Make sure to mark on the map where you plan to locate the manifold containing the control valves for each zone. Once the map is complete, you can lay out the sprinkler system plan using stakes and ...

You should do this by turning off the main valve beside your water meter. Your sprinkler system might also have valves to prevent backflow. If it does, shut those off, too. There’s a good chance ...

It was certainly well beyond my plumbing skills—particularly given that the pipes leading to my irrigation valves were 1/2-inch in diameter, but the Flow Meter only works with pipes that are 3/4 ...

Home scale drip systems allow vegetable beds, perennials, trees, shrubs and even potted plants to be irrigated by one system controlled by a common “brain,” a computerized timer that opens and closes ...

how easy it is to wire the controller to the sprinkler system’s water valves and whether the controls are simple to use. To evaluate a system’s watering accuracy, we collect rainfall data from ...

4. Now, you need to find the sprinkler station that’s the highest and furthest away from the compressor and switch it on. 5. Next, you need to close the backflow isolation valves. 6. Slowly and ...