Best way to setup a zone for Home Foundation Watering Here in Aubrey Texas

[msadd3995]

Best way to setup a zone for Home Foundation Watering Here in Dallas Texas

I have to water zone 3 times a week at 30 mins

It is a dripline that goes around the whole house.

Should I set as a shrub or flowers?

Any advance settings I need to set.

Any help I do appreciate you all.

[tmcgahey]

The concept of watering your foundation is so funny to me…

This thread should be helpful.

Foundation Drip Line Advanced Settings - What's working for me

North Texas has clay soils, slab foundations, a “monsoon” season in the spring, and extreme heat in the summer. This combination leads to expanding soils that quickly retract in the summer, causing foundation settling. Preventative measures involve drip lines around the foundation to keep the soil moist and applying pressure to the foundation year round, holding the foundation in place. Unfortunately, Rachio’s advanced settings are a bit confusing when it comes to drip lines, so I thought I’d sh…

[msadd3995]

Thank you so much for this. I’m going to setup now. I was so confused lol. I really appreciate the help.

[tmcgahey]

Obviously foundation watering isn’t what Rachio was designed for, so you can you that persons settings as a start, and you may just have to tweak it. I don’t know if there is a hard and fast rule on how moist you should keep it, but I would just monitor and see how it does!