irrigation

Hi, My husband and I just bought this house and we're trying to figure out which zone goes to which sprinklers because some of the sprinklers are fine, and other ones we need to fix/replace the entire zone's pipes/sprinklers. The valve we have is the FIMCO Hydro-indexing valve. This is pretty...

I have connected 1 orbit 4 Zone Timer to my hose bib so that the timer is of course downstream. Plumbing code states as follows... "A shutoff valve should never be placed downstream of any AVB, as this would result in continuous pressure on the AVB" I have also come to learn that hose bibs...

I will be putting a irrigation well in for my farm this coming spring. I'm hoping to achieve a flow rate of 100 GPM. We would also like to use this well for a future home. Can I use a CSV on the well for the mixed flow rates of my irrigation zones and then put a larger pressure tank in with...

During the Roman aqueduct, drip irrigation can be traced back to the early days, when water distribution line along the broken clay pipe plants. It was not until the formation of modern Israel, but only when needed, as well as in the root zone concept a precise rate of placement of a small...

I have a 110' deep irrigation well with the pump set at approximately 100'. Records don't show where it's at, but the company that installed it thought it was around there. The static water level is 12' per the original well log. The well originally tested at 35gpm when originally drilled...

Hello! I have been searching the forums for an answer for my dilemma for a while. I haven't been able to find a thread that answers it, but please forward me to one if it does exist. Now onto the issue... I have recently moved into a new home and completely redid the front lawn, as it was a...

There is a saying that “By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation”. This is the power of rats and their family of rodents. With rodent population growing 10X faster than humans, the riot caused by them is also escalating at an equal pace. Polymer products are particularly affected...

Hi, first posting after a lot of reading and learning from this forum. One thing I cant seem to figure out though: My situation: I have a well pump (Franklin/Grundfos) at about 60 meters (about 180 feet) that feeds a cistern and is activated through a floating switch in the cistern. It delivers...