This is probably one of the most informative tutorials on sprinklers I’ve seen. So much so that I’m planning to do my yard. Thank you for such a great video.
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@Danny Rafael I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and im in the hacking process now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
This is by far the best video on DIY sprinklers I have seen yet. Thank you for the step by step instructions! I finally feel like I could do this on my own.
Agreed. One of the better videos I’ve seen thus far. It’s really a great look at the process start to finish. The small tid-bits of information on fittings and house options, zone planning schematics, and how to adjust sprinkler heads are really great for those who want to start from scratch and get the job done!
This is one of the most informative, organized, and step bu step DIY sprinkler videos I've seen. Great job sir. I was thinking of doing this and your video sealed the deal. Thank you
Great video!! As others has said this is one of if not the BEST video on this!! Only thing that I would like to add is on the rings that you put on keep them about a quarter inch or so from the end of your pipe don’t put the rings on the very end bring it back just a little bit from the end and then crimp your ring to your pipe!! 💯👍
You are the best I thank you from bottom of my heart. I was kept searching for the sprinkler system DIY so far I found you as a awesome informative guy thank you
i love seeing the attention to detail and doing it right very good work, i used sched40 3/4 pvc on all of my sprinkler system i just finished and i used a 3/4 slip T with a 3/4 threaded outlet then i put the 3/4 to 1/2 elbow to connect the 1/2 funny pipe then ran that to my sprinkler heads, i really considered getting the poly pipe but for my system its small so pvc was just easier
Wow you are very knowledgeable!!! I would not have any idea on how to even begin a project like this until watching your video. Maybe I will try to do this. Thank you for devoting so much time to making such a quality and informative video.
It's really not that hard. Once you get a grasp of the basic principles of the sprinkler system, everything else is just technicalities. Thanks for watching.
You are the man I thank you so much I didn’t know anything about sprinklers or flex pipe my brother tells me he did the flex pipe I had a cousin did a 3 foot piece on my outside pump but watching your video omg it help so much I wanted to move the outside water system in another a rear cause I want to put concrete in the garage so now I can have a well water and county water thank you again for sharing the flex and the sprinkler I just purchased a sprinkler yesterday
I am really glad this video has helped so many people. After I heard how much companies charge for work like this, I was stunned. I know most of us can do stuff like this by themselves and it proved out to be correct. That being said, I am honored that my video has helped you so much. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the video. I'm changing all my rotors to rotarys. It's not as simple as unscrewing one and adding the new with reducers. After seeing the video, I need to run funny pipe off the main and relocate the heads to keep the pressure to all the heads equally.
Very helpful video. I'm about to install a sprinkler system following what you did. Thank you so much. I would like to add two notes I found out. 1st when a pipe is labeled 5/8 OD and 1/2 ID and you go looking at home depot and you only see 3/4 and 1/2 fittings, those are referring to the inner diameter. You need the 1/2 fittings. 2nd, if your going with the stronger CPVC, you will need the CPVC primer and cement. The cpv primer and cement will not work.
You are absolutely correct. OD stands for "Outside diameter," and ID is for "Inside diameter." CPVC cement is usually orange and that's how you can tell the difference. Thanks for watching.
Great video on the process. One item id look at adding is an additional water meter for the sprinkler system alone. Residential water has taxes and sewer use fees added to it, so thr more water you use, the more you pay. If youre on a well then this doesnt apply, but most municipalities will charge a lot in sewer fees. Look into it in your area beforw starting the project. But man, you made it look easy. Thanks!
