Tips From an Irrigation Equipment Supplier on Fall Maintenance

Thinking of Maintaining Your Irrigation System?  

Are you in the market for a good irrigation equipment supplier? Live in or around the Issaquah, WA area? Then you have clicked on the right website, read on to find out more helpful tips for fall maintenance.

When something goes awry with your irrigation system, it usually falls under one of two categories, which are wasted water and plant damage. Water will be wasted when too much of it goes where it shouldn’t. And plant damage or loss is usually down to too much or too little water reaching the places.

Below are a few things to note when it comes to sprinkler maintenance:

Persistent puddling or saturated areas, may often a line break. Sadly, there are various possible causes for this, such as winter damage, unusual activity, and plain old deterioration.

Sprinkler heads and rotors are components that distribute the water to where it needs to go. And when these become worn or damaged, the evidence will be easy to spot when the system is running, however, can also be apparent when the system is off too. Rotors that fail to rotate will result in over-watering in one direction, so you will start to see brown spots popping up. Pop-up mechanisms that do not retract are easier to spot, as are missing or broken heads.

Leaks can occur in many different ways. For example, the likes of valves, spray heads, water lines, fittings, and rotors are common areas where a leak can occur. So look out for water that is squirting or streaming out from a sprinkler head where it should not be coming from.

It can be quite easy to spend a lot of money on repairs. So when you want to be hit with a big repair bill come next spring, then ignore all the above! Proper winterization that removes all the water from the irrigation system will help to prevent freeze damage to the heads, lines, rotors, and valves.

To find out more about our irrigation equipment supplier services that Rodriguez Irrigation offers, or if you would like to make an appointment, please do not hesitate to call us now at (425) 765-6231.