POS of the day

[SprinklerGuy]

The sprinklers alone don't necessarily make this POS so bad...it is the fact that this is installed along the roadway in a neighborhood that the homes are 750k and up...this particular house is probably well over 1 million due to the size of lot and the view....which I did not take pics of to protect the owner :P

I was driving by this home....Dana was on the phone and asked if I had seen it yet, as he has driven by it before.....just as he asked, these beauties popped into view.

Enjoy.

[PurpHaze]

Heck... looks like a CA freeway setup. :)

[DanaMac]

I've laughed at that job for the last 6-8 years. It's amazing what some of the most expensive homes have that don't meet industry standards (ok, my standards). I have seen $500k - $1 mill. homes with the ugliest above ground manifolds. "Let's do $75,000 in landscaping, but put in this ugly azz POS sprinkler system". Some of these homes are huge and beautiful, and then you see this conglomerate of grey, green, and black vlaves, with PVC and multiple repair couplings, and plenty of glue and primer dripping down.

Oh yeah, thanks for taking care of that job up there Tony. No way I was going to be in that area for a week.

[SprinklerGuy]

The glue and primer are dripping down because the stupid installer put glue on the pipe AND in the fitting....sigh.

[DanaMac]

The glue and primer are dripping down because the stupid installer put glue on the pipe AND in the fitting....sigh.

Yeah but a quick swipe with a towel would have made it look better. Or at least a finger so you can pick all the glue off your hands while eating dinner!!

[Wet_Boots]

Hmmmm, my can o' glue says apply to both fitting and pipe. Still, you have to like a customer who appreciates a good impact head.

[DanaMac]

Hmmmm, my can o' glue says apply to both fitting and pipe.

I think Tony was referring to the other thread with this discussion.

[Keith]

I'm really going to have to start carrying my camera with me.

[PurpHaze]

Or at least a finger so you can pick all the glue off your hands while eating dinner!!

A pumice stone and a little water work quick wonders on removing glue and primer in just seconds.

Critical Care will now pipe in that he'll supply all the lava dust you'd need to scrub your hands. :laugh:

[sildoc]

A pumice stone and a little water work quick wonders on removing glue and primer in just seconds.

Critical Care will now pipe in that he'll supply all the lava dust you'd need to scrub your hands. :laugh:
Heck If he doesn't I will. I am on the south west side of Crater Lake from him so have almost as much Pummi on the W side there. Too bad it didn't float a little futher into the Rogue Valley as it is all Clay.

[Critical Care]

Hey, I was going to pipe in anyway and say to Mr. Neumann that the only thing better that I’d like to see in that picture would be Maxi Paws sticking up on those risers. I truly think that he should stop by there and offer to paint the cement holding up those risers green.

And yes, on my property I have both cinder and pumice. Needless to say, it’s all around, and to top that off just several stone throws away from my place is the edge of a massive lava flow that’s part of a national monument.

Clay in the Rogue Valley, Sildoc?

[sildoc]

Hey, I was going to pipe in anyway and say to Mr. Neumann that the only thing better that I’d like to see in that picture would be Maxi Paws sticking up on those risers. I truly think that he should stop by there and offer to paint the cement holding up those risers green.

And yes, on my property I have both cinder and pumice. Needless to say, it’s all around, and to top that off just several stone throws away from my place is the edge of a massive lava flow that’s part of a national monument.

Clay in the Rogue Valley, Sildoc?
I know as hard as it is to believe, Critical, there is actually clay here. Unfortunately there is a whole lot of it. 50 miles north towards you you can actually get into some pummi country. Needless to say you all have better drainage than we have over here.
Do you live by Lava Butte National Monument? Went there last year for the first time. Hard to believe that you can live some where for so long and not see what is right next door.

[Critical Care]

Sildoc, I do live near Lava Butte. That area is called Lava Lands and is part of the Newberry Volcanic National Monument which encompasses a large area, including Lava River Cave, and the mammoth Newberrry Caldera. The picture below is of Lava Butte. Its lava flow extends off to the left of the picture and is the same one that’s by my house. If you get up here again, make it a point to go into the Newberry Caldera.

Interesting about the clay over there. I would have thought of plenty organic matter, but probably not clay.

[PurpHaze]

Trekked up Hwy. 97 many times and been there, done that. :)

[sildoc]

Sildoc, I do live near Lava Butte. That area is called Lava Lands and is part of the Newberry Volcanic National Monument which encompasses a large area, including Lava River Cave, and the mammoth Newberrry Caldera. The picture below is of Lava Butte. Its lava flow extends off to the left of the picture and is the same one that’s by my house. If you get up here again, make it a point to go into the Newberry Caldera.

