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Just brought my irrigation system back to life

Posted on 4/23/24 at 10:26 pm
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78365 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 10:26 pm
I knew there was a well pump in the pond out front but with everything going on hadn't had a chance to fool around with it.

Paid an irrigation company to come out and diagnose.

Man I was excited when zone 1 fired up and those 7 spray heads rose from random spots in the lawn like zombies! They hadn't been run in years as the lady who lived here before was old and let some things go.

... Then zone 2 fired up.. Zone 3... Zone 4... Then nothing. Fiddling around with one of the in ground valve conduits... Then 5! 6! 7! 8!

Holy shite this is amazing! There's like 50-60 heads going.

A few were blown out and shooting water into the air like a fire hydrant but they had the little black heads with them and replaced them on the spot.

Took them all of 30 minutes to fix the whole shebang.

This is insane. Some of these heads have about an inch of soil or mud/grass on top and when it cuts off they disappear back into the ground and I was trying to scribble down all the locations I had to give up. Standing 2 feet away and when it dropped down it completely disappeared.

Setting these MFs to go off for 20 minutes each starting at 430am every day.

It's FREE so Imma have a hella lawn. We have about 16 gardens including a massive butterfly sanctuary in the back and I'm slowly beating back the weeds.

ETA heres a pic I took off zone 2 running. It's the side of the house and you can see one of the smaller gardens I've been working on.



tl;dr CAD has a new toy
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 10:55 pm
Posted by LSURoss
SWLAish
Member since Dec 2007
15427 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 6:11 am to
Nice backyard, and good job
Posted by Daponch
Da Nortchore
Member since Mar 2013
997 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 6:21 am to
Everyday is too frequent unless we are in drought conditions. Set it to every other day. Do you have a rain sensor installed to turn the system off when we do,get rain?
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38912 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:48 am to
nice place you have there.
post some more pix
Posted by WB Davis
Member since May 2018
2088 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:01 am to
Beautiful yard.
Posted by Puffoluffagus
Savannah, GA
Member since Feb 2009
6107 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:22 am to
quote:

I knew there was a well pump in


Installing a well pump is goal of mine when I finally get around to doing a full reno of our outdoor space.
Posted by sosaysmorvant
River Parishes, LA
Member since Feb 2008
1317 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:39 am to
That's freakin' awesome! You just found several thousand dollars in your back yard!!! Hella nice place there.
Posted by Clames
Member since Oct 2010
16635 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 5:20 am to
quote:

It's FREE so Imma have a hella lawn.



Your yard should get salted just for saying this.
Posted by ole man
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2007
11761 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 3:13 am to
Wow ,,, Nice place I could get lost there, If you like me you want to know where your heads are, flag em then cut out around them so they pop up more easily, then maintain around the heads with scissors, if you're so inclined,I hope you take some time and relax under the shade and admire you hard work, Again super inviting place to take it all in.
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