Sprinklerman, thanks for your response and offer for advice. I hope the information I am providing will answer your questions.
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I am not sure of the difference between a buried drip line and buried soaker hose. I can tell you it is a copper colored (kind of thin hard plastic) line with holes in it. I know it is not like a soaker hose which would connect to a faucet and be strung out across the yard. I believe the hose inside diameter is 1/2".
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Yes, the hose is buried and circles the entire house as one zone.
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All sides are mostly clay soil with a thin layer of topsoil.
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There is no landscaping around the house. It’s just Bermuda grass (I hate Bermuda, but it’s what the HOA specifies, and I’m stuck with it. I would rather have St. Augustine, but can’t have it).
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The house sits “up” on the pad on the property, so the foundation is raised above the yard and there is a sloped decline from the foundation down to the yard of about 3’ in length and about 1’ in height.
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All of the foundation is partially shaded and never gets full sun.
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There is overlapping watering from other zones, but we are restricted to one watering day per week for regular sprinklers.
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The soil type is mostly clay with a little topsoil on top of the clay.
Also, the city recommends watering the foundation for 30 minutes early in the morning 7 days a week. They do an annual free inspection of the sprinkler system and set custom recommendations.
With my old Hunter system, the surface of the ground above the buried line would be wet for about an hour after the zone would water, and then would be dry after that. It is never so wet that the ground is spongy.
I am going to have the yard aerated in the spring. It needs it badly. Half of one of my zones has grass that never seems to grow because the ground is so compacted from the previous owners walking across the yard.
