Texas Heat!

jinman · Jul 14, 2011

Dennis, I buy impulse heads from Rainbird in Lowe's installed sprinkler section of the store instead of the hose and reel section. Lowes sells them for around $6 each and they come with four replaceable nozzle sizes. Lowes is cheaper than any place online. I bought bases for them from Amazon at $6 each also, so I have only $12 invested in each sprinkler head and they will cover a 50' diameter circle. I overlap those circles and the impulse type work great for that. If I had a small yard and didn't need impulse, I'd go with a patterned solid spray. Actually, one of my favorite sprinkler heads has no moving parts and provides a large area of coverage. Here's one from Nelson and Walmart sells them that are round. Talk about simple. . .

NativeSon · Jul 14, 2011

Jim,
Beautiful homestead and grass. We haven't seen that color of green around here for quite a while. Man, I'd love a well.

Charlie

Western · Jul 15, 2011

Thanks Jim. That looks like a well built sprinkler, I despise the plastic stuff and the quality of some brass ones isn't there either.

Is your system under ground?? I have looked a Lowes and figured , for me, it would be less that $300 to water approximately 3000-4000 sq ft., of course the timer unit will have an impact on price depending on what type I go with.

I was looking at the pop-up style??

NativeSon, Wells are great. I have 2 drilled, but only currently use one. The prior owner had theses put in. Only thing is I know very little about them. The one that's not used is only 240', but I get water on a weighted string at about 50' (on a hill). If you can work on them when needed, they are a nice economical benefit. (until the state starts using them for more revenue)

jinman · Jul 15, 2011

Dennis, I do not have an installed sprinkler system. I keep putting it off because I want to put in a retainer wall and then backfill some before doing that. In the meantime, I get to drag hoses around the yard. It takes four impulse sprinklers running continuously to keep my well pump from cycling on/off. While watering, with four hoses from three spigots fed by 3/4" pipe, my pressure sits steadily at 45 to 50 psi. I try very hard to keep the pump running continuously and not let it cycle on/off.

Western · Jul 15, 2011

I know what you mean, I am a hose dragger too!. i have my well set to 40 psi, so I usually only run a couple at a time, depending where I'm at in the "hose pull" contest. I don't mind the hoses really, it's the putting them back on the holder that gets me.

I have ever ongoing "projects" too, but am getting to where I would like to go automatic, and then work with what I have in place at the time.

Bird · Jul 15, 2011

When we lived down in Navarro County and I was on the board of directors of the water co-op, I had just about 80 psi all the time and thought that was pretty high pressure, but this city water pressure is almost unbelievable. In fact, I was so surprised that I had it checked, and we usually have just about 100 psi.:shocked:

Bird · Jul 15, 2011

An e-mail I got today sounds about right to me.

HOW DRY IS IT IN TEXAS ?

It's so dry in Texas that the Baptists

are starting to baptize by sprinkling,

the Methodists are using wet-wipes,

the Presbyterians are giving out rain-checks,

and the Catholics are praying for the wine

to turn back into water.

Now THAT's Dry...............................

I was visiting online with a buddy in Austin and

he said he'd killed a mosquito

that was carrying a canteen.

A friend in southwest Texas told me the chicken

farmers were giving the chickens crushed ice

to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs.

But just this week, here in Stephenville ,

a man said he saw a fire hydrant bribing a dog.

In Proctor Lake , another friend caught

a 20 lb catfish that had ticks on it!

Man, it's been HOT & DRY..............

pacerron · Jul 15, 2011

Good luck on your plumbing at 100 psi. When the toilet float valve stop blows you will have a real mess. Most county governments limit 80 psi as tops in their residential building code. Other factors you might not have considered are shown here... Water Pressure Relief Valves | Pressure Regulator | Plumber | San Antonio

Those of us on wells usually adjust our tank pressure switch up to 50 or so shut off with a start pump around 30 psi. It would be nice to have a constant 50 psi but I don't miss the chlorination of city water one bit.
Ron

Bird · Jul 15, 2011

pacerron said:
Good luck on your plumbing at 100 psi. When the toilet float valve stop blows you will have a real mess. Most county governments limit 80 psi as tops in their residential building code. Other factors you might not have considered are shown here... Water Pressure Relief Valves | Pressure Regulator | Plumber | San Antonio

Those of us on wells usually adjust our tank pressure switch up to 50 or so shut off with a start pump around 30 psi. It would be nice to have a constant 50 psi but I don't miss the chlorination of city water one bit.
Ron

When we lived down in the country and I bought a new double wide mobile, I hooked up the water to it myself and included an adjustable pressure regulator that I kept set for 50 psi.

This water pressure here in town scared me a bit, but I had 2 guys from the water department out here and they're the ones who checked the pressure and found it to be right at 100 psi, and as far as I can tell it hasn't changed in the five and a half years we've been here, and so far nothing has blown up. Of course I can't say I'd be surprised if it does happen.

ustmd · Jul 15, 2011

Bird said:
An e-mail I got today sounds about right to me.

HOW DRY IS IT IN TEXAS ?

It's so dry in Texas that the Baptists
are starting to baptize by sprinkling,
the Methodists are using wet-wipes,
the Presbyterians are giving out rain-checks,
and the Catholics are praying for the wine
to turn back into water.

Now THAT's Dry...............................

I was visiting online with a buddy in Austin and
he said he'd killed a mosquito
that was carrying a canteen.

A friend in southwest Texas told me the chicken
farmers were giving the chickens crushed ice
to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs.

But just this week, here in Stephenville ,
a man said he saw a fire hydrant bribing a dog.
In Proctor Lake , another friend caught
a 20 lb catfish that had ticks on it!

Man, it's been HOT & DRY..............