Interesting about the clay over there. I would have thought of plenty organic matter, but probably not clay.
Wanted to but with 2 little ones at the time and now a 3rd it is hard to do everything you want untill they get a little bigger. Love it up there on North lake by Wikkiup?? So much to do. Fish the dechutes and about 500 short hiking trails that the kids can handle with out me carrying them to far. Make it a point to go up the cascade lakes hwy at least twice a year. Love Bend but the traffic sucks. Almost moved there when I got out of the Navy but my wife and I got really good jobs in Medford and well I found I could make a better living and take care of the kids cutting grass and doing small things.

[Critical Care]

Almost moved there when I got out of the Navy but my wife and I got really good jobs in Medford...

Whoa! Surely you must have gotten another job other than cutting grass and fixing sprinkler heads!

And Hayes, I've been through your neck of the woods as well. Loved to ski the backcountry up at Sequoia when very few people would be up there. I remember a very nice Italian food place just off of 198... maybe on E. Mineral King Ave. A quiet day up in the giant trees followed by good food, a fireplace, and fine wine. Not too shabby.

[sildoc]

Whoa! Surely you must have gotten another job other than cutting grass and fixing sprinkler heads!
Yes. Other than cutting grass and fixing heads.
I worked in the ER at Prov. of Medford for 2 years as my part time business went further than I even expected. More time off and no political BS. I made good money and was in the AC but had to pay the Babysitter 700 a month because I was always gone. I found out really quick I wished I had stayed in the Navy, because I was home more and able to do more things. Now I have most of the winter off for fishing and travel. Make as much as I was when I was in the ER and keep the kids out of the Babysitter. My wife brings home the bacon now. When I say that she has the health insurance and nice cushy 403B retirement plan that is matched. I pay off the nonessential and vacations, put into my wife's and I supplemental Ira's and a little in the bank. But the best part is being able to see the little ones class shows and other things in between jobs. Once they are all in school full time it is really time to grow, now we are very well off in my opinion. Good times together and a nice place to live and grow.

[PurpHaze]

And Hayes, I've been through your neck of the woods as well. Loved to ski the backcountry up at Sequoia when very few people would be up there. I remember a very nice Italian food place just off of 198... maybe on E. Mineral King Ave. A quiet day up in the giant trees followed by good food, a fireplace, and fine wine. Not too shabby.

You're probably referring to Rosa's on Mineral King down by the fire/police departments. Great food! All my doctors are fairly close to it and I've been known to pop in for some wine and cheese after an appointment. Our oldest high school and Mineral King Bowl are only a block west.

Sequoia has a LOT of snow this year. Problem is that the temps have finally turned into the 90s and WAY too much water is coming down as a result of the snow melt. They actually kept many of the rivers closed for use over the Memorial Day weekend due to high/fast water. There were still drownings though.

[Critical Care]

I’ll remember Rosa’s.

And talking about drowning, and making me think of the Killer Kern, we have an interesting situation out here on the Lower Deschutes where I generally take and guide a group rafting. The area is partially on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation and apparently a while back one of the tribal members fell into the river and drowned. The Indians strung a net across the river in an attempt to retrieve the body – which is part of their culture. However, as you can guess, it created a real hazard for people floating down the river.

[gusbuster]

The glue and primer are dripping down because the stupid installer put glue on the pipe AND in the fitting....sigh.

Anti-theft maybe:hammerhead: or better yet, to catch a car that looses control from that curve in the foreground. You know like the wires that catch planes on a aircraft carrier.:)

[PurpHaze]

Went out on a "broken sprinkler" today at district office complex which seemed that the site guy already attempted to repair. I think I'll give him some baling wire also and he'll have everything covered. :dizzy:

[sildoc]

Went out on a "broken sprinkler" today at district office complex which seemed that the site guy already attempted to repair. I think I'll give him some baling wire also and he'll have everything covered. :dizzy:
Gota love Duct tape. I have seen that used so much on drip I could just take a hatchet to it.

[Wet_Boots]

Taping over a buried leak is just evil. A good tight wrap of duck tape will redirect the leaking water, and make the fault that much harder to find later on.

[Keith]

So, duct tape is not indigenous to this area? :laugh: You never know what else you'll find when you see that familiar webbing blowing in the wind. I was talking with a customer last week as I started working on his system. He had a leak and a few heads in need of replacement. As I dug up the first one, I found that whoever was there before had duct taped the elbow on the Kaf-flex. He said "what is that? Duct tape?" I told him sometimes you have to do that when the Elmer's won't hold ;)

[PurpHaze]

With the progression of things on this forum my next question HAS to be: "Do you bevel and primer prior to wrapping the duct tape?" :p

[Wet_Boots]

I knew of one guy who added onto a patio, and pulled a head off the end of a poly pipe, and filled the open end with epoxy glue, and later on, wondered why that was a problem.

[sildoc]

With the progression of things on this forum my next question HAS to be: "Do you bevel and primer prior to wrapping the duct tape?" :p
Primer Definitely. Beveling well that is a waste of time when using duct tape.