Across Louisville, irrigation systems keep many a lawn filled with green grass and lush landscape features during the spring, summer season, and fall. A home irrigation system and sprinklers are especially helpful when the weather conditions don’t bring much rain to the area. If you install irrigation equipment at your home, regular irrigation system maintenance will keep water lines, valves, and heads working right and in good condition.
The process of maintenance for your irrigation and sprinkler head system isn’t complicated or time-consuming. To keep things working properly, Jarboe’s Heating, Cooling & Plumbing shares tips to help you maintain heads, test spray range, and detect leaks and broken or missing parts that you need to repair or replace. When professional repairs are necessary to resolve leaks below ground and other more complicated issues, call us to schedule a service visit.
Louisville homeowners use irrigation systems most during the spring, summer, and fall. Before watering season starts in the late spring, you want to inspect the system and make improvements or repairs. The spring season is the best time to have a professional out to inspect your irrigation system. Your plumber will check for leaks and damage to repair, replace missing or broken heads of sprinklers, and fine-tune the system to reduce water waste and save you money.
In addition to professional inspection of your irrigation system and sprinklers in the spring season, you need to perform maintenance throughout the spring, summer, and fall to keep irrigation and sprinkler equipment in good shape. Irrigation system maintenance also allows you to continuously adjust heads for better performance and reduced water waste.
Overwatering season, make irrigation system maintenance part of your routine. This maintenance keeps irrigation and sprinkler parts in good working order while ensuring your yard receives enough water to keep grass green and landscape plants healthy. These maintenance tips will help you save money with your irrigation system!
Run your irrigation system at least once per month, even if there has been enough rain and the weather hasn’t made it necessary to use the sprinklers much. As the irrigation system and sprinkler heads run, you have a chance to test the performance of the system and check parts for problems in need of repair.
It is often necessary to adjust heads in order to keep all grass and plants in a zone properly watered. Sprinklers and heads can be easily knocked out of position by lawn tractors, landscaping equipment, and even people walking or playing in the yard. Irrigation systems for homes use spray heads, rotary heads, or a combination of both. Spray heads are typically used in a small zone and deliver a consistent spray of water. Rotary heads change position to spray water across a zone that is larger in size.
Too much water or too little can kill a green lawn, but many homeowners do not know exactly how much water their sprinklers or irrigation systems deliver. Calibration allows you to determine the watering rate so you can adjust the system’s run times accordingly. Calibrate irrigation systems one zone at a time.
Irrigation systems and sprinkler systems run off a controller, which is like a timer or clock that schedules the operation of sprinkler heads. The controller should be adjusted throughout the season as watering needs change due to rain, weather, temperature, and other factors. These adjustments allow the controller to conserve water and save you money.
Taking care of sprinklers, valves, and water lines through irrigation system maintenance reduces water waste, will save money, and keeps your grass green – just how you like it. When you suspect leaks, broken heads, and other issues, call Jarboe’s Heating, Cooling & Plumbing for professional irrigation system repairs in Louisville and the surrounding areas.