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Kalara
Citizen
Username: Kalara
Post Number: 2
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 - 9:18 pm: |     |
We want/need to install a sprinkler system for our lawn. Any recommendations?
I have no idea what they cost either, any ballpark figures for an average sized lawn? |
us2innj
Citizen
Username: Us2innj
Post Number: 773
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 5:48 am: | |
Are you looking to do the front and back of your home? Most underground sprinklers need to be zoned so that they run on a cycle. You can't have twenty sprinkler heads all pop up at once, since it relies on being pressure driven. We had a sixteen zone system installed front and back. Each zone feeds anywhere between six and eight heads. We chose to go with a more confined spray pattern as opposed to the kind you would see on a golf course, where the water is hurled great distances. Some zones do shrubs, others do grass areas. I would suggest you call a few irrigation companies for estimates. Our irrigation company, who at this point I wouldn't unconditionally recommend was included in our landscaper contract. That was the only aspect of our outside makeover that I had reservations about.
Ballpark figure you need to expect would be in the $3000 - $8000 range. (Some range eh?) 
If you have the energy and want to make it a do-it-yourself project, it is not unheard of. Our terrain was much too varied for that possibility. |
Kalara
Citizen
Username: Kalara
Post Number: 3
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 6:06 pm: | |
$3,000 to $8,000 - well, over the years it will be worth it, my lawn suffers because I forget and then underwater and later I overwater when I eventually get around to putting the sprinkers out.
I guess I'll just call numbers in the Yellow Pages, too bad, I was hoping someone had good experience with a local company. |
soresident
Citizen
Username: Soresident
Post Number: 63
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 9:44 pm: | |
Sprinkler Systems in Springfield 973-379-3220 did a professional job in installing system for us year and a half ago which has worked well. Been great about providing instructions via phone re: turning it off and on (thus saving service calls). |
peteglider
Citizen
Username: Peteglider
Post Number: 164
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 9:44 pm: | |
I can recommend Empire Lawn & Sprinkler (in Springfield?) -- they did not install my system, but I've used them since I moved in the house for the spring start up, fall shut down -- and they are very reasonable.
Repairs have been handled quickly and for a lot less than I would be able to pay almost anyone else to come out to my house!
If you can't find them in the book -- private line me, and I'll look for a bill.
Pete |
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