Hurricane Helene, or maybe the ice storm after, broke off a woods spigot.

It was a little more complicated to fix than expected.

Pipe pieces and fixed plumbing

I got a replacement part and cut below the break.

Broken end

Well, that did not work, as you can see by the glue pushed down unevenly.

No go cut-off piece

The end was not round. I figured the cutting tool had done that. So I got pliers and tried rounding it. It’s 1,000 feet round trip to the workshop and back.

Nope, still wouldn’t fit.

Not round

Finally I noticed a foot-long blister on one side.

So I got the cutting tool again. Another 1,000-foot round trip.

Long blister

OK, that end is round.

After five round-trips, which plus a few side excursions means I walked a mile doing this simple chore.

Steps are good, but the moral is: keep all the tools handy until the job is completely finished.

Now round

Here’s the fixed spigot, with banana-colored Blondie dog for scale.

I’m leaving those and many other deadfalls for the lumber salvage to get. Whenever they get to us after all the larger landowners who also have Hurricane Helene deadfalls.

Fixed with banana-colored Blondie dog

And yes, it holds water this morning.

-jsq

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