How Do Automatic Sprinkler Systems Work?
Laying the Ground Work A valve box will be tied directly into your water system and buried in your yard. There will be a lid to the box at ground level for access to the valves. Each valve will control a zone in your yard. A zone may consist of only one pipe or it may be a few. The pipes are then fed from the there. Most installers use a trenching machine that will leave very little damage to your lawn and will renew quickly. Pipes are put into the trenches about 1 foot underground and sprinkler heads are places on the pipes. The pipes are normally made from PVC pipe and the sprinkler heads are pressure valves. This means that when the water is allowed to flow through the pipe, the pressure of it will cause the sprinkler head to pop out of the ground and the water will be released through holes in the head. When the water stops flowing, the pressure is released and the head goes back down to the surface of the ground. Each zone is ultimately controlled by a controller. The Controller T