Depending on the particulars, a well can pay for itself, and the independence from: the expenditures to the city for using city water and adherence to city codes and sprinkling bans pertaining to systems on city water is a reward in itself. Where I live, there is no requirement for a Backlow Prevention Device on a well, and along with that, no yearly inspection/ rebuild fee, paying a certified professional to do it, and the hassle that goes with it. With some guts and physical ability, a home owner can dig their own well and save a large amount of moolah from the start. However, getting this part done correctly is essential, so an experienced advisor/ assistant would be practically required in my opinion. It requires complete attention to details and avoiding any temptations to cut corners to save time and money. I would not want to be in a big hurry or under some kind of deadline pressure. A well is nothing to wish one had done differently or a line of shoulda-coulda-woulda. I have decent neighbors who hired a company to drill a well along their property line and shared the cost between them. They worked it out with no issues coming between them. That's a real trick! What kind of person can pull this off? It helps that they aren't so committed to pushing through agenders that separate individuals based on politically-devised gimmicks based on old Marxist playbooks. People can get along and not make a shared experience of life on this planet more dificult than necessary. The recent generations have been misled and cheated by phony Communists and Nazis who sit in University/ Academic seats of bureaucratic power as well as all-too-often positions on city councils, etc. Democrats who are supposed to represent people in need of big cities(Baltimore, DC, Chicago, etc,) dive in head first to take for themselves, using Scumbags like the Clintons and Bidens as role models to steal, rape, kill, plunder, destroy on a massive scale. Like cancer, it becomes almost impossible to stop. When the protectors, such as the DOJ and FBI, are cancerous, how do you stop them? (Pricks like J Comey) Heros seem hard to find. Sorry, but w/o this problem solved, who gives a crap about dyi about sprinklers and wells?! It's how I make a living, but pur future is getting crapped all over by real Scumbags. They want us to forget about: The Afghanistan-Joe Biden Chicken-Shit Run-Away Embarrassment Of The Century, Fraudulent 2020 President Squatter, wrongful persecution of Capitol Building peaceful protestors, The Chinese Virus Panick-Demic and spin-off issues, the evil support for violent rioters throughout 2019 and since, wrongful disrespect and removal of support for the police, and the list of failures and evil-doings goes on w/o end!! They intend for us to forget. They intend for us to get it all wrong! They intend for us to be ignorant. They intend for us to be forced into their way of doing things because of their lawless handling of matters in the same fashion that Hitler handled his problems. The list, once more, goes on and on. We need to pray to God, humbly on our knees. We need to confess sins of commission and ommission and repent. We need to stand firm and fight. God bless America.
Thank you very much for this video. Watching this, I'm thinking of installing a water outlet where I need one. Hopefully I can find somewhere to rent a trencher.
Great job on this video 📹 👏 I hope I can do as good of a job as you all have done. I'm in DeSoto Texas and will need too check with the city on if a permit is needed what time of sprinklers, pipes and elbows can be used. They have strict rules here and might say it needs to be a Licensed contractor or Licensed plumber. But anyhow Great video very clear details it's official I'm a fan now thanks!
I am glad it helped you. Here, in Michigan, the thing that matters is the back pressure valve. They care about water contamination and what you do after that is on you. If you have a friend or a friend of a friend who has a license, and who would be willing to help you just to come out check all the work you had done, you could still save a lot of money, if you know what I mean ;)
@blakKey, I did it... a bunch of work and you need to incorporate several vocational disciplines, but its very doable and you will save big on labor/supplies vs hiring a contractor. :-)
Most detailed video on RUclips about this glad I found it. Really want to do this myself as my quote was for $5,200 for 12 zones. What do you think you spent on materials? Any reason why you used the black flex pipe instead of 1 inch PVC?
CAUTION: CPVC are affected by UV light, so being exposed may cause problems in the future. Painting can solve this. Also after glueing it should twisted, like you did, but held in place for 15-30 seconds so it doesn't move (pop out) with the chemical expansion process the glue causes.
