I dont know where your located, but winter may be a concern. My sprinkler
requires me to shut off the water, open the drain valve, then open all the
sprinkler valves. That allows the water to drain out of the lines so they
wont freeze and burst. In in USDA zone 5, Kansas.

Dwayne

"Richard Miller" wrote in message
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I'm buying a new house with a half acre lot and it comes fully sodded.
They want $3700 for a Sprinkler System. I think that's to much. So after
they put in the 20,000 square feet of sod I will have to go and lift up
the sod and not only put in my water sprinkler system but I will run extra
PVC pipes for my drip system that they won't put in. So I'm going to kill
two birds with one stone. I will hire labors for 6 or 7 dollars an hour.
This way I can do it like I want and for my personal needs. I know a
little about sprinkler systems. I'm fairly smart so I can learn as I go.
I'll run two PVC pipes in each trench, one for the sprinklers and one for
the drip. So what advice can you give me? Are there any good books out
there?

Thank You
Richard Miller