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[#4] Posted: 07/31/2011 - 4:35:06 PM |  |  |
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I do the same as Bill.
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[#5] Posted: 07/31/2011 - 5:39:41 PM | | |
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I never mention blowing out the system. No one would know how down here. I do tell buyers to winterize down here we simply shut off the water open the testcocks (or remove the backflow) and let the system run one cycle. There are a few more steps to winterize a pump system.
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[#7] Posted: 07/31/2011 - 8:55:38 PM | | |
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Yep, we have a shallow frost line.
The statistics also show that Bill is the 2nd most common first name among convicted murders in Eastern State Penitentiary.
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Is there a connection with the movie "Kill Bill"?
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[#10] Posted: 10/25/2011 - 08:57:55 AM | | |
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Yep. Once we happen upon one of the components and I get the "Whats this". In the same breadth I make them aware that I won't be inspecting any part of it, but they need to contract a professional to winterize it and put it back into action in the spring, if they ever want it to work again.
$8K water bill! 
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Up in the great State of Mass.
we have underground sprinkler systems on town water.
I go thru a speech about "Fall procedure" then "Spring turnon and orientation of nozzles". Questions are answered about the green box cover and the piping next to the foundation.
Inside the building there is an electric monitoring box with the installers name.
"Call them and make sure you are on their maintenance tour"
I get the Realtor involved in a discussion about 'water bans' in the town. 
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I would love to attend one of your irrigation seminars. Sounds lovely. Do you include a demonstration of how to set the zone timers too. ?? 
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Irrigation systems are outside the scope of the inspections I perform, but I will verbally pass on to some home buyers the problems I've seen them cause to buildings.
I believe many home owners overuse them. They set the timers for night time and forget about them. I have seen standing water in crawl spaces from overuse or defective systems. Besides observing the sprinkler heads, I advise them to watch for vegetation that will grow and deflect water back to the building.
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Quote: Originally posted by exploreparadise2Irrigation systems are outside the scope of the inspections I perform, but I will verbally pass on to some home buyers the problems I've seen them cause to buildings. I believe many home owners overuse them. They set the timers for night time and forget about them. I have seen standing water in crawl spaces from overuse or defective systems. Besides observing the sprinkler heads, I advise them to watch for vegetation that will grow and deflect water back to the building. Blair www.axiombuildinginspections.com
Why would anyone have an irrigation system in Seattle? 
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[#15] Posted: 04/05/2012 - 08:59:36 AM | | |
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Quote: Originally posted by ScottpatQuote: Originally posted by exploreparadise2Irrigation systems are outside the scope of the inspections I perform, but I will verbally pass on to some home buyers the problems I've seen them cause to buildings. I believe many home owners overuse them. They set the timers for night time and forget about them. I have seen standing water in crawl spaces from overuse or defective systems. Besides observing the sprinkler heads, I advise them to watch for vegetation that will grow and deflect water back to the building. Blair www.axiombuildinginspections.comWhy would anyone have an irrigation system in Seattle?
You don't want to move here though, unless you're prepared to deal with six or seven months of gray days with not a whole lot of sunlight; rain, rain and more rain and the feeling that it's always either nighttime or dusk.
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Here's an example of a winter day to which Mike writes. Viewed from the roof of a building, Seattle's iconic symbol is socked by drizzling rain and fades into the cloud cover. Still better that snow.
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