My budget sprinkler system ~ irrigation on a budget ~ Full guide with timers ~ complete set up
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- My budget sprinkler system! Almost caved in and got an expensive irrigation system but what's the fun in that! lol This system cost me under $500! Thanks for tuning in!
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Orbit Sprinkler Heads
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Obrit Sprinkler heads 5 pack save money
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Melnor water Timers
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Bionic Steel Hose
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The best faucet splitter!
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4 way manual splitter
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B-Hyve Bluetooth Timer (what I have now)
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Love this video. I'm getting really into lawn care and the thing I hate most is thinking about setting up irrigation... This video definitely gave me some confidence that it doesn't need to be so difficult!
aye nice! yeah at first I was like damn i gotta dig the ground up install some nonsense lol and I was like you know for my set up it's all good if it's not in ground I don't mind haha As long as the results speak for themselves I'm happy 😊🙏🏾🤙🏾
Thanks for tuning in! 🙏🏾🤙🏾
Your lawn looks fantastic, looks like you have better coverage with this system than a pro system. Love it.
Thank you Ralph!!! Yes some of my neighbors with pro systems still got some brown lawns lol haha thanks for tuning in!
Hey, I stumbled onto your video and, wow, what a great idea! I bought one of the sprinklers by Orbit h20-6 to run a trial before setting up a system. I'm loving it and can't wait to set it up in my yard. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing this simple, cost effective alternative to expensive irrigation installation. Keep sharing!!!
Yes that is awesome! Def a budget lawn channel 😊 Thanks for the support and thanks for tuning in!!! 😊🤙🏾🔥🙏🏾
I’ve pretty much been doing it this same way since I was ten years old and designed an inexpensive system for my parents and surprised them. I then suggested it to my next door neighbor who did the same. The great advantage was at the end of the year when we’d roll it all up instead of paying for a winterization. I live in Florida now and the major advantage is the ease of repairs.
Aye nice! Yes def beats spending the almost 10k to water our lawns 😂😂😂😊🤙🏾🔥🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I am 13 and recently did 2 of them check them out
Update: recently opened the 2nd one, so now both are in operation
yeah, coming from FL, now in GA.... i'm still not sure about all the freeze and winterization stuff........
You inspired me to buy the timer and it's so much easier then waking up early to start the sprinkler keep these videos coming 🤙
That’s awesome Love timers! Can’t believe I woke up early and used to set alarms to water when I Overseeded 😂
In order to use the timers on your spigot, do you have to keep your faucet on ?
@@troyhenry3267 I would think so. I wonder if there are any smart wi-fi timers that connect to a phone and also weather so it knows not to water on a raining day.
I think this can be improved by running the hoses through PVC pipe as conduit and burying just below the surface. PVC is really cheap and it will protect the hoses from UV radiation. It also means you can use fairly cheap hose as it's protected. If a hose blows you can just just pull it out and push a new one back through.
Yo this is actually a really good idea! I would have never though of that thank you! Might have to do a test run someday when the hoses start falling apart 😂😊🙏🏾🤙🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@YardBrah Why not just use straight pvc, without the hoses?
Thank you Brah. I am going your remedy on this. My Estimate blew me out of the water as well. Awesome content !!!! Keep rocking tis channel.
Thank you yeah them estimates… like I keep telling people I’m not spending thousands on something I spend hundreds on a month 😂😂😂😊🤙🏾🔥🙏🏾
Loved this, thanks for sharing! Your yard looks perfect!
Thank you so much that means a lot! Thanks for tuning in! 😊🙏🏾🤙🏾
I helped install an underground sprinkler system. To be honest a lot of it is pretty easy. You just need to understand spacing between the heads, distance covered per head, how many heads you can have in a zone which is really determined by your water pressure. Lots of video on TH-cam on how to do it. The content is great. Really fresh perspective on lawn care videos.
Toney one day I will muster up the courage and energy to install a DIY underground system :) Thanks for watching and thanks for the support!!!
you can just buy a in-ground rainbird 4" head and connectors to burry it and just have the connector mate to your bionic male end thread. like a hybrid setup fir that one spot that bugs you and it won't even take you long to get it set up
Dude just what i needed. Im tired of watering my yard. The house i bought seemed like it had an irrigation system but it ended up not working well so i dont even use it. I want to have a nice yard but i hate having to water everyday. I an going to plan this out and do it.
I love my Melnor timers… I’m
Putting in the rain bird diy for
My fenced in yard.
Yard Bruh, we miss ya! It's almost go time 🙏🏿
Man these videos are great. Sprinkler system under 7 Minutes? 😮
Just to compare other lawn care guys pitched me 4 products in first 4 minutes and said nothing about the topic.
