Fall is here and beautiful in Pullman Washington. The leaves are putting on their spectacular final show before dropping. And temperatures are dropping as well. By Monday it the weather forecast is that we might drop down to a chilly 33 degrees. So, I wanted to remind my buyers who are now new homeowners, if you haven’t yet had your sprinkler system blown out and winterized, now is the time to get it scheduled! And if you are one of sellers who have your home on the market, it is a great idea not only to get the sprinkler system winterized, but keep your receipt handy so your new buyer knows you took care of it.
And just a quick reminder, don’t back up those moving vans on the lawn. It may make loading your truck easier, but it sure can cause a lot of expensive damage to the sprinkler system.
If you,like myself, aren’t as lucky to have a sprinkler system, don’t forget to disconnect those outside hoses. Freezing water in a hose expands, often into the interior pipes, causing a lot of damage.
It is also a good time to coil up those hoses, and put those sprinklers away waiting for warmer spring days to return.
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That is some sound and timely advice for folks up here in our neck of the woods!
Dear Lori -
REALLY great advice! I think I will go outside tomorrow and follow your suggestions one by one!
AND - while I am at it - I think I will re-blog this now as well.
Have a happy day -
Lynn
Any records you can maintain for the new owners are a bonus and could mean money in your pocket.
If I were installing a new sprinkler system, I would design it with autmatic draining (pipes drain when the pressure is dropped) and use PEX tubing (extruded polyethylene) which is far more resistant to freezing than most other pipe choices. You still need to (or should, depending on the design) turn off the inside water source. PEX tubing will also be "more" resistant to the moving vans, though avoid the stress if you can. Whatever your system design, err on the side of caution to ensure it is drained and avoid an expensive repair.
Lori, great thoughts on winterizing all the outside water plumbing systems....
Hi Lori,
Is summer really over?
Done and gone?
Now it is time to do all the prewinter things.
I just ran my filters for the furnace through the dishwasher this week end.
(With some sadness...)
PHil
Lori As the mother of the owner of a lawn service company I hear that warning every Fall. Most of his customers pay him to do it at the end of the season