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When a bushfix isn’t the best option.

My supervisor is very tolerant of my enthusiasm for a bushfix. She is also very clear about when I should “stop messing about and do the job properly! Or I’ll pay for someone to come and do it!”. Here’s a story of an attempted bushfix that ended up in a proper repair job. Despite my…

A muddy hole in the ground

My supervisor is very tolerant of my enthusiasm for a bushfix. She is also very clear about when I should “stop messing about and do the job properly! Or I’ll pay for someone to come and do it!”.

Here’s a story of an attempted bushfix that ended up in a proper repair job. Despite my enthusiasm for a bushfix, explained here https://whatsthepont.blog/2025/01/25/i-love-a-bushfix-but-whats-the-future-of-right-to-repair/

The challenge was to find and repair a pipe used to pump water. The reason it was leaking is entirely my fault (which I’m not going to talk about).

Knowing where to dig is always a bit of a trial and error exercise
I’d forgotten I’d put two pipes side by side (they were buried last century)
What are the chances? A direct hit.
Is this bushfix territory?
The bushfix option. Nope, never going to work on a ‘straight through’.
This is where The Supervisor steps in. DO IT PROPERLY!
Not really a bushfix option.

There’s obviously a lot more to this story. Yes, I did tighten up those threads a lot more. Which involved enlarging the hole so I could actually sit down in it. Yes, I did run a test with the water pumping and nothing leaked (currently).

The hole is now backfilled.

And I am now on holidays, with my supervisor. To who I am massively grateful for pointing out (very nicely) when I should stop messing about and “do things properly”.

Sometimes a bushfix isn’t the best option.

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