Smart Control - We recommend installing an automatic irrigation controller that connects to a local weather station and automatically adjusts to the local weather conditions (see "Installing an Irrigation Controller") or tap timer with a rain sensor that will turn your system off when it is raining. Once installed, you can adjust and tune the nozzles to make sure they are spraying in the right direction and to the correct distance. The size of this tee required will depend on both the size of the poly pipe you're using, and the thread size of the popup sprinkler body. A LDPE to Female Threaded Tee will connect your mainline to the swing arm, then swing arm will connect directly into your popup sprinkler. The pipe size we recommend for domestic lawns is 19 mm (3/4") Low Density Poly Pipe.Ĭonnection - Your sprinklers will connect to the main line, via a swing arm, with low density fittings. Pipe - You will need to dig a trench around your lawn area to lay the low density pipe that will be connected to your main water source. Swing Arms - also knows as articulated risers, are a great component to help adjust the height of your sprinkler body and get into corners without the extra digging. It is better to spray from the edge of the lawn inwards to eliminate spraying hard surfaces. If the area is wider than the radius of the sprinklers used, then more sprinklers should be placed in the middle of the lawn. Please see the drawing to the left which shows a 10m x 5m lawn area with 6 sprinkler heads. When selecting nozzles, "Head to Head" coverage of sprinklers is important, they should be installed so that one sprinkler sprays onto the adjacent sprinkler. There is a large range of rotator nozzles that can spray up to 10.7 m radius and various adjustable and no adjustable arcs.īefore you get started there are a couple of things you need to do: They come complete with a range of nozzles in a rack that spray from 5 metres distance with a 0-360 degree adjustable arc coverage.įor a smaller lawn (less than 10m x 10m) we recommend the Hunter Pro Spray Popups matched with the MP Rotator Nozzles. What particular sprinklers do we recommend?įor a larger lawn (greater than 10m x 10m) we recommend the Hunter PGJ, PGP, I-20 and I-25 sprinklers. Automatic Irrigation Controller or Tap Timer.When the system is turned on, the pop-up sprinklers rise from beneath the ground and then retract back down when the system is turned off, usually by an automatic timer. All the pipes and sprinkler heads are buried beneath the turf surface, completely hidden away keeping your lawn looking neat and tidy.
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