by Rod McKenzie | Mar 19, 2024 | Agriculture, Commercial Landscapes, Domestic Gardens, Retirement Villages, Turf
Hey there, Adrian Walsh here. So, let’s talk irrigation maintenance – something that used to give me a headache. Picture this: I’m knee-deep in maintenance tasks, paperwork scattered everywhere, and a nagging feeling that I’m missing something...
by Rod McKenzie | Mar 19, 2024 | Commercial Landscapes
Here’s a basic overview of how Commercial Irrigation Systems typically operate: Water Source: The system is connected to a water source, for a commercial landscape irrigation system, this is usually supplied from the water authorities piping network. Sometimes...
by Rod McKenzie | Jan 19, 2024 | Commercial Landscapes
Many factors will affect the size you choose for your water meter. Sometimes during the quoting or planning stage, we have to decide on the water meter size before we know all of the details about available pressures and flows available onsite. These are our...
by Rod McKenzie | May 29, 2023 | Commercial Landscapes
We can’t get high levels of distribution uniformity (DU) using sprays when lawns and gardens are designed in odd shapes. Distribution uniformity refers to the evenness and consistency of water distribution across the irrigated area. As irrigation designers,...
by Rod McKenzie | May 5, 2023 | Agriculture, Commercial Landscapes, Domestic Gardens, Retirement Villages, Turf
Irrigating landscaped areas in new multi-level apartment complexes has unique challenges when controlling and automating the irrigation system. The first challenge is often to delineate between titled and common areas throughout the building/buildings. Do you want...