Good on ya man! Good work
😂😂😂 thanks for tuning in and thank you for the support my friend! I only make videos on lawn things I actually use! 😊🤙🏾🔥🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
great video, makes me feel like i can do mine (would need to be very similar to your set up) and be successful. and your voice is nice and calming lol, thanks again bro.
😂Thank you so much my dude! I mean this is totally the easiest way without digging up your lawn... which i am dreading here in the near future 😂🤙🏾
Thanks for sharing, your content is very relatable. This helped me to finalize the idea I had about setting up my budget sprinkler on a pie shape .41 acre lot which was challenging. The B Hyve setup was my missing piece. I would like to start backpack spraying this fall, but still trying to piece together your mollycaldle mix for your yard. I want to overseed this fall, but with a high end seed. I am located in Indianapolis which is cool season grass they say, but my lawn is toasty and sleep.
Thanks man. Putting some new grass down and trying not to go broke trying to get everything set up. Appreciate the video
Yes this can be an expensive hobby, but the budget sprinkler system has not let me down yet! Have fun with your new grass it’s gonna be a fun season! 😊🔥🙏🏾🤙🏾
Bro I think you just gave me some sprinkler inspo !
Yes sir!!! Let me know how it turns out!!!
Great video! It was extremely helpful as we don't have a sprinkler system. The bionic steel hose is much more expensive and I wish I would've found this video last year when it was $18 😢. It is what it is though. It will all still be much more cost effective than getting system installed.
Thanks for tuning in! Yeah I just saw that I needed to grab a couple more and now they are more expensive 😩😩😩 should have stocked up 😂😂😂 yes still holding up too just turned on the system and it works great!!! 😊🙏🏾🔥🤙🏾
Also, the orbit one hose timer is super good. The battery lasts over 4 years. It's also really simple to use. The quality is good too.
do you have the b-hyve? My battery lasts half the season... could be also cause I water 4 times a day 😂🤙🏾
The diy in ground sprinkler system that Rain Bird sells is a winner. I did the same thing but didn't buy that kit just pieced it together myself. Like you I have two Melnor 4 zone timers. They are excellent and I only paid $60 each. I used Hunter rotors also very good.
I’ve heard good things about the rain bird I gotta test it out cause the side neighbor strips need some irrigation and my method doesn’t work I need a rain bird type to clear the walkway 😊🙌🏾🤙🏾🙏🏾
@@YardBrah I hosed the area where I needed to run the 1/2" poly tubing through and then used a spade shovel to make a slice through the ground. I only have 2200 sq ft of lawn so it was doable but if you have a large lawn it would be a big project burying all that tubing but it could be done over the course of a couple of weekends. Orbit also sells a kit for about $220. The savings is huge over a pro job and pretty gratifying when completed.
Just what I needed, a simple solution to my yard, because I’m not paying an arm and a leg for an inground system.
Exactly 😂 2 years ago $7k now it’s $10k just so I can spend more money on water 😂😂😂😂 as you can see it works and my lawn is killing everyone else 💪🏾😂😊🤙🏾🔥🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Thanks for sharing I might steal your idea
Please do! 😊🙏🏾🤙🏾🙌🏾
Smart system brah! nice work.
Gracias my dude! Thank you!!!! 🙏🏾🤙🏾
Very nice sir, I put down new sod, so hopefully mines will look that way one day
Nice! Looking forward to some epic lawn pics! 😊🤙🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾
Bravo sir!!! just made my own too for cheap too
pshhh I'm not spending 10k now is the price with inflation for a water system that's also gonna drain my wallet 😂 I would rather spend $500 for the water to drain my wallet than $10k 😊🤙🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾
This is great! Thanks!
Thanks for tuning in! 😊🤙🏾🔥
I have used the 25psi plastic regulator on the input side of the timers to reduce house pressure on timers and hoses if you have a plug. Using these will allow using the plastic irrigation pipe to bury. No flow restriction.
Good tips on the bionic, Im going to try going with rain bird in-ground click-n-go so they disappear when not in use ! Total spent will be 1/10 of traditional system
Nice!!! I’m looking at the rain bird for the neighbor patches I need some irrigation on the side there let me know how you like it and how easy it was to install! 😊🙌🏾🤙🏾🙏🏾
Nice job
Thank you sir 😊🙏🏾🙌🏾🤙🏾
Thanks Bro.
Thank you 😊🙏🏾🤙🏾👊🏾
Thanks a lot
Thank you for tuning in! 😊🤙🏾🔥🙏🏾
Nice. Video. Yard looks great
Thank you Terrance! 🙏🏾🤙🏾
Welcome . Im have to do that.
