Perfect timing. Right now the company that installed my system does mine but I've been thinking about doing myself so I can decide when to shut it down.
It’s super easy. Try watching them do it, write down what they do. Then next spring you can open it up in reverse order. I like to wait as long as I can to shut it down.
I live in the south part of Texas border with Mexico. Freezing days here are just like 2 maybe 3 days and that's it the rest of the winter season is just cold weather. Should I still do the process?
From the videos ive seen about winterizing irrigation systems, they specifically emphasize that you absolutely need a large cfm compressor so that youre getting all the water out of the lines instead of just a fraction from the top half of the lines. Maybe youre getting extremely lucky with your yard being sloped, but my understanding is that using a severely underpowered compressor (yours is one of the smallest ones they make) gives you a very false sense of clearing with a decent amout of water left in the line because youre missing the VOLUME that pushes it thru. Its not the psi that cleans, its the cfm. Its not like blowing up your truck tire to where it doesnt matter if it takes 10mins or 1minute and still gets you to your desired psi. With low cfm, once you clear the upper half of your irrigation line the air will simply go above the water sitting in the lower half of the line. It would be interesting to see a video of this being demonstrated to see just how much more water would come out after you did your process.
Thanks for watching. I am able to blow it completely dry using my compressor. Plus, here we don’t get really cold for an extended period. So even if it does freeze the water has room to expand without causing any damage. Ive been doing it this way for years and never had an issue. Sure it does take me longer than it would with a larger compressor but im not in a hurry. I actually enjoy the process. Again, thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a GREAT comment!
Perfect timing. Right now the company that installed my system does mine but I've been thinking about doing myself so I can decide when to shut it down.
It’s super easy. Try watching them do it, write down what they do. Then next spring you can open it up in reverse order. I like to wait as long as I can to shut it down.
They're scheduled to come out this Friday so I might just see if I can record them😅
@ thats a great idea too! Good luck.
I live in the south part of Texas border with Mexico. Freezing days here are just like 2 maybe 3 days and that's it the rest of the winter season is just cold weather. Should I still do the process?
@efrainarriaga1242 if temperatures fall at or below freezing, I would recommend winterizing. To me, its not worth the headache for such a simple task.
From the videos ive seen about winterizing irrigation systems, they specifically emphasize that you absolutely need a large cfm compressor so that youre getting all the water out of the lines instead of just a fraction from the top half of the lines. Maybe youre getting extremely lucky with your yard being sloped, but my understanding is that using a severely underpowered compressor (yours is one of the smallest ones they make) gives you a very false sense of clearing with a decent amout of water left in the line because youre missing the VOLUME that pushes it thru. Its not the psi that cleans, its the cfm. Its not like blowing up your truck tire to where it doesnt matter if it takes 10mins or 1minute and still gets you to your desired psi. With low cfm, once you clear the upper half of your irrigation line the air will simply go above the water sitting in the lower half of the line. It would be interesting to see a video of this being demonstrated to see just how much more water would come out after you did your process.
Thanks for watching. I am able to blow it completely dry using my compressor. Plus, here we don’t get really cold for an extended period. So even if it does freeze the water has room to expand without causing any damage. Ive been doing it this way for years and never had an issue. Sure it does take me longer than it would with a larger compressor but im not in a hurry. I actually enjoy the process. Again, thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a GREAT comment!