Things to know when getting irrigation system installed

I am assuming that you are asking about a residential system. One thing that my wife likes is that ours has 8 stations. Each individual station is dedicated to either the lawn or to the flower beds. If she thinks the flower beds need watering but not the lawn then she can put it on a cycle that only waters the flower beds.

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Draw it out and try to laminate a copy to keep in the sprinkler box. Your repair guy will thank you later.

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Good note. They did say they will provide both a hard copy and digital copy of a blueprint for the installation after it is complete. I'll make sure they follow through on this.

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Prepare for your cable line to be cut if it runs underground.

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Lones were marked clearly just yesterday, including cable. I'll be livid if they cut it.

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Prepare for the trenches to settle and need to be filled for the next year.

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I'm top dressing and rolling the entire yard this fall to smooth out a lot of hard bumps in it before overseeding. Maybe I'll go a little over on the trenches expecting it to settle lower under the snowcap this winter.

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Get them to show you how to set the sprinkler heads.

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There's 10 visits over 5 years provided as part of the contract specifically for head adjustments as necessary, but this is a good idea, thanks. I've got some large obstacles such as a huge playhouse slide thing from Costco so I expect some work getting dialed in so there are no deadspots.

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1. make sure lwn and turf are on separate zones
2. make sure you know where the lines run (have them give you an as build drawing)
3. make sure you have a master shut off valve
4. make sure you know exactly how to work the controller
5. make sure you know how to shut off the valves manually
6. make sure they install a grounding wire so lighting doesn't strike your controller and fry it
7. make sure your nozzles are adjusted properly and there is minimal overspray
8. make sure they show you how to adjust heads/spray nozzles

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Who are you using? Did you get a good value for amount of work?

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It's in South Bend, IN so you probably aren't familiar with them. Company's name is Wessco. I got 4 different quotes and they were the second lowest, and I thought it was a good value.

After seeing the amount of work they did today and what they have left for tomorrow I think it was a great deal. God knows I wasn't going to do that shite. All in I'm out around $4500. It'll be around 6 zones, 30 or so heads, wifi controller. Install looks a bit more complicated than standard because or some obstacles I have. Unfortunately it's not just one or two large clear rectangles.

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Prepare for your cable line to be cut if it runs underground.

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I'm having a sprinkler system installed today. LA One Call marked lines last week and again yesterday after the rain.

1 hour in - AT&T Fiber line is history. People are so fricking careless it makes my brain hurt