Setting up my Irrigation system

Join me as I adjust and setup my Hunter PGP ultra's and Hunter Pro spray bodies and nozzles

[@danielslawncare]

That was great to see Brenton, I don't know much about irrigation at all so it was great to learn a bit

[@YourBestLawn]

Once some grass gets into those areas it's going to look amazing mate!! I love your professional install, looks super neat. I dug and installed mine the morning after a few sarsaparillas the night before......great idea.

[@theaussielawn]

Thanks mate I just want the area finished It’s just dragging on and on, but I look at it this way , it will happen when it’s meant to happen, Wow I couldn’t think of anything more punishing than digging after a few drinks the night before 😂😂😂😂

[@paulthomas3782]

Hi Brenton thanks for the in depth information on the Hunter spray bodies they are on my wish list for sure now I am working away from home.

[@theaussielawn]

No worries Paul they are such a good thing hey

[@stefanwulf4062]

Great episode Brent!

[@theaussielawn]

Cheers mate 😎

[@slippinreaction]

Nice one mate. I found MPR nozzles for the PGP ultras on Bidgee pumps and irrigation.

[@theaussielawn]

Oh wow thanks for that mate, Id say they are one of the very few selling them

[@frostn0va]

Great video mate, I just updated my system, I have the hunter gear as well. I added a Water Metre to report water usage. I have the MP Rotator in my back yard and the normal nozzles for the front yard.

[@theaussielawn]

Thanks mate, Ive thought about the water meter myself might have to look into them

[@lvond555]

Great video. I need to check my nozzles. I didn't think to check flow rate for quarter vs half and such.

[@theaussielawn]

yeah its easily overlooked, I hope i explained it clearly I was worried it might have been confusing

[@John-if8sx]

Thanks for the Video, I've got to readjust my sprinklers so was a great help.

[@theaussielawn]

My pleasure John

[@fortune214]

Great video on different sprinkler types mate. As above editing is top notch, love your work

[@theaussielawn]

Thanks Cam, too kind mate

[@camerongrafen4656]

Nice work Brenton always enjoy an irrigation vid 😁😁❤️ can't wait to see how the front lawn turns out cheers mate 👌

[@theaussielawn]

Thanks Cam, I have a horrible feeling ill be laying it in the middle of summer on a 40c day 😩 😂😂

[@restoblastrestoblast154]

​@theaussielawn Brentton, i hadn't seen this video before, just swapped to the Hunter i20's 2 weeks ago, & 1 of my zones is a rectangle just like you showed, by far the best explanation of that situation on KZbin, thanks once again. 👍

[@alanjacups193]

Love ya work! Comeing along even with covid, hope you can get it sorted asap

[@theaussielawn]

Thankyou Alan I want it done too I assure you haha

[@danielslawncare]

Is it just me or the editing has got a lot better. I really enjoyed watchin that

[@theaussielawn]

Yeah I had more spare time to play round with editing. Sometimes I get to spend more time on them than others

[@danielslawncare]

@@theaussielawn yeah I totally understand. I’m about to film next weeks vid and put down my Acelepryn GR. So close to those Reno’s too 💪

[@theaussielawn]

@@danielslawncare Very close now Dan good luck with the Acelepryn GR app I did mine the other day

[@danielslawncare]

@@theaussielawn Awesome, I have heard though that I should hold off until I put down my Acelepryn and OxaPro until I do a Reno. But if I’m not doing a Reno until like 4 weeks, I think that’s enough time for the stuff to break down fully. What do you reckon?

[@theaussielawn]

@@danielslawncare that will be fine mate

[@jasongarbutt4242]

Loved that video mate, excellent work and well explained. Really want to watch you lay all that turf, lol. Hope your well mate.

[@theaussielawn]

Thanks mate yeah keeping well, Hope you guys are too. No doubt you will get your wish, unfortunately for me the constant delays mean you'll prob get to watch me from the comfort of your air-conditioned lounge room while I battle it out in the 40c heat hahahaha

[@themowerman]

Looks like a good system mate

[@theaussielawn]

Thanks Mick, hows the weather over there ? starting to cool off yet?

