Alex O'Hara
efficient sprinkler system. While professionally installed sprinkler systems offer convenience, creating your DIY sprinkler system is a cost-effective and satisfying project, allowing you to build a system uniquely tailored to your lawn.
To connect the spigot, screw aPVC slip adapterwith male pipe threads into the spigot inlet but first, coat the threads with pipe dope or wrapplumbing tapearound them. Make sure the inlet diameter of the adapter corresponds to the pipe size — either 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch. When the fitt...
With the hose properly connected between the air compressor and the irrigation system, it is now time to turn on your air compressor. To properly carry out the task zone by zone, make sure that the equipment is positioned to blow out the farthest sprinkler first. Set the system timer on ...
Subsurface irrigation lines will make this lawn sprinkler system possible without cluttering the yard with pipes. © iStockphoto.com/Pattie Steib Several methods of irrigation exist, but the varieties of irrigation line involved break down into three categories: surface, subsurface and elevated. ...
Doing so helps to prevent the freezing and expanding cycle that breaks the pipes. There are several ways to drain pipes: 1.Manual Draining Method If you don’t feel comfortable using compressed air, the manual drain method is an easy way to winterize your sprinkler system. You can use this...
9 ways to keep raccoons out of your yard When raccoons venture into your yard, they’re looking for three things: food, water, and shelter. If they can’t find any, they’ll have no reason to stick around. So, the best way to prevent raccoons in your yard is to make sure they wo...
make a mini-hoop house using homemade hoops ofPVCwater pipe slid onto lengths of rebar hammered into the ground. Connect the hoops at the top with a central ridge of piping. It’s an effective way to keep winter-hardy salads and vegetables safe from harsh weather. Seehow to make a row...
Next, turn off the water supply to the sprinkler system and set the timer to open just one zone. If the zone has a manual drain valve, open it up. Use the compressor to blow out the first sprinkler zone. Once the sprinkler heads pop up and expel water, immediately release the air pr...
I wanted to make sure the CT cables in the box, where the GEM was installed looked neat, so I put electrical PVC conduit in to the PVC box. This was a real pain as the CT wires were getting all twisted together. I added a vertical pipe with a slot cut in it so that the CT wi...