In alt.home.repair on Fri, 29 Jul 2005 02:58:04 GMT Chris Jarshant
posted:

All,

We had a home built by a local builder about 3 years ago, and
now want to put in a pool. I took pictures of almost everything
during construction except for the sprinkler layout (I was out

Call the sprinkler company that did the work and get a copy of the
plans.

If they don't have that, sound very disappointed, say you will send
them a diagram of your house and yard and ask for them to draw what
they would normally put in a 5 zone system like yours. Better yet,
go there when a designer is in.

I wasn't even the original owner but I called the architect 6 years
after the house was built and got a copy of the blueprints for the
cost of copying them. 10 or 20 dollars. Blueprints. (Of course this
was a 109 unit townhouse all with the same blueprints.) They weren't
as useful as I thought they would be, so far. But I still think I
should have them.)

of town). Now we want to put in a pool, and I want to cap one
of the 5 zones of the sprinkler system (as the pool's decking

The whole zone? Won't that be at the water valve and isn't that a
known location?

will cover it forever). For another zone, I want to ensure it
won't be in the way of excavation, because it will be useful
after construction so I don't want to cap it at the source.

Any tips on locating buried water lines (aside from "going
caddyshack" on the backyard!). Any pointers to a typical

Are you supposed to drain them every winter? Does that mean you know
where the far ends are? Open one drain at a time and see which heads
are on the same line, because they are the ones that won't have much
pressure, or which will stop spraying first when the water turns off.
Or disconnect/turn off one zone or all but one zone at the valve, if
that is possible (surely it is) and learn which heads are in the same
zone that way.

Make a map of all the heads. Color them over with one of 5 different
colors. Then draw the simplest 5 lines between them that you can.
That'll be it, probably.

setup for residential sprinkler systems? I want to
cap the zone at the right place. Not sure where in the
system the right place to cap for a zone is.

TIA!!

cj


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