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You are more than welcome to come over to my place and install one here first.
That way you can get all the kinks worked out and then when you install yours it will be a snap.
That way you can get all the kinks worked out and then when you install yours it will be a snap.
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Assuming that you have 9 lives, the gas lines will be repaired in life #7.
Mrs Skoorb will take care of life #8.
Map out on paper the area that you want to keep watered.
Do to the H/W (not computer
) store and look at the different types of sprinklers.Most will provide a 45,90,180,360 degree coverage.
For each type of head, determine the actual range (radius). Most will give you 10-20 ft.
There are massive units that will arc around for a 50' radius.
Now you have all the pieces for a jig saw puzzle.
Start locating the sprinkler goemetricly on the paper based on the coverage pattern.
Note that having sprinkler water sprayed on the house will leave a residue.
Determine what hieght popups you want. That will determine the depth of the ditch. You could lay a shallow pipe and the drop deep for the sprinkler head (pain & added connections)
Make sure that the heads, when off, will be at/below the ground level - Mowers love to eat the heads. A $0.50 head is OK once in a while. $2.50 heads starts a blue streak out of your mouth quickly.
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Sell the Maxima :evil: and get an Echo.
Baby's room will have furniture & all the extra's you desire.
Pliablemoose
Lifer
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Skoorb needs a bandsaw, router, table saw, lathe, mortiser, jointer, a compressor, clamps & a few nail guns & he's set, he can just build the furniture
Trust me he needs these tools
I wouldn't worry too much about the gas pipes...I drilled straight into the main line with a two man gas powered hole digger...with a lit cig hanging out of my mouth. I had an excuse though since the man who came out and marked all of the lines in the yard was obviously high and missed every line (electric, water and gas) by 10-50 feet. Remember you will have to pay for damages if you break one of the lines after they've been marked.
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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Newest max is only worth $12k tops anyway, and the baby likes the speed
Stop blaming the baby for your addiction.
Post a link to a $12K Maxima that the baby can drive (for the next 15 years)
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But the baby can't drive an echo eitherOriginally posted by: EagleKeeper
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Newest max is only worth $12k tops anyway, and the baby likes the speed
Stop blaming the baby for your addiction.
Post a link to a $12K Maxima that the baby can drive (for the next 15 years)
I installed sprinklers as a summer job for two years while I was in school.
You will probably need a "double-check" valve. This keeps water flowing from the sprinkler system back into the city water supply. Check you local water department, building inspector, or someone like that. This valve isn't going to be cheap.
A second water meter is a good idea. Most areas will not charge you for the sewage on a sprinkler system if the system has it's own meter.
The place I worked for only used the Toro brand of sprinkler heads. Rainbird is the brand I have seen at home depot, but my alcoholic boss would spend an hour bitching anytime he found a rainbird sprinkler head in someones lawn. I doubt there is anything wrong with rainbird.
I would try to stick with the fixed-spray sprinkler heads. These are the ones that just pop up and spray, but they don't rotate. The fixed heads don't have as many moving parts as the rotating heads, so they are much more reliable. The only problem with fixed heads is that they don't cover as much area as a rotating head, so you will need more of them.
You will need valves and a controller box. The valves have electric solenoids that are activated by the time controller. You will have to run wires to the valves.
Ditches should be around 12" deep, and you will probably not want to dig them by hand. A ditch witch will make easy work of the digging, but make you your know where your underground utilities are. Another tool will actually pull the pipe through the ground while only making a slit in the surface. This saves time because you don't have to go back and fill in the ditch. You can probably find these at a tool rental place.
That's the very basic lawn sprinkler intro. This isn't any real skill involved, but there is a lot of labor.
You will probably need a "double-check" valve. This keeps water flowing from the sprinkler system back into the city water supply. Check you local water department, building inspector, or someone like that. This valve isn't going to be cheap.
A second water meter is a good idea. Most areas will not charge you for the sewage on a sprinkler system if the system has it's own meter.
The place I worked for only used the Toro brand of sprinkler heads. Rainbird is the brand I have seen at home depot, but my alcoholic boss would spend an hour bitching anytime he found a rainbird sprinkler head in someones lawn. I doubt there is anything wrong with rainbird.
I would try to stick with the fixed-spray sprinkler heads. These are the ones that just pop up and spray, but they don't rotate. The fixed heads don't have as many moving parts as the rotating heads, so they are much more reliable. The only problem with fixed heads is that they don't cover as much area as a rotating head, so you will need more of them.
