evp
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I am a new home owner and I am trying to turn on my sprinkler system for spring. I had the irrigation company turn it on last spring and then winterize. But when I turn on the main water valve in the basement, water pours out of the white open discharge pipe with the threads on to the rocks in the photo, instead of traveling up through the first valve to the PVB bell and then through the second valve to the irrigation duct going to the ground.
I remember the irrigation guy last year said something about the water needing to be directed to the bell and the water pressue to seal the bell.
In the photo, I have the first valve open and the second valve closed (trying to seal the bell), but water still flows down the open discharge pipe. I have tried to have both valves open, but water ends up the same way. I remember last year that there was a screw cap on the discharge pipe but I don't remember how the irrigation guy used it.
I remember the irrigation guy last year said something about the water needing to be directed to the bell and the water pressue to seal the bell.
In the photo, I have the first valve open and the second valve closed (trying to seal the bell), but water still flows down the open discharge pipe. I have tried to have both valves open, but water ends up the same way. I remember last year that there was a screw cap on the discharge pipe but I don't remember how the irrigation guy used it.
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