We recently moved into a home with a built-in irrigation system, including four active zones controlled by a Hardie Rain Dial controller. The four zones include three in the front yard and one in the back yard. There is a four-valve manifold (one front yard, one back yard) and a two-valve manifold (two of the front yard zones).
We would like to add another zone or two in the back yard, and with the extra valves certainly have the capacity already there to do it. The challenge is I have no idea how to connect the 5/8" irrigation line that is visible above ground, to the pvc pipe that goes to the valves. The one backyard zone is about 50' away from the four-valve manifold, and it is entirely unclear what route the feedline takes from the valve to the irrigation line in the zone. There is a large brick patio and concrete walkway between the two, except for a four-foot wide flower bed.
I'm new to this (can you tell??) and have no idea what I'm looking for, or how to proceed. Any advice/input would be most helpful and welcomed. Thanks!
(PS - I don't have any system/layout drawings from the previous owner, nor do I have the name or info on the contractor who might have installed the system).
We would like to add another zone or two in the back yard, and with the extra valves certainly have the capacity already there to do it. The challenge is I have no idea how to connect the 5/8" irrigation line that is visible above ground, to the pvc pipe that goes to the valves. The one backyard zone is about 50' away from the four-valve manifold, and it is entirely unclear what route the feedline takes from the valve to the irrigation line in the zone. There is a large brick patio and concrete walkway between the two, except for a four-foot wide flower bed.
I'm new to this (can you tell??) and have no idea what I'm looking for, or how to proceed. Any advice/input would be most helpful and welcomed. Thanks!
(PS - I don't have any system/layout drawings from the previous owner, nor do I have the name or info on the contractor who might have installed the system).