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Originally Posted by Barefoot
We've been having problems with our sprinkler system all spring and summer. Which is especially annoying since we're in Canada and our sprinklers are in TV.
Before we left TV, we tried to set the system to come on once a week. We thought we had it mastered. (We previously owned a CYV for two years and had no problem at all setting the sprinkler system). However we were advised by Village Watchdogs, our housewatch company, that the system was coming on several times a week.
So we had a "specialist" come in to examine it and reset it to one day a week. Recently our neighbour called us to say that the system no longer comes on several days a week, it now comes on three times on Tuesdays!
I think there must be a flaw in the "master controller box", the whattiz box, or whatever it is called. If we're going to call in a specialist, we should have the direction and flow of all the sprinkler heads checked.
I'm just wondering the best person to call for a total "makeover" of the system.
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Barefoot, we too have had major hassles with our system. Like you, we are far away, NY in our case.
The house was new when we were there in March. I had the company who installed the irrigation system come out and check it as required since it only has a one month warranty. The rep assured me all was well. He showed me how to use the timer and checked and adjusted all the settings. It was raining that day so he didn't want to check the heads but said he was sure it was all working.
A month or so later I got a call from my lawn guy that my lawn was extremely dry and he didn't think the irrigation system was working. I called a neighbor and asked him to check it. Our timer is different from his so he wasn't sure what was going on. Shortly after that I got a call from the Massey sales rep who had signed us up for their lawn service. He said that driving by our house he noticed that our lawn was very, very dry. He volunteered to meet my neighbor at our house to set up the timer and show the neighbor how to operate it.
Finally, my grass started to green up. My water bill was high but after lawn seemed to recover I asked my neighbor to reduce the water times and intervals, which he did. Now all seems good.
I really had trusted the company who installed the irrigation system. Maybe they were having a bad day but had it not been for a consentious Massey sales rep and a fantastic neighbor as well as my lawn guy, I'm afraid I might have lost the lawn.
We'll be returning to TV soon for the winter and among the first things I want to do is learn everything I can about the irrigation system.