Turn Off Irrigation Water in Fall
rough draft
Needs to be done before the first freeze, often late October,
Turn off five stop-and-waste valves:
- east driveway// west of
rosethebush on east bermrosebush - by workshop and unit 25 under a rock
- at SE corner of east garden
- by hydrant south of north
gardengarden/farmette - by common house
Leave the east stop-and-waste on the east berm turned on. The lines from it are below the frost line.
Remove the anti-reflux (aka vacuum breaker valve/ backflow preventer) valve by the workshop and put it inside the workshop. Make sure you know where to find it next spring.
Open one faucet west on the east berm, three faucets in the east garden, one faucet north of the north garden, to let air into the lines so they drain.
Turn dials to "off" on 2 sprinkler control boxes in the common house inner office and 1 control box in the garage.
Make sure all residents remove any hoses attached to the hose bibs on their units, to let the anti-freeze faucets drain for the winter.
Water can be temporarily turned back on in the either garden (stop-and-wastes and faucets) so long as the person doing it turns it all back off properly the same day.
Kay, v. 10/26/2023
Photos for redundancy:
east driveway/ west of the rosebush:
workshop/unit 25:
se corner of east garden:
hydrant south of north garden/farmette:
common house:
