2 weeks ago, I had to call our landlords and ask them to come and fix the sprinklers. While they are the nicest people in the world, I still hate having to call them to fix things. Needless to say, Bob came out and fixed our sprinklers, no problem.Last weekend I was mowing the lawn, and yep, you guessed it, broke the damn sprinkler that Bob just fixed. Whining with my tail between my legs, I definately didn't want to call Bob and tell him what I did.
Anyone that knows me, knows that I am a determined individual. So, without knowing a thing about sprinklers, I head out to the yard trying to figure out #1, how these things work, #2, what is actually broke, and #3 how to fix it! Well, I grabbed the broken head and googled it. (Side note - I love that "googled it" is a verb in this day and age). I figured out #2 - the connector from the pipe to the head is what broke. With learning that, I think that to solve #3 all I need is a new connector, and now, quite frankly, who cares about #1 cause I think I can fix it now!
Now that I have all that figured out, it is time to get the connector out of the pipe in the ground to replace it. Well.... good luck. This is a major problem. I couldn't get it out. It was about this time that my Knight in Shining Armor comes to rescue me. Josh used a chisle (which I thought he was nuts for trying), and actually got the connector out! Not only did he do it, he did it in like 2 minutes flat!
So off to #3. We head to Lowes to buy a new connector. $0.28 later, and we were out the door with our connector. We got home, screwed it into the pipe and the head into the connector, and turn the spriklers on. Voila!!! Sprinklers fixed, and I don't have to call Bob! All thanks to my handsome Knight in Shining Armor :-)
