Budget Friendly Lawn Irrigation System: SEE HOW I DID IT!

If you are anything like me, you don't have the luxury of having an in-ground irrigation system and need to stay within a budget! After years of dragging hoses around and moving sprinklers, I figured there had to be a better way – without breaking the bank! In this video, I show you how I sent up my own automated above ground irrigation setup for less than $450 – which has made my life MUCH EASIER!

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0:00 – Introduction
0:54 – My Current Needs/Equipment
1:45 – Sprinkler Upgrades
2:57 – My Irrigation Plan/Map
4:31 – How Much Did It Cost?
5:28 – Wrap Up

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[KCSLines]

I'm putting in 3 100' Rainbird swing pipe (poly pipe) in the ground, 12 32SA sprinklers total. Going to split it up into 2 different zones, each zone will have 6 heads, and each run will have 3 heads. Running it off the spigot on the house, I'm lucky to have both a really good PSI and GPM at the spigot. Will probably have around like you said $400 or less in it.

[youtoldharpotobeatme]

I use this same timer on my lawn and it's definitely a game changer. Helped keep my RTF seed from drying.

[JacobQuickery-io]

I love your setup, great way to achieve irrigation without spending thousands. Thanka for sharing 👍

[CompleteLawnCare-jmld]

I like how you kept the hoses mainly contained in the landscaping to avoid having to move them. Pretty nice system and a hell of a lot cheaper than an in ground system

[AZTEngineering-sncw]

I like your setup and the fact that it only costs a minimal amount. Glad I stumbled upon your channel

[marktesner]

I've been using the same sprinklers and the Melnor 4 port timers to water 15, 000 sq ft. This is certainly a game changer!! Simple is the best way to describe the setup that works amazingly!! Thanks for sharing, brother!!

[dannyelregio]

what would your thoughts be about diggin a shallow 1" - 1 1/2" trench to barely bury the hose out of sight, then when arriving at the sprinkler location, digging a space just deep enough to bury the sprinkler into it's full underground depth (maybe a 5" by 5" hole, 12" deep). Using a couple of 90º elbows to let the hose down into the sprinkler inlet, then returning the hose with another couple 90º elbows to ground level where it could go to the next sprinkler inside another shallow trench?... I mean, in an effort to hide the hoses and sprinklers, but avoiding digging a big trench all the way

[TheBestAsianGamer]

Maybe its the video but even after seeing it on the Rain Bird videos, it doesn't seem to water the 2-3ft around the sprinkler itself.

[TheCodesterr]

Thanks for the good info! I need to set them up asap

[pipi]

How far do those sprinklers reach? I am converting drip in ground to sprinklers and trying to use existing piping.

[rubenharris]

Justin, I think it’s awesome that you have a great lawn with an above ground system. Nice work 👍

[GoogleUser-gkmu]

I picked up two of those rain birds on a spike when you posted about them before, I absolutely love them!

[TheXerosyn]

I am about to sell my house next summer, but working to get the lawn to look its best before then. I just put down some seed to overseed to help with the Halloween traffic we had and currently watering every other day. Its been getting to about freezing temps at night (N KY). I am currently using a rotary sprinkler but been looking to get one of these types of heads I can move around to diff spots every 30 mins. Will this work?

[TheDylan]

I only have 2, 200 sf of lawn so I have a 4 port Melnor timer at the front lawn and one at the back lawn. I hooked it up to 1/2" poly pipe distribution tubing and buried the tubes and hunter rotors. The whole system is underground. I even installed backflow preventers on each of my 8 "zones". Dirt cheap project (no pun intended) and it's working great for 3 years now. Rainbird sells a complete diy kit but I purchased all the supplies from Amazon and Lowe's. The most difficult part of the job was burying the Rainbird poly pipe. Very gratifying.

[andrewjury]

I had to stop using automatic timers. The immediate shut off of the water was shaking my water pipes inside my home. Eventually a piped knocked of its brackets in between my joist.

[coachbennetts]

7 Hours? Do you have a well? I can't imagine how much you are spending per month on irrigation

[sallyknuckles]

Great video Justin, great advice on saving money!

[HangryPandaMike]

Which sprinkler heads did you use again? Link? Also what or how did you use to get the long area on the bottom left hand corner?

[patricksquires]

If your able - getting the heads where the spray reaches the next spray head. Essentially this should give you best coverage.

I would add a digital rain gauge to up the game on when your needing to water… if someone could buy me one… 😊… that would be great 😂