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Re: Winterized Irrigation System

Postby jglongisland » November 14th, 2011, 11:55 am

Mine is getting done Wednesday. Weather has been pretty warm, could probably push it another two weeks, but my guy who does it wants to be done this week.
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Re: Winterized Irrigation System

Postby egonzalez » November 16th, 2011, 5:55 am

for winterized irrigation system there are several simple steps to follow. The main valve can be turned off and the water flow can be controlled which flow to the irrigation system. There are several settings in the automatic irrigation controller and we can set it to “rain “settings for effective results. There are several valves present in the pipes. Just turn on the valves so that the pressure from the pipe is released. There are certain irrigation components which may freeze due to substantial circumstances. Draining water from such components will earn better productive results.
Based on the location of the irrigation system one can winterize the irrigation system. One is winterization of irrigation system during temperate climate and another is winterization of the irrigation system during cold climate. In the temperate climate zone usually substances do not freeze very often. Even if there is heavy snow in that particular area the snow melts off very quickly. There is no necessity to insulate the water pipes kept outside houses as it does not freeze very quickly. In this zone the water flow to the irrigation system is shut and an important factor is that the main shut off valve from where water flows to the irrigation system should be freeze-proof.
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Re: Winterized Irrigation System

Postby andy10917 » November 16th, 2011, 9:50 am

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Re: Winterized Irrigation System

Postby jglongisland » November 16th, 2011, 5:16 pm

Mine is being done now; quite a sit; 10 minutes before sunset, 57 degrees, 94% humidity. My property looks like the set of a horror movie with strange clouds all over the place.
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Re: Winterized Irrigation System

Postby MorpheusPA » November 16th, 2011, 7:26 pm

Watch what crawls out of the irrigation system (don't laugh, I found a freshwater clam in a water filter once).

If the fellow blowing it out starts screaming do not investigate and do not send an attractive young female anywhere near the location of the screams. Most especially, do not run. Walk quickly but carefully toward the nearest automobile. Make sure it works BEFORE getting in.
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Re: Winterized Irrigation System

Postby bpgreen » November 17th, 2011, 1:40 am

I've never had my irrigation system blown out. I just drain it from a valve at a low spot. But it never gets really cold here, either. I rarely need to wear a winter coat. We get a lot of snow, but I have neighbors who never shovel because it's rare that it stays cold enough for the snow to stay on the concrete for very long (so when it does stay, their walks and driveways are icy messes that can't be shoveled).

Temperatures are a lot like downtown Philly. Never really all that cold, but sometimes need a light jacket.
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