My final thoughts are do you have to daisy chain all the ground wires from the zone valves? Couldnt you just use one big wire nut to fit all 4 ground wires together?
great video. I was planning to use 1/2 inch poly pipe but a guy that installs for a living told me to use 3/4 inch. I only have 3 heads so I thought 3/4 is overkill. What do you think
Most people advise against it due to various reasons: you can get muddy water back in your home drinking water and most cities don't allow it without a back pressure valve anyway. Also, there will not be enough pressure and waterflow in your sprinkler system. Thanks for watching
How did you learn how to work with pipe fittings and connecting all the electrical wires. I’ve never done anything like that. Is this project for someone with basic knowledge or would I become overwhelmed? I’m ok with a hammer and
I would say this is a project for someone with intermediate knowledge. However, I would practice a little bit with pipes and wires and become comfortable with connections and making sure there are no leaks, etc. I would spend $50 and get some fittings and pipes and connect them to your outside faucet, test it and play with it until you get some experience and until you feel OK with doing a larger project.
I really want to do this, but my biggest problem is the digging. Just below the sod is just clay, and rocks... so many rocks! I was so jealous when I saw your nice soil/dirt in the ground. Great job on the install.
You should try renting a 35lb breaker hammer from Home Depot with the shovel bit, they’re only about $100/day but it will make trenching so much easier. We also have heavy clay soil in my area and we use one all the time, usually we can dig up the trenches for an entire sprinkler system in about a half a day with one of those
even though the pex is listed as a 3/4 inch pipe, the inside diameter is closer to 1/2 inch and there may be a flow problem. i would have cut into the copper pipe for a full 3/4 size. i didn not watch the full video but a drain valve should have been added after the shutoff. i know the shutoff has a drain but it has a very small hole and will take long time to drain the line
Zdravo - How much GPM will 1/2 vs 3/4" hose flow for ~200-250 ft? Much easier for me to get 1/2" vs 3/4" but I feel I may need 3/4" if I keep my design as single zone. Faucet flows 12 GPM @ 60-70 Psi, current sprinkler design I want to run would flow minimum 3.5 GPM (4 Heads) and max 5.5 GPM (6 Heads), all heads at 40psi. I presume 1/2" would have too much velocity, correct?
You keep saying ground wire. Do you mean neutral? The neutral goes to one of the cables of the solenoid and the other solenoid wire connects to the corresponding colored wire going to the controller for the specific zone.
Pretty sure whatever company installed my system (6 zones) with an 8 zone controller just randomly picked which sprinklers were on each sone because they dont seem like they're on the same tubes if that makes sense.
One thing I would like to mention is that all other videos on RUclips suggest that you should measure your water flow and the water pressure in order to determine how many zones you need. I did that same thing but it didn't help me much because you need the precipitation values from the manufacturers for each type of sprinkler head to correctly calculate the formula. The sprinkler heads precipitation values, for the sprinklers I used, from Rain Bird and Hunter, were nowhere to be found or were very vague. So I decided to test how many sprinkler heads I can use myself by connecting a number of sprinkler heads directly to the irrigation system. You can see that procedure at 28:20. Thanks for watching and do subscribe for more videos like this.
Yes, that is true. What was your water pressure and flow rate? Hunter has several pdfs to provide great documentation. Specifically, Residential Sprinkler System Design and Installation. In my case I have 40 psi to the house and, through their instructions, they determined my "working" pressure would be 30 psi. I did an "above ground" in ground system but can only support two MP3000 sprinklers per zone. I have a 5000 sq ft area that receives no shade. So for ppl, like you, that have done RUclips vids I'm curious what pressure you started with. Very nice video btw!
@@waltcorey5115 Hello, Walt. The water pressure was 30psi and the water flow was 5 gallons per minute. The 1800 series rain bird sprinkler heads and the corresponding hunter brand sprinkler head version work great with 5-6 sprinklers per zone. My back yard is small (less than 1000 sq) and I didn't cover the whole area so I was able to get away with only 3 zones. For a 5000 sq lawn, you would probably need to draw a picture like I did in the video and try to figure it using the sprinkler head coverage measurement or calculate it using manufacturers formulas. Every set up is different but I think you would need around 12 zones with about 5-8 sprinklers each for a big yard like that. Thanks for watching.
