"It's called vibe plumbing.
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Alas, I can say from experience that all these twisty pipes are becoming brittle, because PVC does not like UV light. Eventually when you try to work on them to clean up this mess, they will split in places you thought you were going to keep.
When we bought our house we inherited an (illegal) backyard well plumbed a bit nicer than this. The previous owner was a wonderful cabinet maker (which we appreciate every day), but a horrible electrician (which we regret occasionally), and unwise plumber (which we also regret occasionally).
Our first clue was the day we moved in. He was finishing up cleaning sawdust out of his "six car garage" (actually, his big cabinetry workspace not allowed under zoning laws), and said "Stay away from that outlet over there. It blew up this morning, and I'm not sure how to turn it off."
@Retreival9096 That sounds like quite the adventure. Our house has a FEW things like that leftover from the previous owner. (And maybe a couple added by me?). The guy who sold it to us was named Kirk. So when we run into one of these little gems, we do this. Except we say “Kiiirrrrrk!”
