Malaysian Automatic Landscape Watering System

Saturday, 18 January 2014

Underground Pop Up Sprinkler

Pop Up sprinkler is mainly used for grass/lawn area. The main benefits of Pop Up sprinkler includes :

Save labor cost & time
Security. When you go for holiday, worry free! You don’t have to trouble your neighbor/friend/others. Protect your landscape investment the smart way.
Save Water, Save the World
"It is Pop Up !! It looks extremely cool. I show off to all my visiting family & friends. You can manually set it on and off with a push of a button," Mr Amir (Satisfied Customer-2013).

The main sprinkler canister will be buried underground and barely visible from the surface.

When water tab is turned on, the sprinkler head will pop up above ground using only the water pressure. No battery/electrical power needed to make the sprinkler head pop up above ground.

Sprinkler heads/nozzles are available in different rise/pop-up length; 2”, 4” even 12”. The choice depends mainly on the spray radius required and the water pressure available.

Two main type of sprinkler heads / nozzles available ;

Spray Head- With adjustable arc nozzle , Eg. 40-360 degree or fix 90,180,270,360 degree.
Rotor Head- Usually used for bigger radius / lawn coverage. It comes with adjustable arc nozzle.

See demo video of pop up sprinkler by SprinklerHouz.

There are also fancy spray head available in the market today that can produce nicely synchronized stream of water.

Demo video set by SprinklerHouz & Hunter.

P/s: Install pop up sprinkler with water timer to make the irrigation system fully automatic. Eg, sprinkler for 5 mins, twice a day, 8am and 4pm. At SprinklerHouz, we utilize Hunter & Rain Bird Spray/Rotor Pop Up Sprinkler for our projects.

For more info, including Drip Irrigation & Misting System, go to www.sprinklerhouz.com . We provide Irrigation System design, installation & maintenance in Malaysia.

Pop-Up Sprinkler On Call Maintenance @ Cheras Mahkota Bungalow

Today, we went to a bungalow in Cheras for on-call Pop Up Sprinklers maintenance.

The existing irrigation system was design and installed by other contractor. We were there just to repair/replace the faulty ones with new sprinklerheads. We managed to change the four faulty Sprinklerheads with new set.

We suspect the sprinklerheads were faulty for the following reasons;
i) The pop up is too high above ground
ii) Pop up sprinkler head was hit by grass cutter / lawn mower

I noticed that these problems could have been prevented had the original contractor installed the sprinklers along the perimeter of the lawn area, instead of in the middle of the lawn. Bigger Rotor type sprinklers could be used to cover bigger area. Eg. Rainbird 5000 pop up sprinkler. You may get this from our shop.

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Irrigation Water Timer

There are two main types of Automatic Irrigation Timer:
a) Electric Supply + Solenoid Valve

b) Battery Supply with Build in Valve (Right :Solar + Rainstop Build In)

We have installed both types of Irrigation Timer for our projects. Below are my opinions:

a) Electric Supply + Solenoid Valve
Cons: A little bit troublesome. Instead on working with Plumbing work only, you need to work with electrical wires and system. Usually, we will place the solenoid valves close to the Water Timer to avoid long underground wiring. This will require almost double/quadruple the amount piping required.
Pros: Look nicer because only One Timer for every ~6 valves.

b) Battery Supply with Build in Valve
Cons: Isolated systems. Need to configure many timers for big projects!
Pros: Only plumbing works required. Individual isolated system and thus easy to maintain and service. Timer can be placed far apart from each other as long as it has a water source. Come with optional Solar feature. Just use rechargeable batteries and the system will run for years. Cheaper overall cost compared to option a).

Conclusion: Personally, i prefer option b)

P/s: Both type of timers can have optional rainstop /rain sensor as attachment.

For more info, you may go to www.sprinklerhouz.com. We provide irrigation solution to residence and commercial landscape.

Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Drip Nozzle

There are many types of drip nozzle. You may change it according to your preference and needs.

At sprinkle rhouz, you can get all the varieties of the drip nozzle type.

Some nozzle has adjustable cap to adjust the flowrate, some has pressure "regulator" to allow constant flowrate, some has moving part while some don't.

For flower pots (Pasu Bunga), you may go for the one with minitube extension and dripper with stand(orange).

Different types of nozzle also provide varying spray/drip distance.The following videos shows some of the pattern produce by the different type of nozzle for drip system.

Dripper with Adjustable Cap

Nozzle with 1-2m Spray Radius (No Moving Part)

Nozzle with Dripper and Misting Combo

As mentioned in the previous post, Drip System can be installed DIY for residence unit. The basic units includes Water Timer, Soft Polypipe and nozzles. With the package, you can now go for holiday without worrying about you precious plants.

You may get the DIY unit from Sprinklerhouz.com through COD or Postage.

We will discuss about Misting System in the next post. Misting is ideal for Orchids (pokok orkids) or mushroom (cendawan).