@@NeverStopDIY Yes! Once again you are correct. Every town or city have property assessors. I suspect, at this point every municipality has something like axisgis, which is a geographic information system which shows aerial projection of each property, vegetation, contours etc. Likely, thanks to Google, one can superimpose an aerial photograph of their yard.. you can create a PDF of your property at whatever scale is appropriate. The one I'm looking at I set 1" equals 17'. I then set my compass width to 1" and drew the edges (90°) and and filled in the runs (180°) then can see where those not-covered areas are. It's nice having the superimposed photo as you can sight to landmarks in your yard. The down side of above ground is the massive number of hoses needed. Watching your video I got a very good sense of the physical exertion it took you. I'm, most likely, twice your age, it is impractical to think I could be successful by myself. But, again, that was an awesome video, very well done. TY.
Well, these tables for each sprinkler head are in catalogues (RB and Hunter). You just need to use right numbers (metric or that strange units). The problem I see right in your planning - every single sprinkler should have another in range and every single m2 (or sq ft) should be irrigated be 3 (triangle) or 4 (square) sprinklers. And the numbers from RB/Hunter are calculated for this exactly. So your idea of one full 360 sprinkler in the middle is wrong by design. Anyway optimal pressure is 2.1-2.4 bar with flow about 3.6m3/h (1 l/s). I have 4 bars from my pump, so I have to use pressure regulators and/or special sprinklers.
You don't need teflon tape when you fit plastic to plastic, only when it's PVC to brass. I use a putty that's quicker to apply. I've been installing and repairing sprinklers since 1994 and I can tell you that on a complete system of 6 zones or so, the process used in this video is inefficient. Also, I do no like to manifold the valves in one box, makes it harder to repair and you have to run more pipes to feed the zone; I rather run a high pressure main line and tee off from there. Valves will be located near the actual zone layout, keeps them in balance.
This is probably one of the most informative tutorials on sprinklers I’ve seen. So much so that I’m planning to do my yard. Thank you for such a great video.
Awesome! Thank you and good luck with your project. Let us know know how it turned out.
I know im asking the wrong place but does someone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account??
I stupidly forgot the login password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me.
@Rocco Davis Instablaster :)
@Danny Rafael I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and im in the hacking process now.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Danny Rafael It worked and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thank you so much, you really help me out !
This is by far the best video on DIY sprinklers I have seen yet. Thank you for the step by step instructions! I finally feel like I could do this on my own.
Thank you for the kind words. I am sure you can do it. All it takes is some prep work and getting familiar with the concept. Good luck!
Agreed. One of the better videos I’ve seen thus far. It’s really a great look at the process start to finish. The small tid-bits of information on fittings and house options, zone planning schematics, and how to adjust sprinkler heads are really great for those who want to start from scratch and get the job done!
Nice job. Appreciate your clear yet humble approach to installing a labor intensive and not a small a system.
Mmmmm Purple Primer, the smell of my childhood haha. Great video!
I love this video… step by step… what i need. Thank a lot
I have been meaning hire someone to the sprinklers for me, but now I might do it myself. Thank you
I enjoyed watching the whole video without skipping even a second, thanks
This is one of the most informative, organized, and step bu step DIY sprinkler videos I've seen. Great job sir. I was thinking of doing this and your video sealed the deal. Thank you
Great video!! As others has said this is one of if not the BEST video on this!! Only thing that I would like to add is on the rings that you put on keep them about a quarter inch or so from the end of your pipe don’t put the rings on the very end bring it back just a little bit from the end and then crimp your ring to your pipe!! 💯👍
Thanks for the advice :)
You are the best I thank you from bottom of my heart. I was kept searching for the sprinkler system DIY so far I found you as a awesome informative guy thank you
Thank you for the kind words. I am glad it helped you!
i love seeing the attention to detail and doing it right very good work, i used sched40 3/4 pvc on all of my sprinkler system i just finished and i used a 3/4 slip T with a 3/4 threaded outlet then i put the 3/4 to 1/2 elbow to connect the 1/2 funny pipe then ran that to my sprinkler heads, i really considered getting the poly pipe but for my system its small so pvc was just easier
Wow you are very knowledgeable!!! I would not have any idea on how to even begin a project like this until watching your video. Maybe I will try to do this. Thank you for devoting so much time to making such a quality and informative video.
