How To Install a Sprinkler System (under $400)!

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3 жыл бұрын

Part 1 of the irrigation series. Stay tuned for the remaining videos on timer install, backfill and seeding.
Contents of Video
0:00 - Intro
2:40 - Plan For Irrigation
3:40 - What Are Zones
4:10 - Lay out the trench
5:40 - Digging
11:58 - Water Line install
14:53 - How to glue pipe
21:45 - Connecting PVC to irrigation head
24:39 - What I’d Do Differently
27:27 - Subscribe!
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The goal of this project was to install an irrigation system underground for as cheap as I possibly could, meanwhile using quality products. I often hear in-ground irrigation systems are too expensive or too complex to do it yourself... I disagree, and this video will explain why and how to do it yourself for under $400.00!
👉🏽Please LIKE & SUBSCRIBE because the next videos will be hooking up the timers & Backfill & Seeding.
I dug all of my trenches by hand, although renting a trencher is recommended due to the length and depth that was needed for this. The digging was the bulk of time it took. Laying the pipe, for me, was easy and took only a few hours (plus multiple trips to Home Depot).
**Always be sure to call before you dig. I recently had my sewer line replaced so I had already seen where any underground wires and pipes were located.
The bulk of the cost were the irrigation timers ($46.00 each). The Rainbird 5004 irrigation heads were not expensive (Sprinkler Supply Store has great deals on them). The pipe was pretty cheap as well (around $80.00). The additional costs were back flow preventers, fittings, primer and glue and the outside faucet. This was all well under $400.00.
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RainBird Adjustment tool- amzn.to/3IzGHsn
PVC cutter: amzn.to/3kqXnIw
String line: amzn.to/3eoKTNA
Pipe used was 3/4” schedule 40 PVC.
⏱Timer- amzn.to/3dlClqC
🛑Supplies for an above ground ⬇️
➡️Flexzilla 25’ hose- amzn.to/2VEj6Cl
➡️Lawn spike 6pk- amzn.to/3CGdIzN
➡️ Rainbird 1/2” Risers: amzn.to/3cyOACH
➡️Quick connect- amzn.to/3xBO3EE
➡️Amazon rainbird 5004- amzn.to/3CEzdko
➡️Quick connect- amzn.to/3xBO3EE
➡️ 3/4- 1/2 adapters amzn.to/3xEBVFx
➡️Rainbird 5004- sprinklersupplystore.com/products/rain-bird-5004pc-4-rotor-40-360-degrees?rfsn=5910133.502af1&pr_prod_strat=copurchase&pr_rec_pid=10311216521&pr_ref_pid=10311216009&pr_seq=uniform
➡️Rain bird rotor tool- sprinklersupplystore.com/products/rotortool-rain-bird-universal-rotor-tool?rfsn=5910133.502af1
Other brands and irrigation supplies:
sprinklersupplystore.com/?rfsn=5910133.502af1
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Songs: come 2gether & Thunderbird
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Disclaimer:
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This is how I did my irrigation system and is NOT a how to video. Install at your own risk.

Пікірлер: 88

@jaygermania Жыл бұрын

What a soundtrack man! I love watching these satisfying work-videos and this is the best set heard so far💪

@FDUNupe1 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. You could cut your work time in half by using the flexible tubing and just cutting a 1 line in the lawn with your shovel as opposed to 2 parallel lines and taking up the soil. The tube gets tucked down into the cut and you just mat the lawn back down. It's helpful if you have 2 people. 1 to lift the cut while the other feeds the tube down and you just move down the cut from there. I also recommend doing any extensive lawn work in the early part of Fall so that the lawn can recover over the winter and be all set when Spring rolls around.

@freddyfudpucker6301 Жыл бұрын

Great video with a lot of quality information! Thank you! I wish we could have seen the system is operation.

@upnylawn3519 3 жыл бұрын

Great video bud! A lot of work into this and it will pay off you'll see. Those $120 for the trencher are definitely worth it lol 💪🏻

@bobbygadams4604 Жыл бұрын

Excellent, excellent video. Providing me with knowledge and just as important, a comfort level for tackling a lawn sprinkler project. Video #2, here I come! Thanks much!

@JJLandscaping Жыл бұрын

Dont listen to this guy. You are going to end up paying more for a professional to come and fix it.

@papamowslow196 3 жыл бұрын

Great content and advice on what you would do different. I want to install my own one day. Hitting that rock and all that gluing made me had flashbacks when I installed an inground pool by myself. Definitely need friends!

@RootedLawnCo 3 жыл бұрын

You should! And wow! An inground pool… that’s legit man!

@thedadbodlawn 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Trencher for the win for sure. My back couldn’t handle all that.

