Move Lawn Rotary Irrigation Heads | How to Move Sprinkler Blocked Behind Tree
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2021
- Move Lawn Rotary Irrigation Heads | How to Move Sprinkler Blocked Behind Tree
There's nothing clean about moving in-ground sprinkler heads but it's also a great way for DIYers to save money instead of paying a sprinkler company to do the work. Over time, homeowners with in-ground lawn irrigation systems may find one or more sprinkler heads behind growing trees or bushes. I learned the hard way that it's much better to plant your lawn, trees, bushes and install beds BEFORE installing an in-ground sprinkler system. Ever since my in-ground sprinkler system was installed by the builder of my home, I feel like I've spent countless weekends moving sprinkler heads from their original locations to new locations when installing items like my backyard fence, trees, moving or enlarging planting beds and planting trees. In hindsight, I wish I'd waited until I had a cohesive yard and garden plan before installing the in-ground irrigation system. Also, mine was poorly planned and installed without any regard for Sun/shade patterns so many of my zones are partly in the shade and Sun simultaneously...ridiculous!
I planted about a dozen very small Black Hills Spruce trees with my daughter almost exactly nine years ago. They were so small I didn't have to bother moving the Hunter PGP rotor sprinkler heads because the little trees were barely off the ground. They didn't grow too quickly the first couple years but really took off the in years 3-5 and now with 9 years of growth, I had four sprinkler heads almost entirely buried behind pine trees. I decided to turn off those zones because the spray heads were dousing those poor trees without any of the water reaching the lawn. My backyard lawn has really paid the price so it was long over due for me to move those four sprinkler heads.
In this video, I share my process of moving two of those heads. One head was connected directly to the main sprinkler supply line and the other I'd already moved once using Toro Funny Pipe when our fence was installed. I used two slightly different methods to move the spray heads.
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This was a fantastic tutorial. And I'm impressed with all of the specialty tools. Thanks for putting their names in the top corner. Really well done video.
I appreciate you watching and taking time to leave me a nice comment with your feedback! Hope you have a great Summer!
Just watched your video. Is right to the point. Great presentation. Thanks
Thank you so much for watching and taking your valuable time to let me know! I can't wait for warmer weather to get back to doing sprinkler work as even though it can be dirty, Winter is starting to wear on me and the idea of working on sprinkler system sounds nice given at least it'll be warmer 🤣I hope you'll stick around by subscribing and keeping us posted how your sprinkler work goes...good luck! 👍
wow very cool and great job. and informative. I see these days sprinkler systems come preinstalled with new built homes.
Thank you for watching and leaving your nice comment! I think if I did things over I’d definitely wait after a new house to have planted my bushes, trees and place beds before an in-ground system is installed. My zones are terrible with most having part full-sun and part full-shade in same zone 😖. I would completely rip up my system and start over if I could. Good luck to you!
Great tutorial - thanks for sharing your knowledge! I really like the heat gun tip - could have used that recently when replacing 6” risers with 12” ones. Thanks again!
Hey, thank you for watching and leaving such a nice comment! Great you did your own 6” to 12” riser change…I applaud anyone that rolls up their sleeves and gets the jobs done themselves…good on you!! Hope you’ll stick around and look forward to sharing more exchanges soon.
when i cut a trench i use heavy duty mulch bags (or contractor bags) to lay the soil on. when the work is done all you have to do is move the dirt back into the trench with minimal clean up on the grass. just a tip
That’s a great tip! Thank you for sharing that idea of yours. Take care and please stick around to share any other nuggets of wisdom if you watch my pother videos and can offer new ideas on any of those. Peace!
Just beautifully done. Perfect tools!
That’s nice of you to comment! Thank you for watching!
Great job and thanks for the info on the tools you used. I haven't see a few of those before. LOL PS...enjoyed the music!
I truly appreciate your kind praise! 🙏. I hope your irrigation tasks go smoothly and keep us posted what you’re working on and how it goes! Also, nice to hear you liked the music…sometimes DIYers don’t really care about such a thing so it’s nice to hear your positive feedback👍.
Good demonstration. I wasnt familiar with the Rainbird Swing Pipe. Its similar to drip irrigation tubing but definitely more robust and I like how it allows to to make turns without the need of rigid tubing, elbows, etc. I need to do what you did on a few of mine and this will work perfect. Unfortunately, I have clay soil so it will be a little more of a workout...haha.
