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Old 06-27-2025, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill14564 View Post
What is "a lot of heads" and over what time? I'm at eight years and I think I've replaced three heads. Even then, one was hit by a mower so a filter would not have helped at all.

I can't emphasize enough: YMMV. Those who irrigate with potable water likely have fewer problems. I have irrigation water that must be pretty clean. A lot of the problems mentioned in other threads were from those south of 44.
You are in a minority. Typically the non-potable water is full of sediment when the ponds are low and we don't have a lot of rain. For those who use potable water I wouldn't expect any problems.

Since I've installed an in-line irrigation filter, in the past 4 years since I've lived here I haven't had to replace any filters, zero and when I check the spray head filters are clean. But I'm always sad watching my neighbors who don't want to spend the money installing an in-line filter but spend money having an Irrigation company come and replace spray heads every single year.
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Last edited by jrref; 06-27-2025 at 12:49 PM.