Why Is Irrigation System Maintenance So Crucial in Spring for your home’s Albuquerque Landscaping?
This spring is the time to ensure your drip irrigation system is operating at its best. The bottom line, you have a lot of money invested in plants, landscaping and your home so it makes good common sense to do a little irrigation system maintenance each spring.
By mid-spring, you want to have irrigation system maintenance done to ensure you protect your Albuquerque landscaping by having a well-functioning drip irrigation system, especially if you have a large investment.
Sprinkler Maintenance
It’s essential to set up and prepare your sprinkler system for spring. These systems are essential in prepping your surrounding terrain for the spring.
Here are some things you can do this spring to maintain your irrigation system.
Inspect Your Drains and Main Line
Make sure all your manual valves are closed You might have opened them up when you flushed the system in the fall, so check them out before watering. The next task involves slowly opening the main valve to allow the piping between the main valve and the backflow to fill. To pressurize the mainline, you need to open a control valve and let water purge the undesired air pockets in your system.
Test Your Sprinkler Heads
There are so many things that can go wrong with a lawn irrigation system that you may find that sprinkler heads are missing or broken. Lawnmowers, shifting soil, improper installation, age, etc. Missing or broken sprinkler heads can lead to your lawn irrigation system leaking and then watering your lawn unevenly. In other words, if water isn’t falling evenly, you’ll have spots that are dry due to under-watering and spots that are wet due to over-watering between cycles.
This can have a long-term effect on the health and look of your lawn. Inspect your sprinkler heads to determine whether they’ve been tilted or are spraying from the right trajectory. Now that you see that they need to be adjusted accordingly, readjust them so that your watering cycles cover your lawn properly.
Make Sure Your Water Pressure is Sufficient
Another important component of your lawn irrigation system maintenance is checking the water pressure settings regularly. And this is even more critical when booting your system for the first time. Lawn irrigation systems work best in the pressure range of 40 – 65 PSI.
Flushing Your Sprinklers To Flush Dirt And Debris
Irrigation maintenance includes flushing the system and making sure everything is up to snuff, especially early in the season. Flushing prevents dirt and debris from building up, ensuring they don’t clog your nozzles.
Contact ASAP Sands Outdoor Services Now!
Whatever is causing your outdoor drainage or lighting problems, the experts at ASAP Sands Outdoor Services can help you find a solution. Call 505-293-4014 or go online for a drip irrigation consultation to learn about what we can do for you.
