Cheez-It
07-17-2011, 12:00 PM
Well this all started with my wife complaining about her flowers dying everytime she plants them in the front mulched area. She never waters the area even though we frequently water the grass due to the house and lawn being two years old and not growing well and filled with weeds.
So I looked into a misting system and did not like the products available and started looking into a small sprinkler system for the mulched area.
Well after looking into sprinklers in general I decided to start a full yard sprinkler system. (just the front yard for now).
I basically have installed the Rain Bird 1804 heads with 8' nozzels. I will have about 10 heads on the mulched area zone. My water source is a well pump with the PSi set at 60 for the entire house.
What I cannot decide is if I should go with the smaller rotating heads for the yard...
http://di108.shoppingshadow.com/images/di/4a/78/4b/51755862703370517064574e72704865697951-149x149-0-0.jpg?p=zhYRCBbMuo&a=1&c=1&l=3033102&t=07%2F17%2F11%2003%3A02%3A40%20PM&r=1&d=37.95&rt=mr
Or go with a professional style of head like this.
http://www.sprinklerz.com/images/sprinklers/RB5000.jpg
I have a 3/4 acre lot but the front yard is only maybe a 1/4 acre if that. I created a scaled plot in CAD to perform the layout but unsure of layout for the types of heads other than spray coverage and overlap.
Plus I have the issue of the water source. I can keep the feed from the hose bib or run a dedicated 1" home run for the feed. With the small rotating heads the seem like they will work from the hose bib but the larger style may not.
So I looked into a misting system and did not like the products available and started looking into a small sprinkler system for the mulched area.
Well after looking into sprinklers in general I decided to start a full yard sprinkler system. (just the front yard for now).
I basically have installed the Rain Bird 1804 heads with 8' nozzels. I will have about 10 heads on the mulched area zone. My water source is a well pump with the PSi set at 60 for the entire house.
What I cannot decide is if I should go with the smaller rotating heads for the yard...
http://di108.shoppingshadow.com/images/di/4a/78/4b/51755862703370517064574e72704865697951-149x149-0-0.jpg?p=zhYRCBbMuo&a=1&c=1&l=3033102&t=07%2F17%2F11%2003%3A02%3A40%20PM&r=1&d=37.95&rt=mr
Or go with a professional style of head like this.
http://www.sprinklerz.com/images/sprinklers/RB5000.jpg
I have a 3/4 acre lot but the front yard is only maybe a 1/4 acre if that. I created a scaled plot in CAD to perform the layout but unsure of layout for the types of heads other than spray coverage and overlap.
Plus I have the issue of the water source. I can keep the feed from the hose bib or run a dedicated 1" home run for the feed. With the small rotating heads the seem like they will work from the hose bib but the larger style may not.