It's really not that hard. Once you get a grasp of the basic principles of the sprinkler system, everything else is just technicalities. Thanks for watching.
Very Detailed Step by step Video. Nice job.
Thank you. I tried my best to cover everything
seriously one of the best videos on this, great job, and thank you!
You are the man I thank you so much I didn’t know anything about sprinklers or flex pipe my brother tells me he did the flex pipe I had a cousin did a 3 foot piece on my outside pump but watching your video omg it help so much I wanted to move the outside water system in another a rear cause I want to put concrete in the garage so now I can have a well water and county water thank you again for sharing the flex and the sprinkler I just purchased a sprinkler yesterday
I am really glad this video has helped so many people. After I heard how much companies charge for work like this, I was stunned. I know most of us can do stuff like this by themselves and it proved out to be correct. That being said, I am honored that my video has helped you so much. Thanks for watching.
Thanks. A sprinkler system is a nice to thing to have
Thanks for the video. I'm changing all my rotors to rotarys. It's not as simple as unscrewing one and adding the new with reducers. After seeing the video, I need to run funny pipe off the main and relocate the heads to keep the pressure to all the heads equally.
very good job and I learn how to work sprinkler water system. thank very much
So nice of you. Thanks for commenting and watching.
Informative and encouraging. I will start doing mine soon. Thank you for your great and best video.
Very Informative Video!! Keep going bro!! Expecting more videos from u 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks for watching and for the comment. I try to post a video every week.
Very helpful video. I'm about to install a sprinkler system following what you did. Thank you so much. I would like to add two notes I found out. 1st when a pipe is labeled 5/8 OD and 1/2 ID and you go looking at home depot and you only see 3/4 and 1/2 fittings, those are referring to the inner diameter. You need the 1/2 fittings. 2nd, if your going with the stronger CPVC, you will need the CPVC primer and cement. The cpv primer and cement will not work.
You are absolutely correct. OD stands for "Outside diameter," and ID is for "Inside diameter." CPVC cement is usually orange and that's how you can tell the difference. Thanks for watching.
Probably the most informative and useful diy video ive seen yet! Great job
Wow, thanks!
You sir just saved me $7,000, thank you
Glad I could help
Damn this is a nice video! Thank you so much for all the knowledge!
Great video on the process. One item id look at adding is an additional water meter for the sprinkler system alone. Residential water has taxes and sewer use fees added to it, so thr more water you use, the more you pay. If youre on a well then this doesnt apply, but most municipalities will charge a lot in sewer fees. Look into it in your area beforw starting the project. But man, you made it look easy. Thanks!
Depending on the particulars, a well can pay for itself, and the independence from: the expenditures to the city for using city water and adherence to city codes and sprinkling bans pertaining to systems on city water is a reward in itself.
Where I live, there is no requirement for a Backlow Prevention Device on a well, and along with that, no yearly inspection/ rebuild fee, paying a certified professional to do it, and the hassle that goes with it.
With some guts and physical ability, a home owner can dig their own well and save a large amount of moolah from the start. However, getting this part done correctly is essential, so an experienced advisor/ assistant would be practically required in my opinion.
It requires complete attention to details and avoiding any temptations to cut corners to save time and money.
I would not want to be in a big hurry or under some kind of deadline pressure.
A well is nothing to wish one had done differently or a line of shoulda-coulda-woulda.
I have decent neighbors who hired a company to drill a well along their property line and shared the cost between them. They worked it out with no issues coming between them. That's a real trick!
What kind of person can pull this off? It helps that they aren't so committed to pushing through agenders that separate individuals based on politically-devised gimmicks based on old Marxist playbooks.
