irrigation

Hey folks, I've just bought my first house a few weeks ago and have my first issue I'm hoping to resolve. I found a leak in my irrigation, there used to be a nipple that ran up above ground, and was just capped off, but the horizontal pipe broke off at the elbow joint. (I'm not really sure how...

I've recently replaced my sprinkler system pump with a 1 HP shallow well pump from Harbor Freight. The pump turns on, runs and seems so far to maintain a prime. The problem is, it does not build any pressure; the pressure gauge stays at zero and only one sprinkler head runs. I also have an...

I am a third year plumbing apprentice swapping out a vacuum breaker for a side job. I do commercial work and am not familiar with the irrigation supply line. 1” IPS PVC1120 SDR 21. (Photo below) I need to offset over bc the vacuum breaker outlet is on the opposite side of the old one. Not sure...

Good morning, first time posting here. So I have been having some issues with my Weathermatic irrigation system. I noticed my sprinklers in the back yard were not coming on, as well as my MVP solenoid was broke (MVP box had the manual lever set to on, no wire nuts or waterproofing, and it was...

I had this PEX system installed in my yard about 11 years ago. I just turned on the outside water to it which was shut down for Winter back in November. It leaks continously when the hose hydrant handle is turned OFF. I suspect that this is a relief valve of some sort and that there should be...

I have a jet pump connected to a small pressure tank that is used to irrigate the garden from rainwater cisterns. The system is set for 30/50 psi cut on/off. If I run the irrigation fully open, the demand seems to be about 300 gal/hour, so 5 gal/min. This causes the pump to run continuously as...

I recently installed a new well pump when my 30+ year old Goulds 1/2 HP pump lost pressure after a melt down. I installed a Goulds GT10 irri-gator. The sole purpose of this pump is to run my irrigation. For some reason I just cannot get the pressure up. (insert cialis joke here) The heads run...

Hello! I am in the process of planning my irrigation system and hope to get some support from experts here. This is my first automatic system - have spent quite a lot of time recent days searching and reading info around this topic. To start with, I have to say that Im actually writing from...

I have a Hunter I-Core controller with 15 zones active. A few of the zones share a field wire and use Add-a-Zone modules, but zones 1 and 2 appear to be wired direct, that is each has its own wire running from the controller to the solenoid. Recently, the system has begun acting like the wires...

Hi All! We recently purchased our first home and are very new to all things home ownership but particularly irrigation systems. We have 2 water meter boxes coming in from the city - 1 for the sprinkler system, 1 for the house. The meter box for irrigation keeps flooding with water, overflowing...

My partner hacked some good holes through some 1/2" poly tubing while trying get rid of some weed roots. Irrigation was installed by previous owners, and they left no map of course, so we didn't know it was there. The leak is indicated in the pictures. It's right after where the pvc coming from...

Installing solid set irrigation at a farm in Mattawa Washington State. 125 acres with a circle for irrigation and on parts that the circle didn't hit, we added some solid set. We had a cool little ditch witch so that part was easy at least. The kids chipped in and helped. That's me on the...

In preparation for an irrigation system, I’m looking for the best method to tap the well line. My well report says it’s was tested at 15 gpm. Currently there is a 1” poly pipe from the well which enters the pressure tank tee assembly, from there a 3/4” pex line goes into a tee (3/4” softener...

We had a whole house water conditioner installed professionally awhile back (10x54 GAC and 10x54 TAC). The plumber ran a drain for backwash into the sewer and also installed a hose connector. We previously used the hose connector to water our lawn during the backwash cycle. However, we have...

Hi, I am trying to pump water from a lake and ran 1” PVC a year ago before doing the proper research. Beginning in the lake I have a filter 12” off the bottom, 5’ below the surface. Then a check valve. Then approx 80’ with a total rise of 10’. After the 80’ run, I have a 1HP Myers shallow...

Hello all thank you for welcoming me to this wonderful forum. I am designing a system for on-demand water and low pressure, low volume irrigation throughout a 1 acre property. My desired flow and pressure is about 15-20 gpm@ 30 or 35 psi thereabouts. The well is a 45’ length of 2” pvc in a 60’...

Hi, I have what may be kind of a dumb question, but here goes... I'm replacing the standard popup spray heads in my back yard with MP Rotators. I bought the Rotators and then realized that most of my current spray heads are male threaded, while the Rotators I bought are female threaded. The...

I recently had a well drilled. We went 760' with only 1 GPM. I hydrofractured the well and the flow went up to 16 GPM. At 140' he was pumping 16GPM and the water level remained flat. The static water level is about 30'. My irrigation system was designed on city water at 14 GPM and 60psi...

I am installing an irrigation system that will draw water from a lake. Total run will be 250 feet at a total elevation of 30 feet. What size submersible pump do I need and does anyone have any suggestions? I appreciate your time and expertise with this matter.

Hello Irrigation Experts :) So after resolving an issue from 2 years ago using a product called "Add a Zone" where the non-working zone is repaired using power from a 2nd working zone (not simultaneous, but alternating... a switch of sorts), I had to add another this season when a different...