Hey folks, the other day I saw Rachio’s fine article about how to winterize your sprinkler system and it occurred to me: in my 20+ years of owning a home in Texas, I never even knew this was a thing. I’ve always just manually shut off the system at the beginning of winter then turn it back on in th…

My daughter lives in the Austin area. Never blows out her pipes, just puts the Rachio in standby. I’m in Charlotte, NC and even here, no-one blows out their pipes. Some years I put it in standby, some years I leave it on just to see the moisture detail stats and to occasionally add water to my birdb…

I put mine in standby, I do not blow out the pipes every year. When I have, not really much water came out. This tells me that I may have plenty of king drains in my system. I believe this is key.

[image] Thomas_Lerman: This tells me that I may have plenty of king drains in my system :rofl:

I live North of Dallas and in 12 year at my home, I have never winterized my sprinklers like I used to do in Kansas. Not even during the hard freeze of 2/21. I think Rachio does not turn on when hard freeze is forecasted

East Texas (Tyler) - Rachio has been enabled and working year-'round for almost 3 years, including the big freeze. Entire system (water supply, pipes, valves, flow meter) is underground. Valve-to-sprinklers generally designed to be down-hill. Rachio, running carefully configured flex-daily, WILL …

We live just north of DFW in Denton Tx. We had not shutdown the irrigation system since ee built the house six years ago. That is till the big freeze two years ago. The city of Denton requires the anti siphon valve above ground, unlike what we had in Ft. Worth where everything was underground. We ha…

Ugh… sorry you had to go through that, but that’s helpful info, thank you. I’m actually not sure if any equipment on my setup is above ground - I’m not very familiar with all the components of a sprinkler system. I know there’s a box in the ground along my front sidewalk (next to the master water …

Never drained the lines in central Texas even through SNOWVID 21 and freeze in 22. However, I would not irrigate just before a freeze (hours) as the water will not have time to seep out of the lines. 99% of the lines are buried deep enough so they won’t freeze, but don’t take a chance. On the othe…

I live in the Dallas area. The company that treats my weeds recommends watering year round, though much less time during the “winter”. Fortunately, we seem to be getting enough rain that running the system may not be required. Also fortunately, my sprinkler system had no issues with the deadly ice s…

As a native Texan, I never winterized my system. Never had a need to. And with global warming (whether you believe in it or not), you probably won’t have to worry. Worry about whether you will have water to run thru it. However, as a Northwesterner for almost ten years, winterizing is imperati…

Do I need to "winterize" or even turn off my sprinkler system in Texas?

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