On 3/6/2012 5:28 AM, Norminn wrote:
On 3/6/2012 1:01 AM, alpha male wrote:
On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:55:26 +0000, alpha male wrote:
Is it normal for typical lawn sprinklers to look like this?
http://picturepush.com/public/7728891

Why?

Here's the correct picture (something went wrong with the last upload):
http://picturepush.com/public/7728911


The bunch of odd fittings may just be old repairs using what was in the
workshop, rather than making a trip to the store for "prettier" stuff.
It may also have been rigged to avoid some landscaping feature.
Sometimes longer offsets are installed so that if a head is run over by
the mower the pressure isn't directed straight down onto the line; there
is also flex pipe for that purpose that will help avoid broken lines.

I suspect there was a reason to this madness. Wanting the ability to
position the sprinkler in a specific position after the main pipe was
installed is one reason. When planting a tree and adding a sprinkler to
water it you can end up with some strange plumbing to minimize digging.