The Cost of Repairing a Sprinkler System
If you want to keep your lawn green and healthy throughout the dry season the easy way, you should consider using a sprinkler system. With the system programmed to go on and off at specific times, you will not have to worry about early morning wrestles with the taps and pipes as you try to water the entire lawn before starting your day. The system will repeatedly go on at the right time every day unless it is faulty. To avoid inconveniences, repairing faulty systems should always be a priority. The cost of repairing the system will depend on what part of the entire system is faulty.
Faulty Pipes.
This is the main part of the irrigation system design. After cold seasons like the winter, most pipes would tend to burst especially if they had not been prepared for the cold. The location of the burst pipe would determine the cost of the services due to the effort the plumber would exert to get to the pipe and service it. In addition to this, you have to factor in the cost of purchasing the pipe replacement, an amount that is determined by the pipe length, diameter and material.
A Spot Problem.
In a sprinkler system, a spot is a specific sprinkler in the system. This can easily be identified when other sprinklers in the entire system are working and only one single spot sticks out as a sore thumb. More of this in the site at greentechirrigation.net. In most cases, however, the problem with that specific sprinkler could be some piece of dirt clogging the head hence confining the mechanism and preventing it from activating. In such a case, you might not even need a professional to service the sprinkler hence the cost would be a few of your spare minutes. However, if the feeder tube is leaky or the sprinkler is spoilt, you might have to pay some amount for a new pipe or sprinkler head.
Zone Problems.
In most cases, a sprinkler system would be demarcated into zones so that the control timer can easily switch specific places on and off at programed times. This configuration, however, could lead to the common problem of shutting off a specific group (zone) when a specific fault occurs. This could either be due to wrong programing that can simply be corrected by reprograming the timer. At other time, it could be the delivery box or pipes that need be replaced.
The amount spent in repairing a sprinkler system depends on the extent of the problem. Read here at http://www.ehow.com/video_4419063_repair-sprinkler-system.html for ideas. Handling every problem as it crops will prevent things from piling up and blowing the bill out of proportions. The sooner you handle each problem in your system the better.
