Irrigation expansion

Question------------------------- Followup To Question - I have a need to add to my existing shrub irrigation zone. In the past, I have purchased what looked like a tee fitting that was cut horizontally in

sod

Questionhow often do you need to water, do you need to plant seed before laying down seed. Answerfrank, i guess you mean how often to water new sod. water it every day, and a good soaking. you should almost water i

Ground Cover as an Irrigation Solution

QuestionGood morning! I live in Georgia (with all that great clay!) I am dealing with the following: I have a small backyard - 20 x 8 that has terrible drainage. Water from Saturday afternoon has still to f

Irrigation equipment and supplies

QuestionCan you suggest an on line outlet for irrigation equipment that wont be as expensive as the local dealer? Thanks. AnswerThere are usually wholesale dealerships for irrigation supplies in most metropolitan

Irrigation Pump Motor?

QuestionMy parents bought a house that came with an irrigation pump to a well. The yard is not large. The manufacturer and label info. is worn and cannot be read. My parents used the pump for a couple of years. Last

Rain Build Up in Backyard

QuestionFOLLOW UP QUESTION: Jim, Thanks for responding to my question. I dont think that its coming from water off of the roof. The yard behind me and to the left slope into mine, which is where I think the water

Irregation equipment and supplies

Question------------------------- Followup To Question - ------------------------- Followup To Question - My lawn irrigation system gets its water from a well. The well is 310 deep. The pump is located 163 dow

Shallow well pump priming.

QuestionI have installed a shallow well for landscape irigation. The well is 24 deep and the water table is 18. I have a 2hp pump 1 1/4 drive pipe and 1 outlet pipe from the pump. My problem is thi

high water table

QuestionI have a piece of land about 300ft by 1000ft. The water table is anywhere from 0 to 12, so there is a lot of surface water after a heavy rain. Most of the land is wooded. My question is this-if I dig

drip conversion on bubbler system - valve doesnt close

QuestionHi - my contractor installed a zone with bubbler heads in some raised garden beds he built for us. I changed out the bubblers to 8-way heads & put in 1/4 line to pressure compensating drippers on my

Irrigation Pump Motor Removal

QuestionJim, Ive unbolted a burned out electric motor from a Gould irrigation pump. Ive pulled, twisted, turned, etc , but am unable to separate the motor from the pump. Is there a latch pin somewhere I

Well pump irrigation system

QuestionI have 2 problems and it might only really be one. 1st- Only one zone is getting watered. 2nd The pump takes too long to start pumping water. Explanation: First of all the, it takes 2-4 minutes for

Drip system causes pump to turn on and off

QuestionI am using a Toro blue stripe drip system for my vegatable garden. It is connected to a separate zone on my lawn sprinkler system. While running the drip zone the well pump is constantly turning on and off,

Drip System & Valve Control Box

QuestionHello, My husband and I are living in western South Dakota and moved into this house last fall. It recently had a new sprinkler system installed and we have a couple of questions. The first invo

shallow well sphere

QuestionMy husband and father dug a shallow well 4years ago to water our lawn & flower beds, since then the well seems to have tapered off in pressure or is unable to maintain pressure. We went from being able to ru

Pressure tank in irrigation system

QuestionIm sorry if I described the system inaccurately when I said LARGE. Your right, MASSIVE is a better description. Heres the thing: the system has a pressure switch that will turn the pump off if system pressur

pumping water

QuestionI live in North Ohio on a small lake (about 70 acres). I would like to water my lawn, 200ft by 60ft, but since i have a well i would like to pump the water direct from the lake. There is a sharp incline fro

Pump performance

QuestionI have a new 2HP Gould pump pulling from a lake in central Florida. The lake went down 2 feet and it was a good time to re-route the 2 suction line to deeper water and locate the pipe under the dock out of t

Irrigation Brands and Installation

QuestionJim Thanks for the response. The contractor said no problem in putting in the Hunter heads, so we are good there. Regarding the plumbing - The main water line is 1 coming in to the Meter, but th

Quality-- Toro vs Hunter?

QuestionDear James, Thank you very much for your response. I do appreciate your feedback. No, I am not a spy, I am simply a consumer trying to make an educated decision about the best sprinkler sy