Advice for getting into the irrigation business?

[fsujammer]

I currently mow yards and would like to expand into irrigation. I know a guy in town who has an lawn irrigation company that would let me work with him to learn hands on so I plan on taking advantage of that.

What I would like to know is are there any online programs or good books I could study over the winter to get going on this? I would like to learn as much as possible this winter.

Thanks for any help!

[Mike Leary]

I don't know if it's been up-graded, but a great primer for me was:

[ELS Landscape]

Irrigation Association has a book store too.

[Kiril]

Here are a few to get you started.

1. The Pacific Northwest Irrigator’s Pocket Guide
   
   
2. NRCS - Irrigation -- Handbooks and Manuals
   
   
3. FAO - Irrigation Publications & Manuals
   
   
4. Turf and Landscape Irrigation Best Management Practices
   
   
5. A Guide to Estimating Irrigation Water Needs of Landscape Plantings in California
   
   
6. Turfgrass Water Conservation - 2nd Edition ($$)
   
   
7. Rainbird - Landscape Irrigation Design Manual
   
   
8. The California Microirrigation Pocket Guide
   
   
9. Weather Reach - Landscape Water Management Manual
   
   
10. Hunter - Design & Technical Guides

[fsujammer]

Thanks for the replies. I really appreciate the links, saves me some time!

Merry Christmas!

[Wet_Boots]

If you have the skills as a diagnostician, repair work is the surest income. Installers come and go. Repair work is forever.

[Sprinkler Buddy]

Originally Posted by Wet_Boots

If you have the skills as a diagnostician, repair work is the surest income. Installers come and go. Repair work is forever.

No doubt about that!

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

and once the service work starts to come in

don't forget sprinkler buddy!!

[Stuttering Stan]

It's not as glamerous or easy as trade magazines make it out to be. Money can be made but it can br hard work, especially on your body.
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[Mike Leary]

Originally Posted by Stuttering Stan

It's not as glamerous or easy as trade magazines make it out to be. Money can be made but it can br hard work, especially on your body.

Most of you don't believe me, but I ACTUALLY did installs all by my self for a few years! I'd come home sore and tired, and face doing billing in the evening or blowing the weekend away. It was not long until a light came on in my pea brain: employees, young ones.