Keeping your grass green and growing can be a difficult task when you rely on a hose-with or without a sprinkler attachment. You have to worry about moving the hose around every so often to make sure that all of the grass is getting the water it needs and you also have to make sure the hose doesn’t get kinked in the during the moving process. Not to mention that you have to turn the water off to the hose if you don’t want to get soaked when you are moving it. Maintaining a lawn can be hard enough without the right parts and pieces, just imagine what it can be like for business owners who have larger lawns or for farmers who have acres upon acres of land that need to be watered.
When dealing with larger areas, it is important to have the correct parts for the job. Larger areas means that the sprinklers that are watering it need to be able to shoot further and be built to last through harsh conditions. A regular plastic pop-up sprinkler may just not do the job and if it is exposed to the sun, the plastic body may become weak and crack open, making it useless. This is where the impact sprinkler comes into play. The majority of impact sprinklers are made of brass parts which means that they will be able to withstand the heat during the hot months and the cold of the winters (when drained properly). There are plastic impact sprinklers that are designed for large lawns, but they are much larger than the standard pop-up or rotor head.
When watering large lawns, such as a playground area at a public school, a commercial grade pop-up sprinkler head is a great choice. The head is installed on an underground system and when the system is on, the sprinkler will pop-up and shoot long distances to make watering the area much easier. If the sprinkler has a problem or is accidently damaged, many replacement parts are available or the head can be taken out easily and replaced with a new one.
If you are wanting to use sprinklers on a wheel line or some other application to water a large field, like a farmer would have, then the brass impact sprinkler will be your best bet. These impact sprinklers are designed to be exposed to the sun and above the ground (as opposed to the plastic impact sprinklers that are underground). Since these types of sprinklers are made out of brass, they will cost more money than a plastic impact sprinkler, but the durable construction makes them last longer, which will save you money in the long run. They come in different sizes so they can be hooked up to the pipe that you have available or can be adapter to fit the water lines.
There are also some inexpensive plastic impact sprinkler heads that are designed to hook up to a hose so you can water your lawn. It is an inexpensive alternative to installing an entire system. No matter what the application, click here to browse different products.