[@themowerman]

@@theaussielawn yeah mate the autumn is on its way..

[@theaussielawn]

@@themowerman bugger mate hope you enjoyed your summer at least

[@calebevans8437]

Love these videos so much info would love to do a set up at my house but so much other things to do first...

[@theaussielawn]

Thanks Caleb, Ive got so many other jobs stacking up myself. When you do get round to it I guarantee it will be a game changer for you, it makes life a lot easier

[@camdaniels3750]

perfect timing for this vid, about to rip up the front and get spraygrass aus to come in and do about 2000sqm. need to do some irrigation in the coming week

[@theaussielawn]

Ohh awesome Cam I hope it goes well for you what sorta seed you going with?

[@camdaniels3750]

@@theaussielawn they can either do a kik blend or couch blend, leaning more toward the kik so i can focus on the green haha

[@v8soarer1991]

With low flow/pressure like my house. Some bodies don't need to be extended to let the water spray. I have chainged from Pope to Orbit to allow 3 - 360deg bodies on at once.

[@theaussielawn]

Seems a lot of areas these days have much lower flows than im use too. Glad you got a system sorted that works with your low flow rates. Hope you have a tops weekend mate

[@TFez]

i give those sprinkler head on the roadside about 3 weeks before people park on them haha

[@theaussielawn]

I hope you are wrong mate haha, that being said the ones already in use on the completed bit of my front lawn have been in for years without issue.

[@yew100]

nice work m8

[@theaussielawn]

Thanks mate appreciate it

[@jffro]

Awesome vid mate

[@theaussielawn]

Thanks mate

[@jordanmorrissy665]

what length body did you go with mate? im guessing it would be critical too what depth your piping would be beneath the surface for coring etc.

[@theaussielawn]

Just standard PGP ULTRAS which are about 20cm (8") and the popup sprays along the road are 15cm (6") basic rule of thumb keep your pipe work at least a full spade depth at a minimum mine are a slightly more than that to avoid any potently pipe damage down the track by coring or digging etc

[@simon785]

Any reason for not going with the Hunter mp nozzles for the smaller sprayers? They use alot less water and more of the water ends up on the grass instead of the concrete. I prefer the rvan range from rainbird

[@theaussielawn]

Hi Simon, Yeah I chose the sprinkler nozzles I did for a number of reasons, The narrow strip lawn between the street and concrete path way measures just 1.4m wide the nozzle used sprays 1.5m where as the smallest MP sprays 1.8m - 4.2m. The other reason I used the red fixed nozzles in the other part is they are the closest match for precipitation to the narrow sprinklers. I have also personally found the reliability of the MP rotators questionable in the past. Finally as you saw in the video being on a hill we get quite a lot of wind, In my experience MP rotators don't cut it in the wind. Finally I needed sprinklers to roughly match output of the PGP ultras esp when i connect my EZflo unit to the system. Re the rainbird stuff Ive really only ever played around with the rainbird R50 (not even sure if they are made anymore) What do you prefer about the rainbird stuff mate?

[@scottt8258]

Thanks for this. Question…. Your static pressure gauge…. Just a gauge into the pipe outlet? Nothing special about it? Asking as it would make my planned sprinkler system easier to work out.

[@theaussielawn]

Thats right mate make sure you get one that reads up to about 100kpa

[@jackenglish4661]

Would the hunter nozzles fit onto the small Holman sprinklers? They look the same

[@theaussielawn]

I actually don't know mate, I would imagine they would be ever so slightly different but I may well be wrong

[@atanner4]

Where do you purchase the Holduptool you used to mess around with the rotors so they don’t pop down and rip your finger off lol.

[@theaussielawn]

Hi mate they are a genuine Hunter tool for the pgp sprinkler you will find them at any Hunter industries retailer

[@atanner4]

@@theaussielawn thanks for the info. Keep up the great work on the videos mate. Enjoy the content 👍

[@richardportelli1983]

Great video mate, can you explain why you chose the spray vs the rotator nozzles?

