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DjPiLL
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We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
My seller briefly mentioned that there was an in ground sprinkler system installed by his previous owner... but he was "never able to get it work".
It wasn't on the listing... so I figured it was just junk.
Well I had my inlaws over yesterday to help us with the house. My FIL discovered where the main valves are under the ground.
Low and behold... after some fooling around with it and connecting the hoses... BAMM... we had 16 sprinkler heads pop up from the grass that were long buried!  Its a four zone system.
And they work pretty well! I think two of the heads need to be replaced (leaking).
I have the original "brain" of the system that was in one of my bedrooms (disconnected). And I think they cut the wire from the main valves outside that went into the house when they did the new siding last year.
Maybe we can re-run the wires for the brain into the house? But its good to know that the main infrastructre of the sprinkler system (the piping) seems to work pretty well!
Talk about a nice discovery!
Message edited 5/8/2006 12:31:34 PM.
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DjPiLL
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
Also... I think its a Rain-Tec system... or Rain something. My FIL said its a good brand.
Anyways... does anyone know maybe a CHEAP guy that can service an IGS. I might need some minor repairs done to get this system up to spec... but I definitely don't want to pay a fortune.
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LisaW
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
Wow, how awesome! Certainly much better than all our "discoveries"!! 
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| Posted 5/8/06 12:31 PM |
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DjPiLL
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
Posted by LisaW
Wow, how awesome! Certainly much better than all our "discoveries"!!
Yeah! We had the water running and it practically covered all our grass in the front of the house... and on the side! We don't have anything in the backyard though.
My seller said it was there and "maybe" we could get it working... but he said he had no luck. So i never took him seriously.
Took my FIL about 30 minutes to get water pumping through. We couldn't believe it.
There was a lot of air in there so water wasn't coming out initially. But then we increased the pressure and just turned one zone on at a time. All the heads popped way up!
My wife is going to home depot today to look for two replacement heads.
Its nice to find something that actually WORKS... considering after moving in we found a ton of stuff that frankly... didn't work. 
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| Posted 5/8/06 12:34 PM |
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LisaW
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
Posted by DjPiLL
Its nice to find something that actually WORKS... considering after moving in we found a ton of stuff that frankly... didn't work.
I'd rather find that than this 
DH also found a brand new geiger counter in the garage, but he liked that!
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schnapy
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
THATS AWESOME. NICE LITTLE SURPRISE
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| Posted 5/8/06 12:43 PM |
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lululu
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
That is really awesome!!!! Congrats! What a time saver inground sprinklers will be.....
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| Posted 5/8/06 12:50 PM |
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Lisa68
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
Thats awesome! I wish I could find something like that.
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| Posted 5/8/06 12:54 PM |
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kriss2c
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
That's a great find.
I have not compared his prices recently, but when I lived in Farmingdale, Lee Hanson (516) 249-6192 was pretty good.
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| Posted 5/8/06 1:12 PM |
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My2Boys
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
We use Arty's Sprinklers (he's in East Meadow). He just replaced a head for us for $35. He's reasonable and honest
516-538-4371.
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| Posted 5/8/06 2:44 PM |
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SweetT
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
that's a nice surprise!
Message edited 5/8/2006 3:08:42 PM.
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| Posted 5/8/06 3:08 PM |
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Elizabeth
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
You can replace the sprinkler heads yourself. My DH did it for about $3.00 each. Just bring an old one to a plumbing supply place (there are a few on Sunrise Hwy in Seaford/Wantagh area) and match it up. I know for a fact that my DH didnt know they system all that well but it was pretty simple. Of course since you are new to the system and want to get it serviced too, obviously you can have someone come in and do the replacements at the same time. We use someone whose # I dont have handy but he's very reasonable, if I can find his # I will repost.
What a find though, nice surprise.
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| Posted 5/8/06 3:36 PM |
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anon
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
ug, i would kill for that, you lucky #@(%)#$!
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| Posted 5/8/06 4:26 PM |
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
I just used Ron Zinkiewicz - 631-455-1659
I had a sprinkler head moved to a different location. I also had one that was leaking and was above the ground a bit so he fixed the leak and lowered it. All for $35.00. He does good work and he is cheap. I would have gotten hit over the head through anyone else.
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| Posted 5/8/06 5:07 PM |
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DjPiLL
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
Thanks for the contacts. I will give them a call if my FIL can't figure this out.
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MrsERod
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Re: We just discovered we have an inground sprinkler system at our house
AWESOME discovery!!!!! 
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