8-23 Converting Sprinkler Heads

Converting sprinkler heads from 4" to 6"

The rain has gone away for a few days. There was a breeze and it was overcast so Larry decided to work on the irrigation system. Larry has been working on and off on the irrigation system for most of the summer. He's pretty happy with the amount of water the sprinkler heads are releasing and the spray is good. A few weeks ago he extended the sprinklers on the side of the house up a couple of inches, now he wants to raise a few in the front yard, at times the grass is high enough that it interferes with the sprinklers. He had bought a few parts to do this project a couple of weeks ago but it has been 100 plus degrees and way too hot to work outside. For the past week we have been having rain and the temperature has been in the mid 80's to low 90's so he decided it would be a good time to start this project. Flo and I went outside to keep him company and help him if he needed us. His plan is to replace some of the 4" popup sprinklers with 6" popups and to move some of the sprinklers so the are better aligned along our property line. Using a shovel and garden tool he dug the first one out, he then discovered he didn't have a part he needed so we loaded Flo into the car and off to The Home Depot we went. When we were looking at the connectors one of the employees came by and helped find the piece we needed. After lengthening the pipe for the irrigation system he installed one of the new 6" rise sprinkler. Then he covered up the piping. The last step was to adjust the spray. The sprinkler now pops up far above the grass and works great. After lunch Larry was going to work on another one but the sun came out and it was getting hot so he decided against it. Instead we decided to take a bunch of aluminum cans to the City of Temple recycling center. After dropping off the cans we went to Lowe's and picked up 10 bags of dirt and 1 bag of sand. The last time we were at Louise's she had bought some dirt from Lowe's and it didn't have any sticks in it. We have bought bags of dirt from both The Home Depot and Walmart and they contained a huge amount of of sticks. On the way back to the house we stopped by Walmart to pick up a few things.

Digging up a sprinkler

Gluing the pipes and joints together

Covering the piping up

Checking out the finished project

For the rest of the day we hung around the house. I finished reading Remember Ben Clayton by Stephen Harrigan. Stephen Harrigan is a good writer and keeps your interest through out the book. We watched YouTube videos and our Sunday shows through the ROKU. The Tunnel had it's final episode of the season. After eight season of Inspector Lewis Sunday was it's final episode. We had a very nice day.