Stupid Blowout question

[JamesM]

Hello All,

Please dont slam me to much for this "Stupid" question. I have only been installing irrigation for about a year now and this will be my first season to blowout any systems. I have several people calling to have their systems shut down for the year and I have been reading alot about the blowouts but not one system I have been on this year including the ones I have installed have a place to connect to for blowouts.
My quest is this, how do you handle this. Install a connection point or blowout from somewhere else?

Thanks in advance, James

[jimmyburg]

OH, here we go!!!!!!!

[Mike Leary]

Do any of your systems have faucets? That'll work. Going thru a backflow
preventer also works, but the pressure should be kept low to avoid warping
the check retainers. All our systems have Rain Bird 3/4" DLRC quick couple
valves located close to the roadside for our "drive thru winterize" Most of us
have been winterizing for years & know the pressures needed. With you, I'd
go slow...blow the furthest zone first & work back to drain the main. If you
found a faucet or q.c., winterize the backflow preventer with a bicycle pump.
"Blow dry" not needed, slight misting is all you need. Leave backflow ball valves
at a 45 degree angle just in case there's some water left.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

::backs out of thread::

[Mike Leary]

::backs out of thread::

Thanks, i've got 711 glue on my lily whites..worked on a isolation valve
manifold & three valve manifold today & the fumes has made me scrappy!

[Mike Leary]

OH, here we go!!!!!!!

:::note to staff..increase medication for patient I-90:::::

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Thanks, i've got 711 glue on my lily whites..worked on a isolation valve
manifold & three valve manifold today & the fumes has made me scrappy!

did you dig any ditches?