I use a impact sprinkler
I like impact sprinklers though gives me that nostalgic feeling lol 😂
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Very Nice!
Thank you my friend 😊🤙🏾👊🏾🙏🏾🔥
I recently decided to stop being a bum in regards to the lawn and do better than simple regular mowing. This video is great and I think it would be a great fit for my bigger yards.
The big thing I face with my plot is that the sides of the house are about 3' feet to the fence and 30'-50' long. I don't have any good ideas for them. The sidewalk-to-curb strip is also annoying.
Suggestions for that?
Nice yes the bionic steel hoses have worked well for me and just splitting them if I could do it over like I said it would be all steel hoses for sure! Oh man for longer bigger spaces I would go with just a bunch of impulse sprinkler heads to shoot further across your area! 😊🤙🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾
Lawn is fire tho
In my neighborhood you would get a nice fine for over spraying on sidewalk and street.
You should totally buy a rainbird diy inground kit! And maybe buy two or three, but use an orbit bhyve hose timer! Ive done this for my yard and saved thousands. It waters great too!
Nice! I’ve been researching a lot of people have told me rainbird to b-hyve as well! Thanks for the tip 😊👊🏾🙏🏾🤙🏾
nice lawn. I'm jealous.
Thank you! Don’t be jealous just overseed you’ll have the same lawn in 20 days 😊🤙🏾🙏🏾🔥🔥🔥
if you paint your fence white...that will be amazing with the green grass
For sure!
Great video, very explanatory. How do you come up with how many sprinkler heads you need? My front yard is about 4,700sqft.
Thank you! So each sprinkler head goes about 15-20 feet in spray distance so I just make sure they overlap and I get full coverage 😊🙏🏾🤙🏾🔥
instead of the orbit, I used rainbirds sprinker head on my parents lawn.
Oh nice!!! So the pop up ones! 😊🤙🏾🙏🏾🔥
Great video!! Thanks! How many of the sprinklers do you run at once?
Thank you! Normally one at a time sometimes in the front I’ll go 2 at a time max! Water pressure is low so I have to adjust to make sure water hits all the grass 😊🙌🏾🤙🏾🙏🏾
@@YardBrah thanks!
Just found your video. Great DIY sprinkler system. Do you have a pressure drop problem with whole system running?
Oh yeah I have 2 4 way timers that go off separately… each head has its own water time 😊🤙🏾
thanks for the inspiration video. you make me want to install the sprinkler system. I have a question do you get the pipe freeze or busted in the winter since is it above ground? I am not sure where you live. I am hesitated to install the sprinkler above ground cus I worry about the pipe freeze and get busted during the winter. thanks for the video.
Well Seattle doesn’t get too frozen so I don’t have any issues but better to cover hoses with pvc pipe and bury them just to be safe 😊👊🏾🙏🏾🤙🏾
Nice on those orbits cab u control the degree of rotation on those heads? I only need a quarter rotation for my small. I feel u my uncle did my I ground in my back yard or else or would have cost me G$
Oh yeah can go from 0 to 360! I’m gonna put one on the side it also just needs a small rotation there as well! Thanks for tuning in!
YardBrah. Love the setup. Perfect timing for me. One question as I am trying to plot out my plan. How far with good coverage would you say these guys go? 15ft? 20 ft?
Yeah it’s around there on a good non windy day! To be safe it’s around 20ft if it’s the only sprinkler going if it’s two it’s around 10-20ft 😊🤙🏾🙏🏾🔥
Perfect. Thanks brotha. Good luck this lawn season.
You can always use “professional” heads. PVC 3/4 to slip fittings and they make slip to Garden hose fittings as well.
Pair that with a Hunter MP rotor head and you can use all the custom shapes and distances you like. And if you use the pressure regulated Hunter bodies, one less worry there. I did a surface system like this but finally but the bullet last year and did a hybrid in ground system. Trenching 3/4” pvc 10+ inches down but still have it all exit to a 4 port orbit b-hyve timer.
These orbit h20 6 sprinklers are at menards for $16.54 before 11% mail in rebate. Thats 14.72 per sprinkler.
I have an irrigation in the front. I am moving station to station in the backyard. Looking for a reliable hose as I have gone through two already this season. I need to stop my game up and get a timer. Grass was green and spreading is working it’s way back from death.
haha! yes the back is working it's way to death as well here in washington lol haha bionic steel all day long!
If you go on a vacation like for a week, do you just set your timer and leave the sprinklers to work on their own? Or do you have a person come over to check just to make sure there are no leaks?