People can get along and not make a shared experience of life on this planet more dificult than necessary. The recent generations have been misled and cheated by phony Communists and Nazis who sit in University/ Academic seats of bureaucratic power as well as all-too-often positions on city councils, etc. Democrats who are supposed to represent people in need of big cities(Baltimore, DC, Chicago, etc,) dive in head first to take for themselves, using Scumbags like the Clintons and Bidens as role models to steal, rape, kill, plunder, destroy on a massive scale. Like cancer, it becomes almost impossible to stop. When the protectors, such as the DOJ and FBI, are cancerous, how do you stop them? (Pricks like J Comey) Heros seem hard to find.
Sorry, but w/o this problem solved, who gives a crap about dyi about sprinklers and wells?!
It's how I make a living, but pur future is getting crapped all over by real Scumbags.
They want us to forget about: The Afghanistan-Joe Biden Chicken-Shit Run-Away Embarrassment Of The Century, Fraudulent 2020 President Squatter, wrongful persecution of Capitol Building peaceful protestors, The Chinese Virus Panick-Demic and spin-off issues, the evil support for violent rioters throughout 2019 and since, wrongful disrespect and removal of support for the police, and the list of failures and evil-doings goes on w/o end!!
They intend for us to forget.
They intend for us to get it all wrong!
They intend for us to be ignorant.
They intend for us to be forced into their way of doing things because of their lawless handling of matters in the same fashion that Hitler handled his problems.
The list, once more, goes on and on.
We need to pray to God, humbly on our knees.
We need to confess sins of commission and ommission and repent.
We need to stand firm and fight.
God bless America.
Informative and encouraging. I will be starting mine on steps over a period of a few weeks to keep it manageable. Thank you for the video.
Glad it help. Thanks for watching
Fantastic video! Thanks for the thorough guide!
Glad it was helpful!
You right thanks again
Great video
Thank you
You're doing God's work. Thanks
Very nice. Thank you.
Very good teacher.
Thank you! 😃
Thank you very much for this video. Watching this, I'm thinking of installing a water outlet where I need one. Hopefully I can find somewhere to rent a trencher.
Amazing!! 💯👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Great job bravo
Thank you, sir
This video overwhelmed me, haha. Luckily I already had a system in the house I bought. Very nice job on the video!
Yes, I felt the same way. I did so much research before I started and I am glad I recorded everything. Thanks for the comment :)
Great job on this video 📹 👏 I hope I can do as good of a job as you all have done. I'm in DeSoto Texas and will need too check with the city on if a permit is needed what time of sprinklers, pipes and elbows can be used. They have strict rules here and might say it needs to be a Licensed contractor or Licensed plumber.
But anyhow Great video very clear details it's official I'm a fan now thanks!
I am glad it helped you. Here, in Michigan, the thing that matters is the back pressure valve. They care about water contamination and what you do after that is on you. If you have a friend or a friend of a friend who has a license, and who would be willing to help you just to come out check all the work you had done, you could still save a lot of money, if you know what I mean ;)
Thank you !
What an amazing organized and easy to follow video. Did you use 3/4" pipe or 1/2" pipe?
good video!!!
Thanks. Glad to help
Great!
@blakKey, I did it... a bunch of work and you need to incorporate several vocational disciplines, but its very doable and you will save big on labor/supplies vs hiring a contractor. :-)
I agree!
Most detailed video on RUclips about this glad I found it. Really want to do this myself as my quote was for $5,200 for 12 zones. What do you think you spent on materials? Any reason why you used the black flex pipe instead of 1 inch PVC?
Glad you liked it. I spent around $1000 on materials. I didn't use PVC pipe because the city didn't allow it. Thanks for watching.
@@NeverStopDIY Maybe because of the cold winters in Michigan worried about freezing. In Maryland they allow it.
@@Analyzer52 Not sure. The city inspector was mentioning something about the pressure ratings, but I can't remember what it was :)
CAUTION: CPVC are affected by UV light, so being exposed may cause problems in the future. Painting can solve this. Also after glueing it should twisted, like you did, but held in place for 15-30 seconds so it doesn't move (pop out) with the chemical expansion process the glue causes.
You can jumper all the neutral wires together then connect your hots to your zones
Thank you for the video!
