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On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 11:57:39 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 2/11/2017 11:26 AM, wrote: On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 10:11:22 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:09:11 -0500, wrote: On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:03:07 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: Hadn't heard about those guys. I'd like to try the trip sometime, but I'd either have to move or install a sprinkler system for the yard. I think I may be getting my wife into the moving frame of mind next year. We'll see. === Trust me, sprinkler systems are much cheaper than moving and a lot less hassle. I may have a couple estimates done. Can't hurt I suppose. There is a machine that cuts a slit, lays the pipe in and covers it all in one pass. That makes the pipe part easy. It might not work up there if you have the same "bank run gravel" type soil we had on the PG side of the river tho. How do you keep it from freezing? I have air fittings in the valve supply lines. In the fall I turn off the water supply, hook up an air compressor, and let the sprinkler system controller cycle compressed air through each zone for a few minutes each. You must have a pretty big compressor. |
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On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 11:26:29 -0500, wrote:
On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 10:11:22 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:09:11 -0500, wrote: On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:03:07 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: Hadn't heard about those guys. I'd like to try the trip sometime, but I'd either have to move or install a sprinkler system for the yard. I think I may be getting my wife into the moving frame of mind next year. We'll see. === Trust me, sprinkler systems are much cheaper than moving and a lot less hassle. I may have a couple estimates done. Can't hurt I suppose. There is a machine that cuts a slit, lays the pipe in and covers it all in one pass. That makes the pipe part easy. It might not work up there if you have the same "bank run gravel" type soil we had on the PG side of the river tho. How do you keep it from freezing? Has to be drained. Maybe air forced through the lines. No gravel, just dirt with a high clay content. |
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On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 17:08:12 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/11/2017 11:26 AM, wrote: On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 10:11:22 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:09:11 -0500, wrote: On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:03:07 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: Hadn't heard about those guys. I'd like to try the trip sometime, but I'd either have to move or install a sprinkler system for the yard. I think I may be getting my wife into the moving frame of mind next year. We'll see. === Trust me, sprinkler systems are much cheaper than moving and a lot less hassle. I may have a couple estimates done. Can't hurt I suppose. There is a machine that cuts a slit, lays the pipe in and covers it all in one pass. That makes the pipe part easy. It might not work up there if you have the same "bank run gravel" type soil we had on the PG side of the river tho. How do you keep it from freezing? I have air fittings in the valve supply lines. In the fall I turn off the water supply, hook up an air compressor, and let the sprinkler system controller cycle compressed air through each zone for a few minutes each. Here, no freeze problem. But we lay out the system on top of the ground first, to see if it actually does the job. Before doing that, seemed to be missed areas. That's a good thing to ask an estimator about. Thanks! |
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On 2/11/2017 12:20 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 11:57:39 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/11/2017 11:26 AM, wrote: On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 10:11:22 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:09:11 -0500, wrote: On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:03:07 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: Hadn't heard about those guys. I'd like to try the trip sometime, but I'd either have to move or install a sprinkler system for the yard. I think I may be getting my wife into the moving frame of mind next year. We'll see. === Trust me, sprinkler systems are much cheaper than moving and a lot less hassle. I may have a couple estimates done. Can't hurt I suppose. There is a machine that cuts a slit, lays the pipe in and covers it all in one pass. That makes the pipe part easy. It might not work up there if you have the same "bank run gravel" type soil we had on the PG side of the river tho. How do you keep it from freezing? I have air fittings in the valve supply lines. In the fall I turn off the water supply, hook up an air compressor, and let the sprinkler system controller cycle compressed air through each zone for a few minutes each. You must have a pretty big compressor. Not where we are now. Only have 4 zones with 4-5 sprinklers per zone. My small, 3 gal, 1 hp air compressor works just fine. Let it build up to max pressure and manually open the zone valve at the controller. Usually do it twice per zone and all that is coming out is air. The house we moved from last year was a different story. Sprinklers were on a well and there were many zones, sprinklers and much larger diameter water lines to the sprinkler heads. Used to have a landscaper come over with a large, diesel powered compressor on a trailer to blow all those lines out. |
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