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Sprinkler Blowouts on the YouTube

Took this video of a sprinkler head getting blown out and it made me think of a very important step that is overlooked by a lot of “blowout professionals.”

In the spring do you ever find sprinkler heads with cracks down the side but can’t figure out why since you know they were blown out the previous fall?  Well there is an extra STEP (pun) you must take on EVERY sprinkler head that is hooked up through the side inlet.  Do you know which heads those are?  We do.

The quick explanation is that the compressed air you’re using takes the quickest way out of the sprinkler head. So if it is hooked up through the side inlet it still leaves half (the bottom half) of the sprinkler head full of water. If you watch the attached video you’ll see that you have to wait until the head is completely blowing air and then you need to STEP on it to get the water out of the bottom half.

And that is why you call Best Irrigation

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We’ve been using commercial remote controls to handle all our large commercial accounts for a few years now.  These remotes save us hours because we can instantly turn on and off any zone from miles away.  This saves us tons of walking and helps us check out every inch of the sprinkler systems.

Thanks to a new technique we picked up this year we can make all of our residential systems remote ready no matter the controller.  At your next visit we wire in a permanent setup to your controller so that it can be controlled by our universal remote control every time after that.

At your special request we can take a few extra minutes and can wire in the connection so we can control the sprinklers without having to get access to either the garage or basement.  Think how nice it’d be not to have to wait for the sprinkler guy anymore!

We posted a video of the remote in action on both our facebook page (become a fan) and youtube (subscribe).  You can see how we can check out three zones as fast as it would take to walk to the timer and back.  Plus you don’t have to worry about dirty sprinkler socks going in and out of the house a dozen times to get to the basement.

Head on over to our Facebook page and take a poll on if there’s a better url for Best Irrigation.  We get concerned people have a hard time remembering the “inc.”

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Troy-MI/Best-Irrigation-Inc/59755323014

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Smart Irrigation Month

July is Smart Irrigation Month!

The Irrigation Association (which we are a proud card carrying member of) is putting on Smart Irrigation Month.  Check out the website specifically to help you be smart about watering your lawn.  They have tips, resources, and even games for kids!

http://www.smartirrigationmonth.org/

Let us know if anything on there peaks your interest.  We’re always happy to help you water wisely!

April 15th is a deadline for both your taxes and your Best Irrigation contracts. It also means that our main office help is back from preparing taxes and you’ll get a real pro on the phone instead of me. We’ll be calling everyone who signed up for a contract early next week to get you on the schedule for your spring startup. If you didn’t want to sign up for a contract no worries, just call soon to make sure you get an appointment that works for your schedule and isn’t too late in the spring.

We’ve already started turning sprinkler systems on. Don’t wait until you need them to call. Get them turned on now so they’re ready to go when the weather gets hot.

Also… we’re thrilled so many people have requested Best Irrigationtemporary tattoos. If you want us to mail you some send us an address. You can also ask the technician that comes to you house for some.

Hurry though… we’re working on a deadline for the tattoo competition.   Stay up to date by following our facebook fan page or on twitter!

 Hope to see you all soon.

Just for fun because there’s snow still on the ground.

If you haven’t yet, check out our facebook page.  We just got our order of Best Irrigation elephant tattoos (don’t worry they’re temporary). 

Since we are running with a new logo this year we are getting all new gear.  The winner of our tattoo competition will receive a BI hat and shirt from the first batch!

Send us a note with your address if you want us to send you some Best Irrigation tattoos.

Best Irrigation's new elephant logo

Our postcards are starting to go out this week in waves starting with Troy and Rochester.  If you don’t receive your card within a week or two give us a call or shoot us an email to get on our spring start-up schedule.  

There are instructions on there about signing up for a service contract.  We made these available after many requests but signing up for a seasonal contract isn’t required to get on our spring activation or fall winterization list.

Here’s the link if you’re looking for it from the postcard www.bestirrigationinc.com/contracts

2009 Postcard

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