Winterizing sprinkler systems

[DAVID V]

Does anyone offer winterizing sprinkler systems? With the winters we get
here in the Midwest it's something me and a friend have talked about. Also any
advice on this would be great. Thanks in advance.
David

[Barry M]

Originally Posted by DAVID V

Does anyone offer winterizing sprinkler systems?
David

Guess not.

Obviously David knows this has nothing to do with pressure washing, but neither does applying gutter guards, interior painting, or plowing snow. But a lot of us supplement our PW work with some other means of income, especially here in the Midwest with our short PW season. I too am exploring winterizing sprinkler systems this time of year, possibly also winterizing RV's. Does anyone have any info or advice on either?

[timbertramp]

Winterizing a sprinkler system is just blowing it out befor the first hard freeze. I worked installing systems one summer at college and then we just rented a compresser, motor driven, and went around blowing out the systems. Make a $4.00 adapter for the compresser and you are in business. We charged $30.00 to $60.00 dollers depending on the amount of zones the system had. A large system took about 30 minutes depending on the compresser. We used about 100 pounds of pressure. A large tank is a must or you spend a lot of time waiting for the compresser to build back up. Thats why we rented one.

[Paul Kassander]

Make sure to keep the pressure down, the higher pressures will have atendency to burst and rupture lines underground. 60-100 psi is usually about the max you want to go to avoid damage. Like pressure washers more flow, less pressure.

[DAVID V]

Guys thanks alot for your input. This is a start, I have wanted to get a
compresser for a while. Now I have a reason.
Thanks again David