You will need valves and a controller box. The valves have electric solenoids that are activated by the time controller. You will have to run wires to the valves.
Ditches should be around 12" deep, and you will probably not want to dig them by hand. A ditch witch will make easy work of the digging, but make you your know where your underground utilities are. Another tool will actually pull the pipe through the ground while only making a slit in the surface. This saves time because you don't have to go back and fill in the ditch. You can probably find these at a tool rental place.
That's the very basic lawn sprinkler intro. This isn't any real skill involved, but there is a lot of labor.
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Originally posted by: Skoorb
But the baby can't drive an echo eitherOriginally posted by: EagleKeeper
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Newest max is only worth $12k tops anyway, and the baby likes the speed
Stop blaming the baby for your addiction.
Post a link to a $12K Maxima that the baby can drive (for the next 15 years)
But the echo can carry the baby and the baby (aka Mrs Skoorb) will be happy with the furniture and accessories for the baby room.
After all, who knows when you will find time to furnish the room on your own.
How many other projects have you started and not yet completed.
Baby's needs now come first before your own selfish desires. You satified your desires earlier, now is time to pay the piper.
PS. Mrs. S, am I building up points with you? :heart:
How much yard area you looking to cover?
Consider having a well put in w/ a pump. That whole operation cost about $1300 for a 80' deep in S.FL. Then you can just connect the sprinkler system to the pump and in a few years you'll be saving the cash every time you water. (Save us ~$70/mo for <=8hrs / week watering ~.13acre).
1300 / 70 = ~1.5 years to pay us back.
YMMV.
Consider having a well put in w/ a pump. That whole operation cost about $1300 for a 80' deep in S.FL. Then you can just connect the sprinkler system to the pump and in a few years you'll be saving the cash every time you water. (Save us ~$70/mo for <=8hrs / week watering ~.13acre).
1300 / 70 = ~1.5 years to pay us back.
YMMV.
Yep, listen to dman. My sprinkler system uses around 1500 gallons a day. Our city water rate is around $1.65 per 1000 gallons. So that's $2.50 a day if I were on city water.
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You know who will be stuck driving the echo? Me. I've spent the last 2.5 years driving an old underpowered econobox on the highways here and mrsskoorb gets first dibs on the cars, so she'd keep the 97 maxima instead and I'd be pottering around in the spinaker - I mean echo (try driving one when it's windy!). The maxima isn't _entirely_ a leasure, since there is something to be said for a larger powerful car on the highway.
In regards to projects I've finished all I've started except the tiles are still an ongoing thing; they'll be done this weekend. Or by the end of May at the latest
Mrs hasn't read what you said yet, so in the points department I dunno
"The baby" will be getting "its" furniture though. We've already bought a crib and I had a mobile picked out and purchased months ago. I'll see what I can do with the grandparents in regards to furniture :heart:
dmanI suck at square feet so I'll throw out a figure - 2500. It's that give or take $500 I think
Oh shiiiiiiiiat!
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When I was in S Fla, I had well pump for my sprinkler system.
Running it for about 30 minutes a day every 2-3 days kept the grass nice gren and thick.
Fertilizer every 3 months.
Remember, the more you take care of it, the more you need to mow it.
With respect to furniture, try to get a rocking cradle also. Great to put the chiold in and then easy to rock it to sleep.
Also, most little ones will crash when you take a drive around the block. A loud econobox beater that has vibrations works best. New or Smooth riding luxury cars will not have the same effect on the child.
My daughter works in the child care field. She has recommended that for a car seat, get one that has a five point harness. Safer.
PS: When are you expected to start losing sleep - I did not dig up the announcement thread.
Running it for about 30 minutes a day every 2-3 days kept the grass nice gren and thick.
Fertilizer every 3 months.
Remember, the more you take care of it, the more you need to mow it.
Did you finish the cabling project?
With respect to furniture, try to get a rocking cradle also. Great to put the chiold in and then easy to rock it to sleep.
Also, most little ones will crash when you take a drive around the block. A loud econobox beater that has vibrations works best. New or Smooth riding luxury cars will not have the same effect on the child.
My daughter works in the child care field. She has recommended that for a car seat, get one that has a five point harness. Safer.
PS: When are you expected to start losing sleep - I did not dig up the announcement thread.
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erikistired
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a video cam so mrsskoorb can video tape when the hilarity ensues. you might even win enough on 'america's most retarded people doing things way beyond them home videos' to pay for professional installation.
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