Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Winterizing the Irrigation System or Putting the Dragon to Sleep?

Compressor pushing 875 cfm of air through the irrigation lines.

Compressed air is pushed through the irrigation lines eliminating all the water.
The "Dragon" has been put to sleep for the season.  Winterization is one of my happiest days of the year.  Why?..you ask!  The irrigation system is the cause of making my career/job/passion somewhat of a headache.  With 122 irrigation leaks during the 2013 season, which represents over 50% of the days the system is used during a season; there are a lot of days that are presented with a curve ball.  So headache may not be the most accurate word but this is a PG channel so I will leave it at that.  Needless to say, the proper things have been done for the "Dragon" to sleep well and hopefully wake up in the spring of 2014 with less fire.