irrigation-valve-box-project_jul25_03

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 05:52:55 -0600

Once the supply pipe was exposed, I used new wire nuts that paired up with the light blue tubes in the photo which were filled with silicone and the nuts were pushed into it and the end closed. When the two connections were complete I reinstalled the box and finally filled in around it.

It will probably take me a week or more to find the time to do the rest of the boxes but hopefully I won't need to fool with them down the road that is unless one of the valves/solendoids goes tits up but that doesn't happen often. I think I have replaced two or three of them in fifteen years but, the rest continue to age so that number will probably go up. Fortunately, you don't have to glue in a new valve you just remove the failed "innards" via four screws and replace that with the innards from a new valve. It's a good design.