How to Install an In-Ground Sprinkler
A home’s appeal increases greatly if it has a lush green lawn with a lot of colorful flowers and healthy trees with them. Many people dream of having a lawn in their houses in order to increase the aesthetics of the place, but only a few manage to maintain their lawn as the dream lawn. Water is very essential for the growth of flowers and trees and in order to keep them healthy, a good sprinkling system is mandatory, so that drops of water reach all the living plant entities. Hence automatic sprinklers are the best solution for the matter and here is a list of the step by step installation of this task.
Instructions
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The first step for every successful project is devising a good plan. Most of the providers of the sprinkling system give a custom plan for the system, but that is only valid for several countries or regions, mostly in which they are manufactured.
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The second step is to dig a trench for the process and locate the points in which they are to be installed. Also the water pipes must have access to the certain place. Wooden cards or plastic flags must be used for marking the places. Now dig the trenches via gas powered trenching machines to almost a depth of 12 inches.
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The next step is to establish the water connection. Splice in a tee that fits the line. Now glue a 90 degree PVC elbow on a male PVC adapter.
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In the next step you will have to install the zone valves. For this we will have to dig a trench from the main water to the valve box, and then dig an 18 inch deep hole which is 2 to 3 feet long. Fill the holes with gravel and place the valve box in it.
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Now place the pipes in the dug trenches and manage their branches system via tees and elbows. Next you will have to connect the pipe with the valve box so that water connection is finally established for the system. Once they are joined, open the water valve so that it flushes away dirt and debris. Then you will have to turn the water connection off once again, and move ahead to install the sprinklers. Now the sprinkler is ready to be used for maintaining the lawn and it will automatically detect any changes through the pressure system and will turn on whenever the need arises, on regular basis.
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