Irrigation repair

We had to make a mainline repair this week. The pipe was leaking at one of the original gasket fittings where the pipe was put together. When we fixed it, we used ductile iron fittings to ensure the pipe would hold. Since the pipe was a 4" mainline, we didn't want to chance using weaker PVC fittings to hold it. The only thing worse than fixing a leak is having to do it again because the first fix didn't hold. The ductile iron fittings use bolts to tighten the gaskets into the couplings. Hopefully by using these, we won't have to worry about this area leaking again.