A Simple Guide to Sprinklers
If you have a lawn/yard you require to water frequently and conveniently, or you have a garden or farm you tend to, you might want to know a few important things about sprinklers so that you have a rough idea of where to start when in the market for sprinklers.
What Are Your Irrigation Needs?
The first and most important step is to determine your irrigation needs. To help you do this, you should identify the size of the area you want to irrigate, how many times a day or in a week you should irrigate, the type of soil, the type of vegetation you are watering, the amount of water needed, etc.
To identify some of these things accurately, you might need the help of specialists, who may also help you avoid making wrong and costly decisions.
Types of Sprinkler Systems
Once you identify your needs, the second step is to note the types of sprinkler systems available and their features. Since you already identified your irrigation needs earlier, it will be easy to identify which sprinkler system matches them effectively, efficiently and economically. Here are some of the common sprinkler systems you might come across:
- Fixed sprinkler systems
These sprinklers are usually installed at a particular point and use one pattern to spread irrigation water.
- Travelling sprinkler systems
Contrary to fixed sprinkler systems, these sprinklers are mobile. They move across or over your lawn as they water it.
- In-ground sprinkler systems
These are installed inside the ground and pop up when needed. You can even set a time at which they will pop up and irrigate.
- Rotating sprinkler systems
These have two arms that spin; the spinning action spreads the water evenly in a circle, up to a particular radius.
- Oscillating sprinkler systems
These sprinklers have a tube that moves back and forth. The motion provides a waterfall irrigation effect.
How to Choose a Sprinkler System?
Of course, as indicated above, you first need to consider your irrigation needs. Secondly, if you have no idea how sprinkler systems work, hire a sprinkler system specialist to help you match your needs to a sprinkler system; the store you are sourcing your sprinkler system from can also help you.
Thirdly, find out whether you might need to make any changes or install any fixtures to support or supplement the sprinkler system of your choice; this is where you consider things like costs and availability of required resources.
To learn more about sprinklers, contact a local plumber.