Posting to get your thoughts on what appears to be a lawn sprinkler, that is recessed in a ground level green PVC pipe. It's located in corner of the front yard of my daughters new house in Chicago.
It's the only one on the property and I was unable to locate any button or switch or spigot or anything, both inside the house and out, to control this thing. Nor was there any way to physically raise the sprinkler up directly.
** Side note - look at how nice the flower bed is edged in the picture below <pats myself on the back>!
The yard itself is tiny, so this one sprinkler as installed would be sufficient to water the entire front lawn without any problems.
The house was originally a one story house with a basement. However, a second floor was added and the house remodeled from top to bottom, including a complete finish of the basement. What I'm guessing is that this was installed BEFORE the house was renovated and during the remodel, the switch or nozzle or whatever it was that controlled this device was either removed or covered up with sheetrock and plaster.
It's unfortunate to lose the ability to control this but what worries me, especially residing in Chicago, is the winter and the very real possibility of the water line feeding this freezing and busting. How would you know, assuming it wouldn't puddle? Perhaps, a super crazy water consumption bill!
Any thoughts on how something like this can be troubleshot in an effort to locate a way to turn on\off or confirm it's still connected to the water lines?
SO weird!
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