kittyfranklin
New Member
Hi,
My husband and I just bought this house and we're trying to figure out which zone goes to which sprinklers because some of the sprinklers are fine, and other ones we need to fix/replace the entire zone's pipes/sprinklers.
The valve we have is the FIMCO Hydro-indexing valve.
This is pretty much the indexing valve stem we have: http://www.homedepot.com/p/FIMCO-1-in-or-1-1-4-in-Mini-Indexing-Valve-Stem-and-Disc-9237/202524334?cm_mmc=Shopping|THD|G|0|G-BASE-PLA-D26P-Plumbing|&gclid=CjwKEAiAoaXFBRCNhautiPvnqzoSJABzHd6hpvY8RADxHZiJRWMRxMVosxR5UuAcDUr2UqDrrdCxQhoCUTzw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
How are we supposed to know which zone is getting watered? Which zone's pipe has water going through it?
We can't figure it out by just turning it on. When we turn the water on, we're not sure if what's being watered is zone 1, 2, 3 or 4. And we tried feeling to see if one pipe was getting more vibration than the others (just coming out from the valve) to see if we could tell which pipe the water was going through, but all the pipes are vibrating equally because all the pipes vibrate equally when just one zone is being watered.
How do we know which zone is being watered?
We'd like to be able to find out without having to take the whole thing apart, and also we'd like to know so we don't have to dig up our entire yard or replace the wrong pipes (since some of the zones work just fine).
We are planning on changing the route of the bad sprinklers because we don't like the location, so working our way backward (from sprinkler to valve) will pretty much be a waste of time as well. Not to mention the fact that some zones work so poorly we can't even tell where the sprinklers are or where the pipe pathways are.
Thanks for any help you can give!
My husband and I just bought this house and we're trying to figure out which zone goes to which sprinklers because some of the sprinklers are fine, and other ones we need to fix/replace the entire zone's pipes/sprinklers.
The valve we have is the FIMCO Hydro-indexing valve.
This is pretty much the indexing valve stem we have: http://www.homedepot.com/p/FIMCO-1-in-or-1-1-4-in-Mini-Indexing-Valve-Stem-and-Disc-9237/202524334?cm_mmc=Shopping|THD|G|0|G-BASE-PLA-D26P-Plumbing|&gclid=CjwKEAiAoaXFBRCNhautiPvnqzoSJABzHd6hpvY8RADxHZiJRWMRxMVosxR5UuAcDUr2UqDrrdCxQhoCUTzw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
How are we supposed to know which zone is getting watered? Which zone's pipe has water going through it?
We can't figure it out by just turning it on. When we turn the water on, we're not sure if what's being watered is zone 1, 2, 3 or 4. And we tried feeling to see if one pipe was getting more vibration than the others (just coming out from the valve) to see if we could tell which pipe the water was going through, but all the pipes are vibrating equally because all the pipes vibrate equally when just one zone is being watered.
How do we know which zone is being watered?
We'd like to be able to find out without having to take the whole thing apart, and also we'd like to know so we don't have to dig up our entire yard or replace the wrong pipes (since some of the zones work just fine).
We are planning on changing the route of the bad sprinklers because we don't like the location, so working our way backward (from sprinkler to valve) will pretty much be a waste of time as well. Not to mention the fact that some zones work so poorly we can't even tell where the sprinklers are or where the pipe pathways are.
Thanks for any help you can give!