1st time home owner needs help please - LawnSite.com™

petroskie · #1 08-10-2011, 01:21 AM

like the title states Im 23 and just bought my first home and I cant afford a complete sprinkler system quotes have been 3k-5k. I just want to do a simple 100ft PVC pipe with 4 or 5 rain bird pop up sprinklers of sort. The yard wrapes around from the front to the side and i wanna bury the pvc under the bark. after reading on the internet about GPM and PSI corrisponding with head preasure im all kinds of confused. can anybody help and i understand if yall dont wanna give away your skills for free, thanks in advance

AI Inc · #2 08-10-2011, 05:52 AM

Save up till ya can have a real one put in.

FIMCO-MEISTER · #3 08-10-2011, 06:47 AM

Ditto You'd be better with a hose timer and hoses until you can afford to bite the bullet.

DanaMac · #4 08-10-2011, 08:12 AM

What you are asking, is for professionals in the industry that do this for a living, to give you advice on how to install a hack sprinkler system that will be substandard, inefficient, tacky, not meeting building codes, and just plain ol' cheap. You won't get a lot of help from us. Sorry.

blk90s13 · #5 08-10-2011, 08:16 AM

Even if you wanted to install it right, you came to the wrong place.

Sprinkus · #6 08-10-2011, 08:21 AM

I second the hose timer and hoses route. Heck, I've got that in my backyard right now.

DanaMac · #7 08-10-2011, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Sprinkus

I second the hose timer and hoses route. Heck, I've got that in my backyard right now.

So do I.
I have two 5004s on stands that are hooked up to hoses. I put water when I want, and put them away for the winter. Sprinkler systems are too expensive and troublesome.

I also have native grass and live in the forest though.

Wet_Boots · #8 08-10-2011, 08:38 AM

piker

petroskie · #9 08-10-2011, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaMac

What you are asking, is for professionals in the industry that do this for a living, to give you advice on how to install a hack sprinkler system that will be substandard, inefficient, tacky, not meeting building codes, and just plain ol' cheap. You won't get a lot of help from us. Sorry.

thats why I said in my intro if yall didnt want to help i would understand and you shouldnt have wasted ur time with the responce, thanks for your input though.