best way to cap a water pipe (yeah, I did something stupid)

[NMDemDist2]

I was merrily mowing down weeds yesterday when a horrible noise and a stream of water

I hit a faucet and disintegrated it. It was a plastic faucet in a steel joint attached to a grey PVC up stem

when we tried to get the end off to cap the metal joint the gray pipe got real loose in the ground

so now I need to dig down to the 90 elbow (pray for me that it's only 6" or so)

so should I just repair it and replace the faucet, not needed right now, but who knows?

or just cap it off underground and rebury the whole thing??

or go to the total other side and cap it where it comes off the main line?

suggestions? condolences? pity?? :cry:

[tabasco]

1. You have to decide whether you need the spigot or not.

If not, I recommend capping the pipe as close to the source as possible.

I have noticed that dead-end stretches of pipe like that reduce water pressure a little bit.

[NMDemDist2]

2. hubby was thinking to just cap it, but I'm thinking it's actually in a good spot

to use after we put in the planned patio. it would be handy not to have to drag hoses across the patio for dirty jobs and to water plants on that side of the patio

I may end up just getting a MUCH taller pipe and one of these (I've always liked the looks of these) and they are "freezeless"

[NMDemDist2]

3. well I dug it out today

only about a foot down so not so bad. I had it all wrong, it's a 't' off a long line that appears to feed the spigot out front and the spigot at the barn at the back of the property

looks like it will just need a 6" long 1" coupler

easy peasy and cheap!

do I need to cut off the slip joints that are on there now? or is there a way to get them off?

and it's white pvc not the gray stuff after all...

edit to add, I'm thinking this thing after I cut off the broken fittings on the end





http://www.interlock-cpt.com/

[Warpy]

4. Condolences

The PVC irrigation system in my yard was installed some time during the 70s and the people who lived here before me had $80 water bills even in the winter, when they did no irrigation. The first thing I did was get down to the shutoff valve and shut the sucker completely off. That thing had been leaking, probably for years, deeply enough that it did the yard no good.

I was going to dump the grass lawn anyway.

If you want to keep the grass, reinstall the faucet. It'll make it easier to connect a hose and sprinkler.

[NMDemDist2]

5. nah, the grass is a waste of water

if it doesn't feed me or shade me, I ain't gonna water it

BUT... my post above means I have to fix it (with or without the spigot since it feeds both the front yard and the barn......