How to semi-drain your sprinkler system after blow-out if your Water was still on when we did the winterization.

1) Turn off the water to the sprinkler system in the basement.

2) Place a bucket under the manual drain. Do not open drain at this time.

3) **Your manual drain maybe outside and you do not need a bucket**

4) Turn the ball valves (marked 2) ¼ turn to put at a 45 degree angle. This only turns one direction. IF YOU DO NOT DUE THIS STEP, THE BALL VALVE WILL TRAP WATER AND CRACK OVER THE WINTER AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A COSTLY REPAIR.

5) Proceed back to the basement, open manual drain and drain any water.

6) Turn your sprinkler system clock to the off position.

7) System winterization is complete

8) There are also pictures and further explanations on attached page to insure you have a full understanding.

Call if you should have any questions (402-699-2904)

David Morar

The Midwestern parts of the United States have freezing temperatures in the winter months, which freezes the ground, intern freezing any water left in your underground sprinkler lines. For this reason, sprinkler systems need to have the water removed (i.e. blown out) and drained down from pipes exposed to the bitter cold.   Winterizations are completed in October and the first part of November. Doctor Sprinkler offers Outside only and Full-Service winterization.

Our outside only winterization make it easy for you. You turn off the water in the basement, proceed outside to semi-drain the sprinkler system, then return inside to open the drain in the basement (your drain maybe outside) and proceed to drain the pipes inside and then closing your drain. We then come over and hook up a professional grade COMMERCIAL AIR COMPRESSOR to your system and blow out all the remaining water from your system. It is important to know why we use a COMMERCIAL AIR COMPRESSOR. The commercial air compressor has a constant air flow (usually 80 PSI) and thus all water in forced from the underground system. The residential air compressors just do not have the volume needed to push the water over the long distances of piping to remove all water. The best part is you do not need to be home for us to deliver this service.

Our complete winterization includes:  we schedule and appointment which is convenient to you. We come to you home and proceed down to the basement so we can turn the water off for you. We then proceed outside and hook up a professional grade COMMERCIAL AIR COMPRESSOR to your system and blow out all the remaining water from your system. Again, it is important to know why we use a COMMERCIAL AIR COMPRESSOR. The commercial air compressor has a constant air flow (usually 80 PSI) and thus all water in forced from the system. The residential air compressors just do not have the volume needed to push the water long distances to remove all water. We then proceed back into your home, back down to the sprinkler system shut-off and open the drain and let the remaining water drain into a bucket. We close the drain when we are done. Your winterization is complete.