In ground sprinkler assembly serviceability enhancing apparatus

A method for enhancing serviceability of a sprinkler assembly, the method comprising steps of:

• obtaining a sprinkler serviceability enhancing apparatus, said sprinkler serviceability enhancing apparatus comprising:
• a sprinkler serviceability enhancing apparatus body having a frustum shaped tubular sidewall extending between a base section and a flange section, said frustum shape comprising a larger diameter proximate said flange section and a smaller diameter proximate said base section, said base section comprising a coupling feature, said flange section extending radially outward from an upper edge of said tubular sidewall, said coupling feature comprising an aperture, and
• a seal insert fabricated of a material having pliant properties, said seal insert having a top surface, a bottom surface, an exterior surface extending between said top surface and said bottom surface, an interior surface extending between said top surface and said bottom surface, and a seal insert upper segment sprinkler sealing surface formed in a radially extending flange defining a bottom portion of said sprinkler head receiving section, said exterior surface shaped to sealably mate with an interior surface of said tubular sidewall and said interior surface sized and shaped for passing a sprinkler body of said sprinkler assembly centrally through said insert seal, wherein said seal insert upper segment interior surface is sized to accommodate a largest diameter of sprinkler heads of a series of different sized sprinkler assemblies and a diameter of said seal insert lower segment sprinkler sealing surface is sized to accommodate a smallest diameter of sprinkler bodies of said series of different sized sprinkler assemblies;
• creating a cavity within a ground;
• placing said sprinkler serviceability enhancing apparatus body into said cavity and inserting a threaded pipe section through said coupling feature;
• adapting said seal insert to accommodate any of said series of different sized sprinkler assemblies by utilizing a thickness and pliant properties of said radially extending flange;
• inserting a sprinkler body of said sprinkler head assembly through a centrally located aperture of said seal insert;
• inserting said sprinkler assembly into a interior of said sprinkler serviceability enhancing apparatus body, said sprinkler serviceability enhancing apparatus body interior defined by said generally cylindrically shaped sidewall and said base section;
• inserting said seal insert into an upper section of said sprinkler serviceability enhancing apparatus body;
• joining said sprinkler assembly and said threaded pipe section together;
• and
• sealing an in-ground sprinkler assembly body sidewall of said sprinkler assembly against a seal insert lower segment interior surface of said seal insert;
• employing said frustum shape of said body to provide support to said sprinkler serviceability enhancing apparatus,
• wherein a sprinkler head of said sprinkler assembly seals against an interior surface of said seal insert,
• wherein a top surface of said sprinkler head is located level with or below a top surface of said flange section of said sprinkler serviceability enhancing apparatus.