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My sprinkler system is now offline. I tried twice today to patch up the crack in the pipe with the waterweld and both times when the water was turned back on, the pressure blew the bonding material right off. The only way to fix it is to cut the bad section of pipe out and its accompanying coupling and insert some new pipe. Did I mention this was all under a sidewalk? Dumbest thing I ever heard of, running a sprinkler pipe under concrete from one end of the yard to the next. What could possibly do wrong? Anyway, to get it fixed, I would need to find someone who does this for a living, just so I know it will get fixed and fixed right. Problem is, that may cost hundreds of dollars and money is too tight to justify that right now. So the main water is turned off and the timer is set to Off. Now, I'm pulling hoses over my whole 150 square feet of grass. Perhaps someday, when money isn't so tight, I will have someone come out and fix the sprinkler system back to full functionality.