Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12
Results 21 to 35 of 35

Thread: Need Irrigation System

  1. #21
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Lexington, SC
    Posts
    20,832

    Default

    I have odd shaped areas in my yard, and WP Law planned mine, down to the inch, and sold me the stuff. It all came on a truck, hundreds of feet of Schedule 20 1 inch PVC, heads, wires, valves, and a controller. Over two days, with a rented trencher, that sucker went in the ground, around 1999. The guy that designed it used Rainbird 1800-based sprayers to cover the small odd areas, bigger rotors for the main areas. 42 freaking heads on a 0.38 acre lot. Forty.... two. All but MAYBE six are 1800's.

    Fast forward to now, and the landscaping has changed, etc... MANY of the heads don't work, and one zone has a break in the line beneath a big ass root, so I just shut that zone down. I need to either get someone to fix it, or take a day (plus) off and buckle down to fix it. Pain in the ass.

    We have/had drip zones, too, that I love, but the Mrs. is a bull in a china shop with a shovel and kept cutting the distribution lines, so most that is tits up, too.
    "Only accurate rifles are interesting " - Col. Townsend Whelen

  2. #22
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    Columbia
    Posts
    380

    Default

    Thanks for the replies/advice. I think I've found my guy.

  3. #23
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Johnston
    Posts
    22,409

    Default

    You can water anything you want, way simpler than what Law is gonna lay out for you. They will design you a very nice system, using a LOT of parts. They sell parts, soooooooo. I put a lot of systems in the ground when I was landscaping. The simpler the layout, the easier it will be to maintain over the long haul.....
    Quote Originally Posted by Mars Bluff View Post
    Only thing we need to be wearing in this country are ass whippings & condoms. That'll clear up half our issues.

  4. #24
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Kershaw County
    Posts
    4,127

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by JABIII View Post
    And hats too. Very lucky those Simmons Irri hats...
    Especially when you have two blurry face guys wearing them.

    simmonsirr.jpg
    I had an ant farm once......them fellas didn't grow shit.

  5. #25
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Posts
    1,296

    Default

    Do the rainbird sensors work? My lawn guy told me they were a waste of money because they do not work.

  6. #26
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Location
    Wateree, South Carolina
    Posts
    48,812

    Default

    Ahhh the day Grits up and decided to become a car chaser...

  7. #27
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Kershaw County
    Posts
    4,127

    Default

    haha
    I had an ant farm once......them fellas didn't grow shit.

  8. #28
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    In a house
    Posts
    8,437

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by CofC Waterfowler View Post
    Do the rainbird sensors work? My lawn guy told me they were a waste of money because they do not work.
    They are a big waste of money.
    "I'm just a victim of a circumstance"

  9. #29
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    In a house
    Posts
    8,437

    Default

    And don't be that guy that puts rotors with sprays either #idiots
    "I'm just a victim of a circumstance"

  10. #30
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Green Pond SC
    Posts
    1,441

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by JABIII View Post
    And hats too. Very lucky those Simmons Irri hats...

    Lots of things have died from outdoorsman wearing those hats .... lots
    “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance” - Thomas Jefferson

  11. #31
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Green Pond SC
    Posts
    1,441

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by CofC Waterfowler View Post
    Do the rainbird sensors work? My lawn guy told me they were a waste of money because they do not work.
    Your guy is wrong
    “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance” - Thomas Jefferson

  12. #32
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Location
    Wateree, South Carolina
    Posts
    48,812

    Default

    Yes they have...

  13. #33
    Join Date
    Sep 2009
    Location
    Banks of the Wateree
    Posts
    41,929

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Palmetto Pride View Post
    Lots of things have died from outdoorsman wearing those hats .... lots
    You got one in a long bill...

  14. #34
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    The Metro
    Posts
    5,126

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Palmetto Pride View Post
    Your guy is wrong
    Agreed....They absolutely work.

  15. #35
    Join Date
    Mar 2002
    Location
    Lexington County
    Posts
    5,230

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Palmetto Pride View Post
    Lots of things have died from outdoorsman wearing those hats .... lots
    I’ve caught many a fish back in the day wearing one. In fact I need a new one!


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •