Lawn Sprinkler Design
Lawn sprinkler design can be a challenging task if you are inexperienced to this skill. I've seen many people attempt to do their own design and end up with a less than satisfactory lawn sprinkler system. When it comes to automatic lawn sprinklers there are even more things that could go wrong for the amateur.
Once you have learned the skill it becomes easier, but if you are a professional like myself who does this for a living, you will still be presented with problems from time to time. Whether it is an exotic landscape or a just plain picky homeowner, problems will arise and issues will need to be resolved. The professional irrigation contractor will overcome and learn from these problems.
Luckily for you, you probably don't do this for a living. If you are planning to design and install your own lawn sprinkler system then you will be working with a person that should be easy to deal with; yourself! If you are putting in your own system then you have the opportunity to tailor your system to your specific landscape and even plan for future expansions; if you know what you are doing.
You can have a professional contractor or even a landscape architect design a lawn sprinkler system for you and then you can follow the plans provided, but you may still be posed with a problem. You may have a design and even a materials list in hand, but still not understand the process behind installing the lawn sprinkler system.
So hiring someone to do the design for you may only solve half of your problem. You must still have someone teach you or show you how to actually install the system. A better way to do the system would be to read a book that teaches you how to do both the design and the installation. There are tutorials and instructions online, but many are incomplete and hard to understand for the non-professional.
When getting a book, make sure that you get one that is meant for the novice. Also make sure you are getting the information from a qualified source. You don't want to end up following instructions from someone who's experience in designing and installing sprinkler systems is putting in a sprinkler system with their Uncle Bob 10 years ago.
Scott Young
http://www.autolawnsprinklers.com
Once you have learned the skill it becomes easier, but if you are a professional like myself who does this for a living, you will still be presented with problems from time to time. Whether it is an exotic landscape or a just plain picky homeowner, problems will arise and issues will need to be resolved. The professional irrigation contractor will overcome and learn from these problems.
Luckily for you, you probably don't do this for a living. If you are planning to design and install your own lawn sprinkler system then you will be working with a person that should be easy to deal with; yourself! If you are putting in your own system then you have the opportunity to tailor your system to your specific landscape and even plan for future expansions; if you know what you are doing.
You can have a professional contractor or even a landscape architect design a lawn sprinkler system for you and then you can follow the plans provided, but you may still be posed with a problem. You may have a design and even a materials list in hand, but still not understand the process behind installing the lawn sprinkler system.
So hiring someone to do the design for you may only solve half of your problem. You must still have someone teach you or show you how to actually install the system. A better way to do the system would be to read a book that teaches you how to do both the design and the installation. There are tutorials and instructions online, but many are incomplete and hard to understand for the non-professional.
When getting a book, make sure that you get one that is meant for the novice. Also make sure you are getting the information from a qualified source. You don't want to end up following instructions from someone who's experience in designing and installing sprinkler systems is putting in a sprinkler system with their Uncle Bob 10 years ago.
Scott Young
http://www.autolawnsprinklers.com
posted by Irrigationman at
7:29 PM
1 Comments:
Hi There some great tip here. At the moment just starting to get my lawn started, so I will be very interested in coming back here for more information.
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