Hi All,
I was looking at my plumbing today and it looks like the pressure regulator might be installed backwards. Or perhaps my sprinkler system isn't pressure regulated.
This picture is in my basement. My sprinkler system goes out to the left and out the house on the top left. Based on the image at first I thought my supply water from the city came from the top, and the pressure regulator was installed backwards (the "In" "Out" shows the direction of flow should be up). However, my main house water pipes seem to be in the ceiling of the basement, and that would seem to make more sense than going into the floor of the basement.
So, if that is the case then the regulator would be installed correctly. However, it raises another question for me. Should my sprinkler system be pressure regulated? It looks like it isn't. I've had some issues with the sprinkler system with busted heads and poly pipe cracking and spraying water underground. I've fixed these issues so it's working ok now. However I'm expecting more issues to arise like this. We moved into this house a couple years ago and I'm guessing the system was hardly used.
So maybe these issues are just from not being used very much? (The heads that have broken are probably installed 20 years ago). Anyway, the reason I'm describing this sprinkler stuff is I'm wondering if the pressure is too high (not sure what the supply line pressure from the city is?) for the sprinkler system and if it should be pressure regulated? What pressure is city water typically at?
Thanks,
I was looking at my plumbing today and it looks like the pressure regulator might be installed backwards. Or perhaps my sprinkler system isn't pressure regulated.
This picture is in my basement. My sprinkler system goes out to the left and out the house on the top left. Based on the image at first I thought my supply water from the city came from the top, and the pressure regulator was installed backwards (the "In" "Out" shows the direction of flow should be up). However, my main house water pipes seem to be in the ceiling of the basement, and that would seem to make more sense than going into the floor of the basement.
So, if that is the case then the regulator would be installed correctly. However, it raises another question for me. Should my sprinkler system be pressure regulated? It looks like it isn't. I've had some issues with the sprinkler system with busted heads and poly pipe cracking and spraying water underground. I've fixed these issues so it's working ok now. However I'm expecting more issues to arise like this. We moved into this house a couple years ago and I'm guessing the system was hardly used.
So maybe these issues are just from not being used very much? (The heads that have broken are probably installed 20 years ago). Anyway, the reason I'm describing this sprinkler stuff is I'm wondering if the pressure is too high (not sure what the supply line pressure from the city is?) for the sprinkler system and if it should be pressure regulated? What pressure is city water typically at?
Thanks,