Sprinkler heads

Oregonhunter5 · Jul 16, 2016

I've been doing my own install and care for as long as I've been married. I know a lot, but not this. If your going to cover BIG lawns, which head is best, that takes the least water, and pressure to run, but cover distance? I'm on a well, and I run about 7 heads at once. The noisy ones that slap back and forth. Lol! Are gear heads better for this? I have a giant well system, and it's 5hp, and don't want it to turn on and off all the time.

ZA_Survivalist · Jul 16, 2016

Check Erwin(g) Irrigation*? on youtube. Those guys have taught me so much.

F2CMaDMaXX · Jul 16, 2016

Just mowed the lawn and realised i have to go round our sprinkler heads and 're-evaluate' them, they're falling over in places, others aren't popping up enough to cover the area they need to

First sprinkler system, barely know what i'm doing....

mjbskwim · Jul 17, 2016

Home deploy has lots and most tell you what the coverage is.
I haven't done one for so long I know nothing anymore
But if there's a good channel on you tube I'd try that.

Jamie6.5 · Jul 17, 2016

mjbskwim said:
Home deploy <snip>

LOL!
Gotta remember that one!

mjbskwim · Jul 17, 2016

They don't need my help advertising

jbett98 · Jul 17, 2016

The Home Depot type big box stores don't sell commercial grade heads, just cheaper versions of them. They don't last very long before they start wearing out.
I would find a commercial irrigation supplier like United Pipe & Supply in your area.
They can steer you in the right direction.
My brother was a landscaper and I helped him install dozens of systems and one of the most overlooked devises was a quality pressure release drain valve installed at the bottom of the pop up head valve body.

F2CMaDMaXX · Jul 17, 2016

Sprinkler supply has all the good stuff it seems.

Waiting on the some Rainbird VAN HE replacement heads.

Member 18201 · Jul 17, 2016

Hunter. Easy calculation charts for volume, pressure, and coverage.

F2CMaDMaXX · Jul 17, 2016

Yeah, i'm making sure my fitments are ok, i have one Hunter rotary, it's the crapest of all my sprinklers and is very uneven in coverage

Member 18201 · Jul 17, 2016

F2CMaDMaXX said:
Yeah, i'm making sure my fitments are ok, i have one Hunter rotary, it's the crapest of all my sprinklers and is very uneven in coverage

No doubt.

You do not have a matched system, you have a conglomeration.

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F2CMaDMaXX · Jul 17, 2016

Oh i wouldn't be *too* surprised, that's the smallest circuit, one older Rainbird T Bird rotary and the Hunter rotary. There is technically a rainbird regular on the same circuit, but it's turned off.