Lawn Sprinkler Layout Guide
Residential sprinkler system design guide 5 sprinkler system capacity working pressure psi 25 30 35 45 50 55 note.
Lawn sprinkler layout guide. Knowing the most efficient layout for a sprinkler. Beginning your design there are two options for getting a design for your automatic irrigation system. Deduct 5 gpm for new galvanized pipe. Included are design steps technical data installation layouts and design details to assist in the design of the more common dripline applications.
Trenching wiring piping and head placement maps and layouts for each zone. A step by step installation guide with detailed instructions for installing your system. This guide covers the basics of design installation and maintenance for rain bird s xf series dripline including xfd xfs subsurface and xfcv with heavy duty check valve. If a sprinkler layout guide shows you coverage arcs that are not going almost all the way from one sprinkler to the next it is based on the old way of doing things back before we had low flow sprinklers to conserve water.
Service lines are based on 100 of thick walled pvc. Draw property to scale. For example each one inch square represents 10 feet on the graph paper or each small square 1 foot. See page 4 for more information on toro s sprinkler design service.
Typical lawn sprinkler layout. The orbit sprinkler system designer allows you to draw all aspects of your property. The most common design layout of sprinklers is called head to head watering where the spray from one sprinkler hits the next sprinkler on the head. Sprinkler system installation guide okay the planning s done you ve bought all the parts now you re in the yard shovel in hand ready to start.
Incorrectly designed sprinkler systems can leave brown spots in your lawn and lead to unnecessary water usage. In this helpful video we ll show you the steps to a perfect sprinkler system installation including trenching connecting the water source installing shut off valves working with pvc pipe building a valve manifold connecting wires installing. A complete parts list of all products needed to install your custom sprinkler system. Let toro do the irrigation system design for you.
Planning design sprinkler system layout installation guide 5 measure your property and create a top down view on graph paper supplied in this guide. Each orbit sprinkler system design includes. Deduct 2 gpm for copper pipe. Follow the instructions in this guide and use the layout paper on page 6 to design and draw your irrigation system.
Sprinklers should have almost 100 overlap. An added benefit to this style of sprinkler layout is that when this method is applied using part circle sprinklers around the perimeter of an area the water can be completely contained. Use a satellite image to trace your property or make your own drawing from scratch to easily create a professional design.