Would you mind saying what your GPM and PSI are?
Thank you for your help and attention!
I'm sorry for any inconvenience!
My final thoughts are do you have to daisy chain all the ground wires from the zone valves? Couldnt you just use one big wire nut to fit all 4 ground wires together?
great video. I was planning to use 1/2 inch poly pipe but a guy that installs for a living told me to use 3/4 inch. I only have 3 heads so I thought 3/4 is overkill. What do you think
I agree with you. No need for for bigger pipes with 3 heads.
Is the rainbird irrigation outdoor faucet any good or this is the way to go.
Have thought about adding a rain sensor to keep the system from running when it rains.?
Actually, I did replace the controller with the smart one from Rain Machine and that will cancel the watering depending on the weather.
What are your thoughts on installing the IS from the outdoor faucet?
Most people advise against it due to various reasons: you can get muddy water back in your home drinking water and most cities don't allow it without a back pressure valve anyway. Also, there will not be enough pressure and waterflow in your sprinkler system. Thanks for watching
@@NeverStopDIY thanks. Such a helpful video.
How did you learn how to work with pipe fittings and connecting all the electrical wires. I’ve never done anything like that. Is this project for someone with basic knowledge or would I become overwhelmed? I’m ok with a hammer and
I would say this is a project for someone with intermediate knowledge. However, I would practice a little bit with pipes and wires and become comfortable with connections and making sure there are no leaks, etc. I would spend $50 and get some fittings and pipes and connect them to your outside faucet, test it and play with it until you get some experience and until you feel OK with doing a larger project.
Thank u excellent advice
@@bobbypacifico6943 my pleasure!
Good
I just use my Pressure washer to make the trench with Red nozzle to lay down the pipes. way easier and less messy
That's a great way to do it. I guess, I just like the dirt :)
Very detailed. Thanks for this.
You sound eastern European. Maybe from Balkans?
That is correct. I am from Bosnia.
I wish I could search comments, I am sure this was asked, but why didn't you use pex for the buried lines?
State and city codes won't allow it :(
Thank you for the nice video. Which state are you in? Was there any code about how far away from the wall pex should stop and Cpvc start?
I am from Michigan. There was no code for that as far as I know
I really want to do this, but my biggest problem is the digging. Just below the sod is just clay, and rocks... so many rocks! I was so jealous when I saw your nice soil/dirt in the ground. Great job on the install.
You should try renting a 35lb breaker hammer from Home Depot with the shovel bit, they’re only about $100/day but it will make trenching so much easier. We also have heavy clay soil in my area and we use one all the time, usually we can dig up the trenches for an entire sprinkler system in about a half a day with one of those
even though the pex is listed as a 3/4 inch pipe, the inside diameter is closer to 1/2 inch and there may be a flow problem. i would have cut into the copper pipe for a full 3/4 size. i didn not watch the full video but a drain valve should have been added after the shutoff. i know the shutoff has a drain but it has a very small hole and will take long time to drain the line
You should of used Hunter MP Rotator nozzles
Zdravo - How much GPM will 1/2 vs 3/4" hose flow for ~200-250 ft? Much easier for me to get 1/2" vs 3/4" but I feel I may need 3/4" if I keep my design as single zone. Faucet flows 12 GPM @ 60-70 Psi, current sprinkler design I want to run would flow minimum 3.5 GPM (4 Heads) and max 5.5 GPM (6 Heads), all heads at 40psi. I presume 1/2" would have too much velocity, correct?
Very good I’m going rain-bird not Hunter
You can't go wrong with either. Thanks for watching
What’s the white pipe pbc you had mentioned it was sewer. Do we need that or did you install that aswell
Do you have the time stamp?
After 3 yrs. how's is it holding up?
No need to prime CPVC only PVC. For future reference.
You keep saying ground wire. Do you mean neutral? The neutral goes to one of the cables of the solenoid and the other solenoid wire connects to
the corresponding colored wire going to the controller for the specific zone.
