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Originally Posted by maxhooters
I want to put in a new irrigation system in at my house and i am thinking of doing it my self. But i do not know to much about them. Please help and tell me if it is easy and any pointers that you may have, like what brand to use and where to buy it from. any help you can give me would be great.
I am in michigan if that helps
Max
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I don't know how things are in Michigan, but here in California we have tons of Landscapers and such to do this stuff for us...and 9 times out of 10 they screw it up. How do I know this? I used to be an irrigation installer. I worked with the best and worst.
What I would reccomend doing is:
1) buy a really good book on instalation of irrigation and read it cover to cover
2) talk to friends who have decent irrigation systems and ask them who they used and how well they did
3) call and compare pricing of guys that come reccomended
4) hire them, but watch them like a hawk
If you see them changing the contract a lot (substitutions, changing materials, changing prices, etc.), fire em. If you see them take an hour lunch, fire em. Make sure the system comes with some sort of legal guerentee in the contract that includes maintenence should something go wrong. If you need help, PM me.
Best of luck!