I have an older galvanized steel 3/4" sprinkler line (one of many lines, but this one has not been upgraded with plastic, as the others; it is in a remore area). Works great, I do not want to mess with it. However, it services a huge privacy hedge that has outgrown the risers, which I'd like to extend by a foot or two. I cannot get the old risers off; I've tried WD-40, muscle, etc., but no go. I fear I will break the pipe if I push any more. Question: Can I cut the steel pipe and slip on a PVC/plastic connector and riser. Of course, I will seal as best I can. Is this any appropriate solution? How do I ensure a proper, tight connection? Your thoughts would be appreciated.

Hello all. I've got this problem. All my gutters are routed very far away from the house, but there is a garden(for lack of a better word) in the front of the house that I have some issues with. This is the area: [IMG]http://www.haughs.net/gallery/d/25975-1/DSCN0066.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.haughs.net/gallery/d/25973-1/DSCN0065.jpg[/IMG] We just moved into this house this summer and it had been vacant for a year so the landscaping got out of control, however this area also has 15 years of buildup from mulch that has never been raked out. The problem I have is during a heavy rain water gets into my garage. I have tracked the problem area down to this corner. The garage is the brick on the right that comes out and the house is too the left. I haven't had any problems in the basement but it seems when the ground gets good and saturated water is able to seep between the bricks/foundation and then between the garage floor and the studs. This is not good. I thought I had a simple job of getting the top of the mulch below the last layer of bricks but they go down underground pretty far, far enough the sidewalk and yard would be elevated from this. It seems the buildup is worse in front of that big shrub than behind so there isn;t proper runoff. What I am planing to do is to rip that all out and dig it back out to where it should be with a slight grade towards the sidewalk. While I am at it I wouldn't mind putting in some sort of drainage to be assured the water will go away from the house. Anyone have any expert or psuedo expert advice for me? Plus any creative landscaping ideas would be much appriciated :)