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Q: We’ve finally saved enough money to landscape our backyard. We have a lawn and sprinkler system in mind, but we’ve never installed such a system. Any suggestions?
Install Heads with Swing Pipe For this yard sprinkler system, install a section of “swing pipe,” often called “funny pipe,” between the end of the poly pipe and the sprinkler head.
At first glance, Irrigreen’s XP sprinkler head look like any other pop-up sprinkler. They connect to PVC pipe buried in a trench under your lawn, and they pop up when the water is turned on ...
INDIANAPOLIS — A lush, green lawn doesn’t have to drain your wallet. With a little time and effort, you can install your own sprinkler system for under $1,500—a fraction of the cost of a prof… ...
If the leaking pipe is coming from the water main or where the sprinkler line branches off the main line, the ground will be much more saturated than if it’s from a sprinkler line after the valves.
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (DC News Now) — Over 70 residents at a senior care facility were displaced after a sprinkler pipe broke on Saturday evening. Howard County officials said in an update Sunday ...
Sunil Harrypersad: “The city identified that the issue was a broken pipe, water pipe at the neighbor’s house, but it required trenching, digging to understand where the break was in the line.” ...
LEWISTON, Idaho. - A sprinkler pipe burst in the Lewis-Clark State College student union building Sunday evening.
The GEC trencher is a small (275-pound) unit that is powered by either a 5-hp Briggs & Stratton engine or a 5.5-hp Honda. According to the manufacturer, George Evans Corp., the machine "digs a clean 3 ...
Almost 200 people have been evacuated from McMenamins Edgefield after a broken sprinkler pipe flooded all 3 floors. The flooding caused extensive damage, but Firefighters were able stop the water ...