Fall is the time of year that you should have your sprinkler system winterized. Meaning, you should have the water either drained or blown out of the individual lines. PVC piping, the white plastic pipe, will generally freeze and break with water in it. Poly pipe, the black rolled plastic, will expand, so much of the time it will not break when frozen. However.....this does not stop the fittings at the bottom of the sprinklers or the sprinklers themselves from freeze breaks, nor does it stop your valves or your anti-siphon unit(you do have one don't you? They are required by law in most areas), from freeze breaks. Some of those freeze breaks can be fairly costly.
If you end up needing parts for backflow devices, or sprinklers, valves, fittings, pipe, etc., this company has a good supply of commericial quality sprinkler products and repair parts for most commercial quality products. Most contractors use commercial quality products when installing systems for residential and commercial jobs. This is the wise choice, since the commercial quality products are built better, usually have a better warranty, and parts are available for anything the manufacturer sells parts for separately.
Ideally, your sprinkler system, if you live in the upper half of the states, should be winterized by now. If you wait until January, and you live in the northern part of the U.S., you are most likely going to either pay a repairman to fix the problems, or take the time to do it yourself. Timing is crucial to keep your system free of freeze problems. If you haven't got yours winterized yet, I strongly suggest you do it ASAP!
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