The do’s and don’t for your irrigation and sprinklers.
Keeping your grass and yard healthy and beautiful is a big job to handle. Having some help with an irrigation system would be a weight lifted off your shoulders. Whether you do it yourself or have a professional come lend a hand making sure it is properly placed and properly feeding your greenery can play a major role in this decision. When the irrigation system is installed look at the areas you need to get water too. Then your system is broken into zones, these zones will be set up with different sprinkler heads and watering systems to make sure water covers the area as needed.
Are you noticing issues with your original sprinkler system? If you’re shocked the next time, you open your water bill it may be a sign that your sprinkler system isn’t working efficiently. There’s a chance that it wasn’t installed properly in the beginning. A few signs to look out for:
Sprinkler leaks
Disconnected sprinkler nozzles
Clogged sprinkler heads
Wiring damage
Broken sprinkler pipes
Broken controllers or timers
Backflow vulnerability
Wasted water
If you notice certain patches of grass that are dry or brown, while others appear over watered, these could be signs of a dripping or faulty valve. Pooling watering or a visible drip near filters or pressure regulators isn’t normal and needs addressing. Other things to check include bubbles, dirt, grass clippings, or mold on or near your equipment.
Spray head sprinkler heads often pop up out of an irrigation system when they are watering. They water with a fan-like pattern from the sprinkler head. Typically, spray head sprinklers will be used in smaller areas. Although they can shoot heavy volumes of water, they don’t send the water quite as far as other types of sprinkler heads.
Most spray sprinkler heads come with different heads that can cover 90, 120, 180, 210 & 360-degree areas.
Rotary head sprinklers, also called rotors, are used to spray water greater distances. These might commonly be used to cover large grassy areas. Rotary heads sprinklers will send water out in a stream of water. The sprinkler head often moves to send the stream of water over and area. The water is delivered more slowly from this type of sprinkler than from a spray head sprinkler.
Bubbler sprinklers are used to water around trees and other landscaping. They can deliver water more quickly than the previous types of sprinkler heads. Neither the bubbles nor would be used to water a lawn. Instead, they would be used for unique landscape needs like trees, shrubs, or pots of flowers or plants, for example.
Depending on the type of you choose, some will automatically adjust your watering schedule to accommodate for various environmental conditions. These models gauge your water use according to the following features:
The daily weather
The type of plants or grass you’re watering
The type of soil in your yard
The degree of slope in your yard
Hydration is a key element of maintaining a rich, healthy lawn.
