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#2491798 - 07/26/08 07:44 AM
Zone 2, 5, 10, & 12...I own you
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TFF Guru
Registered: 09/20/04
Posts: 18990
Loc: Southlake,TX
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I have been digging up sprinkler valves for what seems the entire summer season this year. I have zones in my system that from time to time get iron deposits in it, and I have to dig it up and replace the valve.
Well today, after much digging, cussing, and trips to Lowe's, I finally have all of them working again. Almost too late to save any grass this year, but the trees are loving it.
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#2491811 - 07/26/08 07:49 AM
Re: Zone 2, 5, 10, & 12...I own you
[Re: TreeBass]
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Registered: 09/20/04
Posts: 18990
Loc: Southlake,TX
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why dig em up?? mine just unscrew.....easy replacement.... Well you gotta get down to them first. I have replaced all with jartops, but these are old. The last zone I replaced today, #2, was what looked like an original. Plus, whoever tended to these in the past has done some creative plumbing below the ground. From now on most should be able to be unscrewed and guts replaced.
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#2491843 - 07/26/08 08:01 AM
Re: Zone 2, 5, 10, & 12...I own you
[Re: a777pilot]
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Registered: 09/20/04
Posts: 18990
Loc: Southlake,TX
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I water from a well, so we can do it 24 hours a day if we want. But the downside is the occasional iron chip that gets stuck in a valve, and the whole zone won't shut off until you shut off the feed. Bad thing is we have to have a sign that states "Water from well". I like coolray's sign in his yard. It says. "Well water....get over it". Maybe I can get a pic of it. Even though we water from a well, supposedly we can still receive a $2000 fine for not posting a sign, if a city official responds to a complaint by driving out. I hate city politics.
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#2491849 - 07/26/08 08:04 AM
Re: Zone 2, 5, 10, & 12...I own you
[Re: Tritonman]
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Registered: 06/01/05
Posts: 20551
Loc: Flower Mound, Tx
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I water from a well, so we can do it 24 hours a day if we want. But the downside is the occasional iron chip that gets stuck in a valve, and the whole zone won't shut off until you shut off the feed. Bad thing is we have to have a sign that states "Water from well". I like coolray's sign in his yard. It says. "Well water....get over it". Maybe I can get a pic of it. Even though we water from a well, supposedly we can still receive a $2000 fine for not posting a sign, if a city official responds to a complaint by driving out. I hate city politics. Who owns the well? Is it on your property? How did it get there? did you put it in? what level of cost are we talking? Is it a neighborhood thing?
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#2491897 - 07/26/08 08:26 AM
Re: Zone 2, 5, 10, & 12...I own you
[Re: a777pilot]
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Registered: 02/01/06
Posts: 1955
Loc: Gonzales, Texas, USA
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Why not put a trap at the well and eliminate the problem?
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#2491900 - 07/26/08 08:26 AM
Re: Zone 2, 5, 10, & 12...I own you
[Re: Tritonman]
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Registered: 06/19/06
Posts: 21026
Loc: Central Texas
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why dig em up?? mine just unscrew.....easy replacement.... Well you gotta get down to them first. I have replaced all with jartops, but these are old. The last zone I replaced today, #2, was what looked like an original. Plus, whoever tended to these in the past has done some creative plumbing below the ground. From now on most should be able to be unscrewed and guts replaced. Oh yea, you should be fine now.....I ended up replacing one, had to turn on the system to find it 
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