Visit us at the Regina Spring Home Show!

Stop by to see us at the Regina Spring Home and Garden Show! The show starts today, Thursday, March 26 and runs through to Sunday, March 29 at Evraz Place. Our booth is #837 in the Winter Fair Building just through the hall from the Landscape Display area.

If you have any questions about installing your own sprinkler system this summer we'd be happy to have a chat with you.

While you're there, check out some of the landscape supplies we'll be carrying this year too, including ECCO Chips (an environmentally friendly mulch product), bark mulch, bark nuggets, landscape edging, and two different kinds of landscape fabric (professional grade and spun bound).

We also have our drain boxes for sale at the Regina Spring Home Show at a show special price of $25. You'll never have to look at that exposed weeping tile again!

Here's a few pictures from the booth setup:

Sprinkler Daddy Testimonial - Regina, SK

Byron was kind enough to say a few nice words about our service at Sprinkler Daddy after recently completing his diy underground sprinkler installation project.

How To Adjust A RainBird 5000 Series Rotor Sprinkler Spray Arc

Adjust a Rain Bird 5000 Series sprinkler spray arc with help from Sprinkler Daddy's Sean Stefan.

Sean explains how to adjust the RainBird 5000 Series sprinkler head so it doesn't spray out into the street, into your house, or anywhere where it's not supposed to. Just set the fixed left edge and dial in the +/- arc adjustment screw until the sprinkler rotates the desired amount.

How To Adjust A RainBird 5000 Series Rotor Sprinkler Spray Radius

Adjust a Rain Bird 5000 Series sprinkler radius with help from Sean Stefan of Sprinkler Daddy.

If you don't want your RainBird 5000 series sprinkler to spray quite as far, just turn the radius adjustment screw clockwise. The screw will turn down and break up the spray of the sprinkler to keep it from spraying as far.

Watch the video below if you're more of a visual learner.

Brass or PVC? What should you use for your house connection?

Tapping into your water line is easy with a house connection from Sprinkler Daddy. All you need to do is screw off the existing lawn service tap and screw in our house connection.

The only choice is whether to go with brass or pvc.

Watch the video below for a bit more insight, but the bottom line is that PVC will save you about $10 but you run the risk of having it crack if the ground shifts. The brass unit is much more sleek and will stand up to the elements much better.

Automatic Sprinkler Systems Compared To Manual Sprinkler Systems

Manual sprinkler systems are simple and sweet. There is no electrical work to worry about and you just need to turn a valve on and off whenever you want to water. The downside to a manual system is that it's up to you to remember to turn on and off the water.

Automatic sprinkler systems are great because you can basically set it and forget it. You can set your timer to turn the sprinklers on at a certain time each day. This feature is great because it gives you the ability to water in the early morning hours before you even get out of bed. At night your water pressure will be increased because less people are using water, which means optimum water coverage. By watering at night you'll also have less water evaporation because it isn't as hot, and generally speaking it tends to be less windy at night (at least in Saskatchewan) so you'll be watering the areas you want to water.

An automatic sprinkler system also allows you to keep watering your lawn while you're on holidays. The downside of an automatic system is that it will require a bit of minor electrical work when you're installing your automatic underground sprinkler system.

So to recap...

Manual Sprinkler Systems:

Pros:

• Easier to install
• Less Money
• No electrical work required

Cons:

• Have to remember to turn the water on and off
• Can't water when on holidays

Automatic Sprinkler Systems:

Pros:

• Set it and forget it
• Water in the evening or early morning
• Less water evaporation
• Water on holidays

Cons:

• Small amount of electrical work required on installation
• Some extra costs

For a quote on either a manual sprinkler system or an automatic sprinkler system that you can install yourself, visit http://www.sprinklerdaddy.ca.

Installing an Automatic Sprinkler System

In this video I explain in a nutshell how an automatic underground sprinkler system is installed. If you can visualize how an automatic sprinkler system works, and what's involved in the process of installing an underground sprinkler system, you might be able to think about installing a sprinkler system yourself.