Installing an Irrigation System
Irrigation & sprinkler supplies such as PVC fittings and PVC pipe are manufactured by many different companies. Other supplies such as irrigation sprinkler heads have fewer competitors, but still a small variety to choose from. The most popular irrigation supplies manufacturers are Rainbird, Toro, Nelson, Hunter, and Orbit.
You have a decision to make when planning out and installing a lawn irrigation system in your yard. You want your landscape irrigation system to be something you can easily understand how to adjust and work with; you don’t want something that is so complicated that you can do anything with! With this in mind, it is important to choose a brand of products that come with comprehensive user manuals that are easy to follow.
You want to choose a company that stands behind their products with warranties. You want to choose a company that has customer service available to answer questions about their products. Not all companies provide this service, so it is up to you to investigate and make sure you understand what you are buying.
When trying to decide what brand of irrigation sprinklers you are going to use with your in ground lawn irrigation system it is important to keep all the above information in mind. If you feel comfortable with the products you are going to install for you lawn irrigation system, you will not get frustrated trying to figure everything out on your own if you run into problems.
A final word of advice: Finding replacement parts for generic brand sprinklers is next to impossible. Purchase name brand parts from true irrigation suppliers, not from the do-it-yourself home stores.
Rainbird,
Can you troubleshoot a problem for me? My sprinkler system will keep running over and over again unless I manually shut it off. I can’t figure out how to tell it to run only once. What gives?
Burning Up in Texas
It sounds like your controller/timer has multiple start times, possible on multiple programs.
Check and make sure there is only one start time on program A and that there is no start times on programs B & C, as long as your zones don’t run on A & B.
If this doesn’t solve it you may need a new timer. I’ve seen digital timers do crazy things like constantly sending 24 volts to the valves not allowing them to shut off.
Hope this helps!
Help! Of 6 sprinkler zones, 3 work fine, 2 just spit (no force / pressure ……… heads won’t even pop up. The last zone has 5 rotary heads and 4 spit, while the 5th has too much force (the 5th is closest to the water source). No indications of leaking lines anywhere, and all heads are fine. what gives? Thanks!!
John (nflink1@yahoo.com)
by the way, this system is about 8 years old, and worked fine a few weeks ago.
JOhn