I truly appreciate you watching and commenting. I wish you…and your back 😃 all the strength to get your job done. Good luck and let us know how it goes!
Wow! You did a great job!
Thank you! I appreciate you watching and leaving your nice comment!
Thank you 👍
Thanks for watching and your positive comment! Good luck with your work! 👍
Suggestion: BEFORE I cover everything up, I prop up the sprinkler head somehow, AND apply pressure to the system. IE RUN THE ZONE. Check for leaks at each place changed (old and new). Turn it off. THEN bury it.
You are completely wise to do just what you describe to check for leaks at the old and new connection points. I've definitely gotten complacent and cocky after moving so many heads over the years and I've observed how many poor connections are made by the "professionals" in our area when they install new systems that I've started to take on that "professional's attitude" of profit-of-time over care-of-quality "it's good enough" approach. 😆. Thanks for watching and bringing your careful eye on stating how things should be done the right way...I do agree with you!
How do you keep track of where the lines are so someone doesn't damage them when digging in the yard 10 years later?
That's a very good question! I've already forgotten exactly where some lines are which I moved almost a decade ago. Surprisingly, the professional irrigation company that installed the system 18 years ago when I built my house didn't even provide any "map" or "schematic" showing where they ran the lines, where the nine underground valves are located or spray head placement. Sadly, I thought it was just my builder's poor choice of vendor to install the system but I've not run across any home owner, yet who was presented with any similar plan or locator either. I have my suspicions the "professionals" purposely don't provide such important information so homeowners are required to contact them to come out and "locate" the lines which professionals can do using a "listening" device that helps them identify where the lines, valves and heads are located. Again, that's just my cynical speculation but it does seem suspicious. In my case, I've tried to create a "hand-written" graph paper sketch but I've clearly not kept it updated. I have taken photos where I purposely include background reference landmarks which also helps but again, only if I can find those old photos on my computer hard drive. 🤣
@@WorksIRL Thanks for that. I installed our backyard system myself 30 years ago and only have an AutoCAD sketch that depicted where I "intended" to put all the lines and sprinkler heads, but I've had to move a few through the years due to reshaping the yard for trees and a trampoline and only vaguely remember the details of how I did it. Now I'm looking at changing over from sprayers to rotators and wonder if it's such a good idea. The original sprinklers are still working, but some need replacement and they are Lawn Genie, which was a DIY brand Home Depot used to carry that no longer makes any sprinkler parts and they're not interchangeable with any others. Without moving them it looks like I'll just have to replace them with the Rainbird 1800 series set to 12'.
@@tilu3303 That's fantastic you put in your system yourself and used AutoCAD to help plan it out! 👏Kudos to you for pulling that off 💪I think sprayers are better as long as they can reach what you want them to irrigate. I find the grass on my extension (strip of grass between sidewalks and the street) which is all fixed sprayers becomes some of my "best grass" with what seems like less "run time." My rotators are so high maintenance because I find they need subtle adjustments as the years pass as I think they slightly "shift" their spray radius and eventually, they need to be replaced and usually en masse! My system is about 18 years old and I've replaced over a dozen rotators in the past few years due to the seals are just full of grit and dirt and break down so water can start to pass through and bubble up around the pop-up shaft. I've not had much maintenance on my zones with fixed sprayers except as the turf/soil has built up and requires extensions to get them higher. Best of luck with whatever you decide and keep us posted what you end up doing and how it works out! 🤞
Gloves and buckets for the dirt makes clean up easier. But nice work otherwise.
Good tips! Thanks for watching and leaving your polite and helpful comment! 👍
Bucket is not the right idea. A bucket doesn't hold much dirt, and you have to lift the dirt too high to put it into the bucket, increasing the effort required, and then lifting those buckets of dirt will be heavy and hard on your back. But I 100% agree with the idea of keeping that dirt off the grass. The dry sandy dirt shown in the video may not be so bad, but the clay I have in Texas is bad news on the grass and damages it and takes months to clear up and is unsightly. A better idea is just laying garbage bags on the grass and putting the dirt on those.
Another great tip! 👍Thank you for watching and adding your expertise to the channel discussions! 💪
That’s some dry dirt
Isn’t that awful? The dust from disturbing the “soil” was like smoke coming up it was so dry! I’m having the same right now and Summer hasn’t even started! Weather definitely has changed from what we used to experience. Thanks for watching and commenting!