@ScottGrass 3 жыл бұрын

This video was fantastic! Thanks Vince! You rock dude

@RootedLawnCo 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much buddy!! I appreciate you!

@TheLawnSensei 3 жыл бұрын

First, love the valuable video and the entire process a truly learning experience.

@RootedLawnCo 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad you learned something from it!

@markpeabody9606 11 ай бұрын

My Buddy did almost the exact thing but used craftsman garden hoses for the lines. His was a small yard but it worked great

@JuanPabloGallego1969 2 жыл бұрын

Without flexible tubing to connect your spray heads, you will in time be breaking the main at each head if there is every any down pressure such as a child stepping on one head - dont ask how I know :-D Always connect from main to spray head with flexible tubing

@RootedLawnCo Жыл бұрын

I did end up adding flex tubing to some of the heads. Trial and error, I appreciate your input.

@tretre1692 Жыл бұрын

It’s actually a lateral line! Mains are before the shutoff to the heads!

@Delta2-4Gaming Жыл бұрын

@@tretre1692 pretty sure he just means the main water line for the sprinklers. Context would dictate anyway.

@michaelcarrasquillo7830 11 ай бұрын

Great addition to this video. Thanks ...

@donaldbrown3788 2 ай бұрын

I’m attempting to in stall my own sprinkler system . And I can use all the info I can get.

@AprilMcCartney-c4x 14 күн бұрын

Great video... Thanks for sharing

@user-xi2nr2uk1u 4 ай бұрын

Very very helpful

@vinnypinatelli221 Жыл бұрын

Hey my name is vince also! Great video truly helpful! I just found your channel and im definitely subsribing now!

@johnnelwhite Жыл бұрын

If any one is going to be doing this look up the willton thin line trenching spade. I used it to put my lines in the ground last year.

@mndovrkdrkmtr9951 Ай бұрын

$200!!?!? there goes half my budget

@johnnelwhite Ай бұрын

@@mndovrkdrkmtr9951 it's definitely worth it just make sure the ground is kinda damp. Ware are you located at.

@nathanielrojas6355 2 ай бұрын

I think you did a great job as you said is under $400, if you decide to change procedure and adding up more hardware the cost will go very high. Next time start from corner instead of the middle of the yard and pop up along the house. however great job.

@vigilz1 2 жыл бұрын

That grass is nice. Coming from Texas

@RootedLawnCo 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@kkevinj1 4 ай бұрын

One hell of a trench manually done!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice. I would if mine was small area like that. I must rent, 11,000 front and back it too much to dig

@RootedLawnCo 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, never again. I’ll rent a trencher for $200 from now on 😅

@supersaiyan6556 2 жыл бұрын

Nice 👍

@d0wnbyth3riv3r2 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! I have wanted to do something very similar for awhile now but boring up a sidewalk has been the deal breaker for me. By chance did you install any blow out valves for winterization purposes?

@RootedLawnCo 3 жыл бұрын

No blow out valves but I have a plan for winter time. I’ll explain in next video. 😬

@brad325is Жыл бұрын

Having your utility lines marked would have been a good "what I'd do different". Especially cutting all the way across your front yard where all of them are coming into your home. :)

@RootedLawnCo Жыл бұрын

Great point! Always call before digging, but I had the lines marked a few months prior for a sewer line repair. Never want to hit the colorful tree roots.

@LA-yo1qe Жыл бұрын

We dug our own drench but now I am having a difficult time regulating the heads. To many heads? To much pressure? Heads to big? Any recommendations?

@juanberrios2978 Жыл бұрын

Hola buenas tardes dónde puedo conseguir este tipo d aspersor

@kirkgibbard6093 Жыл бұрын

if it was me, I would not cover the glue joints until you get Pressure on the system so you could see if you have leaks or not

@AngelTorres-qu6fp Жыл бұрын

I'm already sweating just watching the video, lot of work, how many hours did it take from beginning to end? specially the digging , Good Job!

@MOWJOBS 3 жыл бұрын

Good to see ya on KZfaq ✔ Subscription is safe! Guess all those beers and bratwursts we had in kindergarten finally sell out 🤣 cant wait for more content

@RootedLawnCo 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Beers and brats are the keys to life.

@DavidD-fj3vq Жыл бұрын

You want to dig deeper this way when you aerate in the fall you will not puncture your line

@sam999ber Жыл бұрын

Where did you installed the backflow....

@user-ly1fb9lo7i Жыл бұрын

on a new install like that with the glue you have it doesnt need primer. up to a certain size of pipe it says it on the bottle too

@RootedLawnCo 11 ай бұрын

Old plumber habits, prime and glue it all. 🤷🏽‍♂️

@queengirlsky3888 4 ай бұрын

Professionally installed irrigation system

@bbtank3000 2 жыл бұрын

This guy looks like the young version of Doc.