Yes def always have someone check when you go on vacation I had a neighbor his irrigation failed and no one saw it city came over and checked on the house and had to turn their water off it raised a flag 😂😂😂 thanks for tuning in! 😊🙏🏾🤙🏾
I have a huge yard and I do something similar but idk how to not overuse my pump
Yeah unfortunately I waste a ton of water as well 😂🤙🏾
Can the orbit be set to mist one area instead of spraying side to side? I have a 25ft lawn and right now the water is dissolving my cinder block wall.
Yes it can be set to mist and be stationary! 🙏🏾🤙🏾
How do you empty the system for winter so the hose that are above ground doesn't freeze?
I just turn off the water main and leave the hoses outside. It doesn’t get too cold here in Washington it maybe snows once in my area 😂😂😂 hoses hold up good 😊🙌🏾🙏🏾🤙🏾
Have you looked into rain birds “system in a box”? It’s a great way to get a “permanent” system without the cost. I did mine (last video pic) for less than $300 for 2 zones (12 sprinkler heads)
It’ll cost you “sweat equity”
Once I get the energy to redo this system I will forsure check it out! The one thing I feel guilty with this system is the amount of water that doesn’t go on the lawn lol 😂
Please can you share link to this product? Thanks!
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Your friend has shared a link to a Home Depot product they think you would be interested in seeing.
www.homedepot.com/p/Rain-Bird-Easy-to-Install-In-Ground-Automatic-Sprinkler-System-32ETI/205081852
Easy To Install Pressure Regulator 16-ft-24-ft Automatic Sprinkler System www.lowes.com/pd/Rain-Bird-Easy-To-Install-16-ft-24-ft-Automatic-Sprinkler-System/50157782
@@NicolasMoore838 Thank you!!!
Great tips man, just wanted to know if they are adjustable to small yards too?coz my yard is small and whatever i got till now , didnt work for my yard thanks man
Orbit has a sprinkler you can adjust for small lawns it’s called the precision arc that might be a better sprinkler head for you 😊🤙🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
@@YardBrah Orbit is a website or a shop?
Btw i live in Canada
@@YardBrah aight found it in the amazon thx
Do you loose a significant amount of pressure connecting a few together?
I run them one at a time now cause multiple wasn’t reaching enough! One at a time one head per zone 😊👊🏾🤙🏾🔥
Had 2 bionic steels break with general use
oh no! Yeah mine are still going strong!!! 😊🤙🏾
@@YardBrah any thinner hoses on the market or good way to camouflage in the grass?
How do you drain the water in the hose before winter?
I just turned off the water from the main 🤙🏾😊🔥🙏🏾
How do you blow these out for winter time though ? It would freeze and crack the hoses so fast here.
Yeah I turn off the water to the lines I have no way to blow them out unfortunately 😂😊👊🏾🤙🏾🙏🏾
you must have crazy good water pressure. I'd only be able to hook two of these up at a time. I have about 3,200 sq ft of grass and no irrigation system, suuccckkss.
I only run 1 sprinkler at a time so it’s full pressure 😊🤙🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾
So installing something like this you have to turn the hose on and off to initiate the timer and watering and then turn it off after the cycle is over??
You have to keep the faucet on at all times the timer keeps closed until the time it’s scheduled to open 😊🤙🏾🙏🏾👊🏾
Ok so it is not constantly flowing water it just essentially jams the water outflow until the timer is set to go? Sorry, I am a nocive in this area.
Now your talking to me baby that i like 👍 under 5$ hundy awsome
😂😂😂 I was not about to spend $7000 on irrigation and still have to pay water bill 😂😂😂 😊🙌🏾🤙🏾🙏🏾
Just got a quote…$6,200.00! I live in Indiana, how would you winterize or drain your system?
Do you have a water hose per head? Or are you running a hose from head to head?
100’ hose to the timer then 4 15’ hoses in the garden bed to each head 😊🤙🏾🙏🏾👊🏾
Are any of your hoses buried in the ground? Or all they all on ground?
The backyard metal bionics are underground 😊🙏🏾🙌🏾🤙🏾
Can you run 2 zones at a time with that Melnor? In a couple of the clips I thought I saw 2 sprinklers running at once. I thought you could only run one at a time with those 4 way timers.
Yeah the Melnor you can run all 4 if you want 😊🙌🏾🤙🏾🙏🏾
@@YardBrah what about the new B-Hyves you picked up? Just one at a time or multiple? The options out there are overwhelming. After having both what would go with?
