A broken sprinkler pipe can be a major headache. Not only because it turns your garden into swampy land, but also because broken has pipe wasted a lot of precious water. Moreover, a leaky pipe may damage the nearby foundations as well.

Read on to learn how to save money by repairing a broken sprinkler pipe yourself. Make sure, you have all the things required while making repairs. Like in this case, you will need PVC pipe, PVC sleeve connectors, PVC pipe cutters or hack saw, PVC glue, PVC primer and safety glasses.

To fix a break in PVC, the most important step is to turn off the sprinklers; if you don’t this could be a very hard task. Turning it off can be done by either turning off the water supply to the house at the city meter or shutting down the shut off valve connected to the sprinkler. Moreover, it is also recommended to wear the safety glasses while performing such types of work.

Dig around the area where you believe the broken pipe is. This is usually the area where water is bubbling up. Next take a hack saw and saw a straight edge on either side of the cracked PVC pipe. Remove the broken pipe. Sand the ends with sandpaper to get rid of the rough edge, this also helps to keep the area clean and ready for priming/gluing.

First, cut away enough pipe length so that the coupler, new section of pipe and slip-fix (fully compressed) can all fit. First fit the pipe without any glue to have the idea whether the pipe is nicely fitted or not.

If everything looks good, take the new pipe section apart and coat all pipe ends and the inside of the connectors with PVC primer. Let dry completely.

From here, you will want to put some glue on one end of the PVC sprinkler pipe. One great way to go about this is using popular blue glue, fitting the couplers onto the pipe during the twenty seconds that you have to do this.

Give your glue job a good fifteen minutes to cure before checking for leaks and burying it. After fully ensuring, that glue has become hard run the water through the sprinkler by turning on the water supply.

Scott Rodgers is a writer with ample plumbing experience all over the country. His splendid guidance has created business for a lot of Fox Lake Plumbers and Glenview Plumbers . Grab a totally unique version of this article from the Uber Article Directory