@yannst-pierre9541 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have winter where you are,,,, how do you drain the lines for winter?

@RootedLawnCo 2 жыл бұрын

We do have winter. I hook up an air compressor and blow them out. I’ll do a video on it this fall.

@jimmydavis5951 2 ай бұрын

Did I miss it?No video of the system working and watering the lawn?

@robertovela2396 Жыл бұрын

Do you have to get permits to install DYI irrigation system

@jaysonlansburg 3 ай бұрын

didn’t even show the finished product or it working.

@ReelBermudaMan 2 ай бұрын

Thats what i was wondering. Thats annoying!

@Basher45RC Ай бұрын

Did you not read the description where it says, “Part 1 of the irrigation series. Stay tuned for the remaining videos on timer install, backfill and seeding.” 😊

@lobo11141 Жыл бұрын

Teflon tape on the sprinkler head was a mistake, also you should’ve added a few inches of lazy tube that connects your sprinkler head to your pipes because less chances at breaking your pipes and easier repair. Great video content thou.

@BRISTOLFORCE2009 Жыл бұрын

Lazy tube is called funny pipe

@upnylawn3519 3 жыл бұрын

First! 💪🏻

@RootedLawnCo 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah bc you’re the man!

@moe9800 Жыл бұрын

Where is part 2? I want to do the backflow

@heroknaderi Жыл бұрын

Im cruous too . i want to see the second part and the finished results

@jam2386 Жыл бұрын

what type of grass is that ?

@RootedLawnCo Жыл бұрын

KBG/PRG mix

@euartista Жыл бұрын

ed bassmaster reference

@kr5289 16 күн бұрын

Is it still working good for you I want to do this but I have a much larger yard

@RootedLawnCo 16 күн бұрын

@@kr5289 it does. I would go with a 1” main line, add more heads closer, and make sure I wired it up with a controller tho.

@kr5289 16 күн бұрын

@@RootedLawnCo yes those were the things I was thinking while watching the video. Thank you.

@RootedLawnCo 16 күн бұрын

@@kr5289 check out the irrigreen videos I have. They are a little pricey but an absolutely worth it system if you’re into techy stuff. They run deals frequently.

@kr5289 16 күн бұрын

@RootedLawnCo sure will thanks

@megasheepshagger 2 ай бұрын

Not too bad on 1.5x speed

@groth3395 Жыл бұрын

I can tell those who have never installed UGS. They are the ones saying "great video". Most towns/cities have a code for backflow preventer which you make no mention of. I don't understand why you used two risers at the house instead of just adding a zone valve or two. Also, why not tap into the water line entering the house rather than install a hose bib through the finished wall. Finally, what provision have you made to blow out the lines to winterize? Or do you live in an area that doesn't freeze?

@robweir6436 Жыл бұрын

I'd use dope instead of tape.

@brendafain9962 Жыл бұрын

TFS. Please wear goggles. Sunglasses. Please. My husband broke his leg as we were putting up a privacy fence. He was laid up for two months. I had to put on my big girl pants and keep working. I was nailing on a picket and missed the center of the nail; it fought back. It would have gone straight into my eye, but I had on glasses. Thank God! I care.😊

@pablomorales800 4 ай бұрын

May friend ay watch out the video to see the tes en you not didn’t

@VictorGamingYT3500 Ай бұрын

Spelling problems my friend it is my friend at watch out the video to see the test and you did not watch it? Is this what you are saying

@romaspain2702 Жыл бұрын

No need to put teflon on sprinkles!!!

@e.a.p3174 2 жыл бұрын

yeah right! burying a hose and attaching a sprinkler head is not a sprinkler system.

@jankalanda2471 2 ай бұрын

Intro too long

@edward1730 Жыл бұрын

Are you people for real with this nonsense? ridiculous

@DennisMaxwell-hf9ql 8 ай бұрын

Wow I’m an irrigation tech. And just WOW….. ugh. Stick to your day job

@JJLandscaping Жыл бұрын

You should NOT be giving advice on this subject. Sprinkler heads are attached directly to pvc. The first time you hit it, it's broken. Your layout is completely wrong, but because of people like you, I make tons of money fixing their misttakes. Leave this to the professionals.

@user-fz5vv9ow3c 2 ай бұрын

$tupid DA

@bliffblam Ай бұрын

This is an excellent video of what not to do!😂 not 1 single thing was done correctly. This is an absolute butch job. They have special connectors for the sprinkler heads because we know 90's will never give you a straight head😂 I could go on and on, but it would be way too much writing! How do you make a youtube video of a diy sprinkler system but obviously never watched a youtube video on how to do a sprinkler system the right way😂😂 WOW!