Saturday, October 9, 2010

Irrigation Winterization

Ok so the frost line in the south is what 1-2" at the MOST in north Georgia. Last year I didn't winterize my own irrigation system and had 7" of snow south of Atlanta when the mountains had none. There were issues in the spring. So my advice to you is..if you know anything about weather in Georgia you know you never know what you are going to get. Be safe & winterize your system. Either take an air compressor (no more than 50 psi) and blow out the lines or you could shut off the water supply, and run the system until it's dry (remembering it won't be completely dry without blowing it out)....unplug your controller to prevent damage from surges etc. If you have a maintenance plan for your irrigation system, and you should, this should be included.

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