B-hyve manually only one at a time but programmed you can do all 4 at a time for sure! I love the Melnor don’t get me wrong but the B-hyve just has more control! I can be in a different state and not worry about my grass turning brown 😊🤙🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾
Brah that is some vintage footage !! 3yrs ?
😂😂😂 you went to the archives huh 😂😂😂😊👊🏾🤙🏾🙏🏾🔥
How many sprinkler head would I need to a 10000 sq ft lawn
Dang… well each of these heads go 20-30 feet so you just have to overlap and map it out… my guess… 20 heads 😂😂😂 you might be better off with a golf course style head that can blast 100ft of water everywhere 😊🤙🏾🙏🏾👊🏾
@YardBrah I probably did that calculation wrong… it’s 10000 sqft but 2600 of it is the house … thanks tho. can you recommend any reliable golf course sprinkler head for me ? I’m trying to set up something that would rival the underground sprinkler irrigation systems in efficiency while saving cost
This is great but you are wasting a lot of water on the street and sidewalk. I recommend using Hunter MP Rotators on the side strips. They need to run longer because they put down water slower. However, that’s what makes them incredible and they have way less runoff.
Yeah it’s an incredible amount of wasted water I have a solution I hope will work soon! Crossing my fingers it works! 😊🙏🏾🤙🏾🙌🏾
@@YardBrah That’s great I’m hyped to see it. And yeah $7000 is about what I’d expect from an installation. Personally I’d see if you could get more quotes because $7000 seems a bit much. Again I haven’t seen your full yard but yeah. If anything put it in the back burner.
Hey, do you think we should get the bionic steel hose? Lol 😂
How can you hookup to rain barrel water
So the only thing I could think of is using some kind of water pump to place into the barrel then using a system of placing the timer in front of the water pump. Or just using something like
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I have to dive into this because it is legal to collect rain in my state! Good luck! 😊🤙🏾🙏🏾🔥
How does this hold up in winter?
I just turn off this pipe empty the hoses by opening the timer for a second then I’m spring it fires up everytime! 😊🤙🏾🔥🙏🏾
Doing God's work!
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How many orbits can you put on one line? 3?
With my water pressure I have 2 heads per hose, Best is 1 head per hose 😊🤙🏾
@@YardBrah appreciate it. I really wish I could add a 3rd. I did very similar to you and also use two. Only difference is I used all impact. Was hoping if I used the drive sprinkler you used I would be able to fit 3. Thanks for the quick response and great content !
Brah, how many square feet/acres is all your yard combined? Mine is half an acre divided into 4 sections with trees and i'm racking my brain.... First time homeowner.
Oh wow you got a big lawn!!! Front broken up 1500sqft back yard 1500sqft back back 1000sqft 😊🤙🏾🙏🏾👊🏾
Some of us have to have the hoses lay on top of the grass to connect to the heads, you're fortunate in that you can hide your hoses in your garden beds, under rock, but for those of us that need to extend the hose across the actual grass to connect to a head, would you take the effort and bury your water hoses in the ground??
Yes for sure the bionic metal hoses have lasted me forever I would def bury those underground 😂😂😂 I mean maybe at that point I would probably try the rain bird system and bury their hoses and do a diy in ground irrigation 😊🙏🏾🤙🏾🙌🏾
Thank god I found this vid. 7k for someone else installing hell naw. Thats insane.
Aye! Thanks for watching!!! 7k on top of the water bill I’m good 😂😊🙌🏾🤙🏾🙏🏾
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I like to go vole stomping
😂😂😂 I got rid of the voles and dusted one mole!!!!! hate them 😂🤙🏾
Links Bruh?
Whatever you do, don''t purchase the Bionic Steel hose mentioned in this video. It's garbage and you'll replace it in less than a year. Don't say I didn't warn you, it's being advertized as new and improved, it's still a piece of junk.
Sorry yours didn’t work out 😳 mine is still going strong 💪🏾 😊😊🙌🏾🙏🏾
Bro was wearing a mask outside hahahahahahah!!!!!!!!
I’m allergic to grass and your wife doesn’t seem to mind hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!
Do it yourself, why would you hire a company to install a sprinkler and this cost as much as what you’d have spent putting one in for god sakes. You’re definitely handy from the look of this video
Thank you 😂🙏🏾 I’m studying now on irrigation systems should have a solution by end of season for sure! 😊🙏🏾🔥🤙🏾
Really? $7000? we spent $1000
How many heads did you get for $1000? 😊🤙🏾
Your system is joke. Water everywhere, no backflow protection & your going to rot out your fence in a couple of years. There’s an easier way it’s call pvc,avb’s & a shovel