How to Install In-Ground Sprinklers | This Old House

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows how to water your lawn and garden—automatically. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)

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[kelin]

I do irrigation on new plantations and i say hes creative and loves doing his job and making ut perfect we all have our style to work.. Good job Sir💯

[goatk]

Man this guy is like a real home improvement (if you're old enough you know) I literally look for 8 year old videos when I search for lawn DIYs just to find these!

[Drivingbangers]

Just great to see the boys watering some grass

[SippingandSpilling]

Me: finding videos on this for my boyfriend
Boyfriend: “needs to be IN NEW ENGLAND SPECIFICALLY”
Me: plays video
Boyfriend: hears accent for .1 second and says “perfect”
😂

[masterprocrastinator]

Looking through the comments and not one person is complaining about those castle astetic lawn edge stones

[markwys]

60psi of pressure, 1" water line, three tiny pop ups....pow! That system gonna blow up big time.

[san]

SO MUCH DIGGING N HASSLE N STUFF... A HOSE N SPRINKLER FOR OTTAWAS SHORT SUMMER

[bridgmanbass]

How do you drain this so it doesn’t freeze in winter?

[edgardodelvalle]

Backflow preventers need to be installed before you connect the battery operated sprinkler system to the water supply, not after.

[dunritesolutions]

Those heads didnt seem to have much pressure. Is that proper? I would think you would need more pressure even though it's small area look like it was basically dripping out the sprinkler heads and did a quick cut scene in video ended

[onecrazywheel]

At 3:57 it looks like Kevin spikes the shovel right into the water line they just installed. 😂

[winkawak]

whats the reason behind smelly water thats coming out of the lawn sprinkler? seems like every house is like that, where is the water coming from?

[tommypandaland]

Why not using the PVC but poly pipe?Any concern here?Thanks!

[scotthester]

Nice work guys, if only they had a yard worthy of a sprinkler system. When street floods out, you who is at fault.

[Chuckish]

How would you drain it for the winter ?

[bailey]

Does anyone know what kind of brass fitting is used to connect the 1 inch poly to the 3/4 male hose thread? I'm guessing 1 inch FPT to 3/4 inch FHT. Any tips on where to find this adapter??

[Ilikemixingthingsup]

Wait, does he have to leave his water valve open 24/7 doing it this way? Or does the timer shut that off so that the water stops running? If anyone knows please let me know! Because if that's the case you're better off just watering your yard with a hose!

[kenthorne]

80psi! Where do you get that kinda pressure? I’ve never seen above 45.

[rohansharma]

I want to do the same thing done here. Just have a few questions hoping someone could answer. How do I hook up multiple zones on this?

Do I need to winterize the system?

[MrHandyKen]

Never, ever use heat to make the fitting easier!! Also, recommend 2 clamps per fitting not 1.