Landscapers, Landscaping, Landscape Services, Irrigation,
Maintenance, Sprinklers, Tompkins Landscape and Irrigation, corporate landscaping,
North Andover, Andover, Lawrence, Lowell, Eastern Massachusetts, Haverhill,
Amesbury, Methuen, Salem
Welcome to the second edition of the Tompkins
Landscape and Irrigation Contractors' Newsletter.
It seems many of you are interested in irrigation
but are uncertain as of how we install the
system and how this is going to effect your
existing landscape. To hopefully shed some
light on this situation we have produced
our second newsletter and it is dedicated
to the irrigation installation process.
As a reminder, be sure to look on our site
in the irrigation section because it too
contains information on the irrigation installation
process and product information that you
may find very helpful. At Tompkins we follow
a 10-step process for our installations:
Tompkins 10 Step Irrigation
Process
Site is visited and a water
pressure and gallons per minute
reading is measured. This will
determine how many irrigation
heads may be put onto a zone of
heads and how far apart these
heads can be to ensure maximum
and even water coverage.
The area is then marked off using
small flags to simulate where
each of the irrigation heads will
be. This serves two purposes,
one is to determine how many heads
there will actually be and the
second is to guide the pipe puller
so he knows where the pipe needs
to go. A proposal of work to be
performed is submitted to customer
at this time, and if the proposal
is accepted and signed steps 3
-10 are completed. Dig Safe is
also contacted to mark off all
utility line.
Our licensed plumber will install
a backflow preventor (this prevents
your irrigation water from backing
up and contaminating your drinking
water) and any other necessary
plumbing requirements that your
local area may require.
Our irrigation staff begins the
installation by putting 1-inch
polyurethane pipe into the ground
using a pipe puller machine known
as a Ditch Witch. This pipe will
allow the water to leave the house
and make it to all of your sprinkler
heads.
Once all of the pipe has been
pulled the next step is to dig
the holes at each of the flags
to allow the sprinkler heads to
be connected to the pipe. Additional
holes may need to be dug to connect
some of the pipe together.
When the holes have been completed
the irrigation heads and pipe
connection pieces are then tied
into the polyurethane pipe.
The irrigation valves that allow
each zone of heads to turn on
are connected and then wired so
they may be tied into the controller
clock.
Once the valve wiring is completed
the controller clock is then mounted,
usually in the basement, and then
wired to the valves. Our system
is now completely connected, however,
the job is not finished.
To ensure the quickest lawn
recovery and quality clean up
our crew backfills all of the
holes that we have dug and returns
the sod to its original areas.
We also clean up the small lines
that the pipe pulling machine
makes when it puts the pipe into
the ground.
In our final step we completely
run your system from the controller
clock to make sure all of the
components of your system are
functioning properly. We make
any adjustments to the heads to
make sure they water only the
areas you want them to and to
ensure they are spraying maximally
and evenly. One of our employees
will also give you instructions
on how your controller clock and
irrigation heads operates and
how they may be adjusted.
Hopefully now you have a better understanding
of the irrigation installation process.
Usually this process is completed in one
full day this may vary depending upon the
size of the job. All information on the
products we use and the benefits of having
an irrigation system are located in the
irrigation section of our site. Also feel
free to browse our entire site for any information
about the other services we provide. If
you are interested in having some work performed
on your home or business you may email us
by using the contact us link on our site.