Yesterday the Property Care Guys did Reticulation Repair in Cannington, South East of Perth.
Josh had visited his rental property and noticed a substantial pooling of water at the side of the house, which the tenants had not reported. He called a Plumber and a leak was found where there was a failed connection between the copper mains pipe and a polyurethane joiner.. a join i’m not too fond of as I think sealed thread connections are more reliable withstanding disturbances like shovel hits while digging better. There was also another leak – the Master Solenoid valve close by had water trickling out of it where someone had tried to patch a hole up with some kind of glue which had failed and removed the valve. So our job was to replace the Master Valve. We installed a 20x25mm threaded joiner with plumbing tape between the copper and the valve. The valve is an Australian made unit with flow control. The PVC pipe was misaligned so that was dug back and moved and a PVC slip fix installed. You can see we have also used Gel connectors on the wiring rather than just taping them up, which is fine when done right, though the connectors are neater and water tight. It’s recommended to let glue dry a while on the outlet side of the valve before testing the sprinklers and for maximum strength of connections, preferably 24 hours. This is more crucial on the inlet side of Master valves if there are glued parts. If you have to test the system right away, leave it 15 minutes first, then manually open a station valve first, then open the Master valve, which means you’re not loading any fresh joins with much water pressure.
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