifty little nozzel thing that shoots the water came off when my half inch pipe got stuck. TWICE. Im fucking livid at this point. Finnally after all this I switch to three quarter inch, thinking I can make a sleve for the half inch to fit through. I get one piece in and get a coupling on, attach the other, it seems to be working I think. I get to the very end of the second piece and I run to the other side. Im jumping for joy cause I see water comming out, but no pipe. In fact I couldnt find that fucking thing ANYWHERE!!! It was lost in the ground. Im shooting water now the opposite way and still I see nothing. Then I get more great news. My neighbor, whos Ive never taled to before tells me that theres a pipe allready under there comming from under the side walk. WHy, cause He put it in there, but the previose owner of this house decided to change it so it went under 20 feet of driveway instead of 3 feet of sidewalk. Now Its starting to thunder. Im fucking pissed Ive got tons of ground open. Im like fuck this , I close up one side of the driveway where I was trying to go under. I go the head on the sidewalk side, dig that up, not only is there a cap on the line but there's a line running right under the sidewalk like the old man told me. Ok, Ill shoot some water in it and see where it comes out. NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all it does it shoot up in my face. Now its raining, and lightning. I have work at 3 tommorow, and have a flight to catch at 2 Friday, that ontop of getting my check , getting it cashed and praying that I make my flight. All of this for one fucking head, that covers a piece of land 6 X 6

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stickyfingers
08-26-2004, 04:20 AM
I started the majority of my digging last friday. Ive been working on it since.


If you find that your fridge is full of Orange Juice then you know you can find the head you are looking for in the wall of the basement.


Home Improvement surely can be a nightmare. I know this from working with my dad on the house I grew up in. We have so many things that are crooked due to our "Improvements." The hardest thing had to be sheetrocking the ceiling with just two of us....That sucked!

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