Though it's not the easiest task, you can install an underground sprinkler system yourself, saving yourself a lot over the cost of hiring a professional to complete the project.

Once they find a valve, they must open the box – their tools of choice are a screwdriver and shovel – and record its size, shape and location. The arboretum’s current irrigation system dates ...

This irrigation valve can be located in the home, basement or crawl space. In some cases, if irrigation water is separate, the valve can be in an underground box out near the curb. Credit: GVR ...

The best smart sprinkler controllers are convenient and handy: They keep lawns perfectly green with hands-off, weather-based irrigating schedules, saving money and water.

This irrigation valve can be located in the home, basement or crawl space. In some cases, if irrigation water is separate, the valve can be in an underground box out near the curb. Credit: GVR ...

This system was successful and cost effective so Needham Golf Club decided to install similar systems around the remaining green complexes. There are now a total of 16 battery-powered valves ...

Irrigation systems are a bit of a mystery to most golfers – some components such as sprinklers, valve boxes and field satellite controllers are aboveground and easy to see, but most of the ...

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The uncovered irrigation valve box just off the sidewalk, she said, is about five to six inches wide and quite deep, and was hidden by vegetation at the corner of North Chaparral and Schatzell ...