[@theaussielawn]

Hi Richard, Because Im running those prospray and various nozzles in one line I needed to find the closest possible matches when it comes to water outputs. E.g The MP rotator that best matches the area puts out far less water in the same time as the nozzles along the road. Plus I have heard and witnessed first hand reliability issues with some of the MP rotators also I personally find the spray from them is more easily wind effected.

[@WOODZY_]

@@theaussielawn top job on the vid mate.👌 I’m currently running hunter rotators on two circuits front 140 squares mtrs and back also 140 square mtrs I experience first hand the wind factor with my back yard as the backyard backs onto a lagoon witch gets a lot of coastal wind. The way I’ve gotten around it is running a slightly more powerful nozzle like an mp2000 and set them to run at 3:30am before the wind kicks up from the coast. The front yard is protected from the wind and they run a treat. The kids love playing in the yard on a hot day trying to negotiate a path way through MP rotators. Great for both the grass and the kids. 🍻⛳️

[@theaussielawn]

@@WOODZY_ Gods country mate your a lucky man, Hope you are going well mate. Have a ripper weekend

[@samuelasamoah6906]

What are you putting into the sprinkler heads, is it a filter?

[@theaussielawn]

along the street? Yea they have a filter below the nozzle

[@porseven3523]

Awesome video mate - very informative! Questioning my irrigation now. I'm tossing up between the Hunter Rotators or the Hunter SRM. I only have a flow rate at the mains (off the street) of approx 37L per minute and 30 (ish) PSI. Any suggestions for what you would use in this case? My lawn is a big rectangle (28m long x 7m wide). Thanks!

[@theaussielawn]

If i where you id divide it into 3 or 4 zones and run 2 sprinklers a zone or something along those lines. that way you can still get your lawn watered with the pressure and flow you have available to you. I did do a flow rate video last year which can help you do the calculations if need be

[@porseven3523]

@@theaussielawn Thanks mate, legend. Any suggestion on what sprinklers would be better? Have Tiftuf installed.

[@theaussielawn]

@@porseven3523 Id be looking for sprinklers that use low flow rates maybe some of the smaller capacity MP rotators. best thing is draw you area up on some 5mm grid paper it will help you no end

[@brunoalva3703]

Backflow installed?

[@theaussielawn]

Hey mate thanks for the message, as this is only part of my current irrigation system yes I have a back flow valve fitted earlier along in the line

[@Mr_Mumble_PSN]

would love an idepth on flow rates and sprinklers :)

[@theaussielawn]

What aspect of flow rates mate ?

[@Mr_Mumble_PSN]

@@theaussielawn for me as an example if I have 27ltr/min how do I calculate how many sprinklers on one run. (Home enthusiasts) and how to calculate head loss. Got a crappy 320kpa at the water meter so nothing good their would love to gain information on how to design for low flow/pressure

[@theaussielawn]

@@Mr_Mumble_PSN wow that is heavily restricted water flow you have. I would be inclined if possible to start by getting a tap or branch installed just past the water meter seems a lot of areas now have flow restrictors in place this may give you better flow and pressure (MAY) how big are your lawn areas your hoping to irrigate

[@Mr_Mumble_PSN]

@@theaussielawn no restrictor lol mains pressure is low as gravity fed just unfortunate really I have 3 tap locations and 190m2 happy to email house plan and details

[@theaussielawn]

@@Mr_Mumble_PSNone tip would be break it up into as many zones as you can even if you ran one sprinkler as a zone at a time . That would also give you perfect control over areas that might need slightly more water than others, Ive had systems in the past that ran one sprinkler per zone and it worked well . Just a thought

[@danielslawncare]

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[@scottsyoutubevideos]

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[@thegreenandgoldlife1464]

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[@theaussielawn]

I dont know the lotto numbers 😂

[@thegreenandgoldlife1464]

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[@theaussielawn]

@@thegreenandgoldlife1464 bahaha imagine it was that easy