Pipe Repair

Several months ago I noticed a wet area in the back yard that never dried up. Odd for a Sacramento summer where there hasn't been any rain since early June. A friend of ours was over with some pipe experience and we attacked it. Just a small leak (1 gallon/hour perhaps) in a joint to sprinklers on top of the hill that we don't use. After a quick trip to Ace Hardware we got the thing fixed and it was really quite easy. 1. Turn off the water main. 2. Cut out the problem portion of the pipe with a hacksaw 3. Replace pipe with new pipe section and appropriate couplings (applying liberal amounts of primer and glue) and wallah. Done. I'm far from a sprinkler/water expert but it was good to get this nagging leak fixed.