Do It Yourself Landscape Irrigation Info
Okay, so you are probably here because your are on the Internet searching for information on landscape irrigation or automatic lawn sprinkler systems. You most likely are a homeowner who cares about your lawn, landscape, and/or garden as well as the overall curb appeal of your home. Well, my friend you are not alone. Tens of thousands of people visit my site each month looking for information about automatic sprinkler systems such as how to design , how to plan, how to build, and even how to repair existing lawn sprinkler systems.
Designing and building an irrigation system is a mixture of technical abilities and artistic imagination making use of both the left side and right side of your brain. While you can learn a ton of educational information from books and guides about the technical aspects of sprinkler design, you will be forced to use your imagination and visualize when it comes down to actual on-site design and planning.
The reason why you must use both sides of your brain is because no matter how perfect of a design you think you have, when you start the actual project you may find several different factors not accounted for in the plan. As you know, the "real world" has a way of throwing curve balls at you. One example of this is having to relocate or move your pipe because an obstacle such as a big, existing tree that was not shown in the plans.
Not to worry though, there is always room for a little bit of fluctuation or changes. While water physics and irrigation design is a science with specific rules and properties, you want to design your system so you have the ability to change or modify as needed. In my book I teach you about water volume and pressure, as well as the process of designing your system with a built-in error factor. Basically what I mean by this is to leave yourself room to add or move a sprinkler head on any zone.
There are several things you must learn to accomplish "Do it yourself Irrigation" correctly, but anyone can learn how to do it as long as they have the will to do so. I will provide you with the knowledge to do your own sprinkler system, but you must have the drive to tackle this project yourself and do it right. I believe that anyone who can read this, is physically fit, and has the want to build their own irrigation system can accomplish this task themselves and save hundreds or thousands of dollars while still getting a quality product.
Scott
http://www.autolawnsprinklers.com
Designing and building an irrigation system is a mixture of technical abilities and artistic imagination making use of both the left side and right side of your brain. While you can learn a ton of educational information from books and guides about the technical aspects of sprinkler design, you will be forced to use your imagination and visualize when it comes down to actual on-site design and planning.
The reason why you must use both sides of your brain is because no matter how perfect of a design you think you have, when you start the actual project you may find several different factors not accounted for in the plan. As you know, the "real world" has a way of throwing curve balls at you. One example of this is having to relocate or move your pipe because an obstacle such as a big, existing tree that was not shown in the plans.
Not to worry though, there is always room for a little bit of fluctuation or changes. While water physics and irrigation design is a science with specific rules and properties, you want to design your system so you have the ability to change or modify as needed. In my book I teach you about water volume and pressure, as well as the process of designing your system with a built-in error factor. Basically what I mean by this is to leave yourself room to add or move a sprinkler head on any zone.
There are several things you must learn to accomplish "Do it yourself Irrigation" correctly, but anyone can learn how to do it as long as they have the will to do so. I will provide you with the knowledge to do your own sprinkler system, but you must have the drive to tackle this project yourself and do it right. I believe that anyone who can read this, is physically fit, and has the want to build their own irrigation system can accomplish this task themselves and save hundreds or thousands of dollars while still getting a quality product.
Scott
http://www.autolawnsprinklers.com
posted by Irrigationman at
5:03 PM
