Is it reasonable to daisy chain 3 sprinklers?

[Argo]

I have an irregular shaped back yard, and would need at least 3 sprinklers to cover it all. Anyone try something like that? Would that leave me with enough pressure in each one?

 

[EagleKeeper]

A 3/8" hose can handle two sprinklers without issue. When my daughter tried 3 at a time, it did not work

 

[MrDudeMan]

My zones are like this:

Zone 1: 7 heads
Zone 2: 14 heads
Zone 3: 11 heads
Zone 4: 9 heads
Zone 5: 3 heads
Zone 6: 4 heads

My last house had 3 zones with 7 heads each. If you can't make 2 or 3 work, you're doing something very wrong or your pressure really sucks.

 

[dud]

I have an irregular shaped back yard, and would need at least 3 sprinklers to cover it all. Anyone try something like that? Would that leave me with enough pressure in each one?

Unless the areas are small your spigot may not be able to provide the required volume and pressure of water to cover the three areas.

 

[EagleKeeper]

My zones are like this:

Zone 1: 7 heads
Zone 2: 14 heads
Zone 3: 11 heads
Zone 4: 9 heads
Zone 5: 3 heads
Zone 6: 4 heads

My last house had 3 zones with 7 heads each. If you can't make 2 or 3 work, you're doing something very wrong or your pressure really sucks.

Sprinkler system vs using a hose.

I believe the OP wants to daisy chain sprinklers via a hose and spigot, vs a hard pipe sprinkler system.

Hard pipes usually are driven off of the main water line into the valves controlling each xonr

 

[marvdmartian]

Argo, you might want to look into one of these sprinklers. Best type I've ever seen, for doing irregular areas, since you can "program" it (by raising or lowering the red ring on it) to spray further out, or not.
Most sprinklers spray in a circular pattern, so if you have a rectangular or square yard (99% of us do), you either over spray into the neighbor's yard (or the street), or the corners don't get wetted down. With this one, you can set it to spray longer in the corners (or irregular areas, maybe?), and shorter where it doesn't need to go out so far. I highly recommend them for any land owner. :thumbsup:

You could also get one of those traveling sprinklers, the ones that sorta look like a tractor, that follow the hose out and back. Might be easier to use than trying to feed 3 sprinklers off one hose bib.

Whatever you do, I'd stay away from this one, unless you're rolling in dough! It would impress the f**k out of the neighbors, though!! :awe:

 

[Argo]

Argo, you might want to look into one of these sprinklers. Best type I've ever seen, for doing irregular areas, since you can "program" it (by raising or lowering the red ring on it) to spray further out, or not.
Most sprinklers spray in a circular pattern, so if you have a rectangular or square yard (99% of us do), you either over spray into the neighbor's yard (or the street), or the corners don't get wetted down. With this one, you can set it to spray longer in the corners (or irregular areas, maybe?), and shorter where it doesn't need to go out so far. I highly recommend them for any land owner. :thumbsup:

You could also get one of those traveling sprinklers, the ones that sorta look like a tractor, that follow the hose out and back. Might be easier to use than trying to feed 3 sprinklers off one hose bib.

Whatever you do, I'd stay away from this one, unless you're rolling in dough! It would impress the f**k out of the neighbors, though!! :awe:

Thanks, I didn't know such things even existed... I may get away with 2 instead of three this way...

 

[EagleKeeper]

Rectangular sprinklers have been around before the rotary. Kids love them because they can jump through them or just straddle.

Nowdays, the rectangles have two controls, distance and width.

Creepy or not, everyone loves the thrill of a stream of water operating backwards up you inner thigh.:-D