by Rod McKenzie | Mar 9, 2021 | Agriculture, Commercial Landscapes, Domestic Gardens, Retirement Villages, Turf
How much should I allow for irrigation maintenance? If you are planning on paying an irrigation or landscape company to maintain the system You should allow 2-5 % of the capita irrigation installation cost for irrigation maintenance. Irrigation system...
by Rod McKenzie | Mar 1, 2021 | Agriculture, Commercial Landscapes, Domestic Gardens, Retirement Villages, Turf
FAQ – What irrigation design program does Ecostream use? At Ecostream, we choose irrigation design that will best suit your projects. Domestic Design For domestic irrigation design, we use a design program called ProContractor. ProContractor is a basic design...
by Rod McKenzie | Feb 16, 2021 | Agriculture, Commercial Landscapes, Domestic Gardens, Retirement Villages, Turf
Why you should seriously consider irrigation as a career The path to becoming an irrigation installer In the past, the path to becoming an irrigation installer hasn’t been super clear, the job of “irrigation installer” was largely filled with self-taught or poorly...
by Rod McKenzie | Dec 16, 2020 | Agriculture, Commercial Landscapes, Domestic Gardens, Retirement Villages, Turf
Irrigation design and consultancy Every Landscape Irrigation system should be planned out prior to installation. The planning could be as basic as some marking flags, a can of marking paint, and a pressure and flow test kit OR it could be as intricate as...
by Rod McKenzie | Nov 4, 2020 | Agriculture, Commercial Landscapes, Domestic Gardens, Retirement Villages, Turf
Irrigation Systems on the Mornington Peninsula First and foremost, if you are lucky enough to live and work on the Mornington Peninsula like us at Ecostream. Good work! It is an amazing place to do life! The peninsula offers its own unique set of challenges when it...
by Rod McKenzie | Oct 21, 2020 | Agriculture, Commercial Landscapes, Domestic Gardens, Retirement Villages, Turf
How long should I run my sprinklers for? Between 5 – 60 minutes per zone This is a simple question that without some site-specific information is difficult to answer accurately. So my answers will be very general. Let’s assume a couple of things first The...