Pretty sure whatever company installed my system (6 zones) with an 8 zone controller just randomly picked which sprinklers were on each sone because they dont seem like they're on the same tubes if that makes sense.
You should see my basement 😏
My basement looks nice once in a month and it goes back to being the same after 2-3 days :)
One thing I would like to mention is that all other videos on RUclips suggest that you should measure your water flow and the water pressure in order to determine how many zones you need. I did that same thing but it didn't help me much because you need the precipitation values from the manufacturers for each type of sprinkler head to correctly calculate the formula. The sprinkler heads precipitation values, for the sprinklers I used, from Rain Bird and Hunter, were nowhere to be found or were very vague. So I decided to test how many sprinkler heads I can use myself by connecting a number of sprinkler heads directly to the irrigation system. You can see that procedure at 28:20. Thanks for watching and do subscribe for more videos like this.
Yes, that is true. What was your water pressure and flow rate? Hunter has several pdfs to provide great documentation. Specifically, Residential Sprinkler System Design and Installation. In my case I have 40 psi to the house and, through their instructions, they determined my "working" pressure would be 30 psi. I did an "above ground" in ground system but can only support two MP3000 sprinklers per zone. I have a 5000 sq ft area that receives no shade. So for ppl, like you, that have done RUclips vids I'm curious what pressure you started with. Very nice video btw!
@@waltcorey5115 Hello, Walt. The water pressure was 30psi and the water flow was 5 gallons per minute. The 1800 series rain bird sprinkler heads and the corresponding hunter brand sprinkler head version work great with 5-6 sprinklers per zone. My back yard is small (less than 1000 sq) and I didn't cover the whole area so I was able to get away with only 3 zones. For a 5000 sq lawn, you would probably need to draw a picture like I did in the video and try to figure it using the sprinkler head coverage measurement or calculate it using manufacturers formulas. Every set up is different but I think you would need around 12 zones with about 5-8 sprinklers each for a big yard like that. Thanks for watching.
@@NeverStopDIY Yes! Once again you are correct. Every town or city have property assessors. I suspect, at this point every municipality has something like axisgis, which is a geographic information system which shows aerial projection of each property, vegetation, contours etc. Likely, thanks to Google, one can superimpose an aerial photograph of their yard.. you can create a PDF of your property at whatever scale is appropriate. The one I'm looking at I set 1" equals 17'. I then set my compass width to 1" and drew the edges (90°) and and filled in the runs (180°) then can see where those not-covered areas are. It's nice having the superimposed photo as you can sight to landmarks in your yard. The down side of above ground is the massive number of hoses needed. Watching your video I got a very good sense of the physical exertion it took you. I'm, most likely, twice your age, it is impractical to think I could be successful by myself. But, again, that was an awesome video, very well done. TY.
@@waltcorey5115 you are welcome :) Hope your project turns out great. Let us know after you are done, please.
Well, these tables for each sprinkler head are in catalogues (RB and Hunter). You just need to use right numbers (metric or that strange units). The problem I see right in your planning - every single sprinkler should have another in range and every single m2 (or sq ft) should be irrigated be 3 (triangle) or 4 (square) sprinklers. And the numbers from RB/Hunter are calculated for this exactly. So your idea of one full 360 sprinkler in the middle is wrong by design.
Anyway optimal pressure is 2.1-2.4 bar with flow about 3.6m3/h (1 l/s). I have 4 bars from my pump, so I have to use pressure regulators and/or special sprinklers.
Never install a valve upside down because sediment from the water clogs the valve and makes it difficult to turn
Thanks for the tip!
You don't need teflon tape when you fit plastic to plastic, only when it's PVC to brass. I use a putty that's quicker to apply. I've been installing and repairing sprinklers since 1994 and I can tell you that on a complete system of 6 zones or so, the process used in this video is inefficient. Also, I do no like to manifold the valves in one box, makes it harder to repair and you have to run more pipes to feed the zone; I rather run a high pressure main line and tee off from there. Valves will be located near the actual zone layout, keeps them in balance.