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Using Water Wisely Since 1979
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Using Water Wisely Since 1979
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Using Water Wisely Since 1979
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Using Water Wisely Since 1979
City Rain serves the greater Seattle area and specializes in water conservation solutions to your landscape irrigation needs. We design and install new sprinkler systems, repair and remodel old ones, winterize and activate in the spring, drip solutions for pots, hanging baskets, and window boxes. We also install and service outdoor lighting. Call today for a free estimate.
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Crusty’s Guide To Easy Programming.
Admit it. You are clueless as to how long you should water and when. There is no shame in that. I’ll admit it too. I may write this blog like a know-it-all, but I am not a soil expert. I know little about horticulture. You’d think for as long as I’ve been digging ditches I would know a little more than some colorful swear words in Spanish. Recently I sat myself down and used some math and sprinkler guy skill and came up Read more...
The Crusty Sprinkler Guy Doesn’t Know It All..
I was recently humbled by taking and passing the Irrigation Association’s Certified Irrigation Contractor Exam. Now I get to put the initials CIC after my name. So what is the importance of this certification you ask? Well it’s like that ASE plaque you see on the wall of your mechanic’s office. It means I have demonstrated a professional level of competence and knowledge about my trade. Before I was just strutting around all cocky and crowing about my sprinkler knowledge. Read more...
Tips For The Do-It-Yourselfer: DON’T!
The reason I discourage people from doing their own sprinkler work is because I care deeply about them. Valve boxes may contain deadly snakes, spiders, and baby alligators. Valve control wires carry thousands of volts of lethal electricity that will kill you dead if you even look at them wrong. Hundreds of people lose an eye every year attempting to nozzle dangerously high-pressure pop-up heads. Many more lose fingers by accidentally gluing them onto PVC pipe. Okay, so maybe none Read more...
