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Well, this is the end, folks.  Our last day out on sprinkler blowouts.  We currently have 24 on our route split between two machines.  Even with that amount, it could take all day to get them done because they are scattered in several different zip codes.  Jesse will be working in Boise and Trevor in […]

Well, another day that didn’t go that well, but this is typical as we get to the end of the season.  Much of our sprinkler blowouts at toward the end of the season are filled with problem blowouts.  Ones that we have visited before that have serious system issues and are hard to blow out.  […]

We are slowly creeping toward the finish line! We are down to 131 blowouts and sitting about 96% complete.  If we can stay consistent all we will need is Tuesday, Wednesday, and the Monday following Thanksgiving. Over the next three days we are going to be scattered in several different zip codes and it could […]

Yesterday was a fairly decent day in sprinkler blowout land, but Jerry wasn’t able to complete his route so the ones not completed are being added to Jesse’s route for today.  We are getting very close to completion for the season. We are nearing 94% completion with about 200 blowouts to go.  If all goes […]

All in all, Friday wasn’t too bad in sprinkler blowout land. We only ran into a few that couldn’t be done at the time either because of locked gates or not being able to find everything we need. Both causes are unacceptable.  We let people know we are coming so that gates can be unlocked, […]

Jesse was able to finish up all the blowouts in Boise 83705 yesterday.  Trevor and Jerry cleared up about a third of Boise 83709.  We will be back there for two more trips within the next 5 days which should finish up the zip code. By the time we are finished, we will have completed […]

I shut down our form yesterday afternoon, changed our auto-answer text, and updated the pages on our website. I planned on having three rigs in Boise 83709, but Boise 83705 thought differently about that plan and made it where we would have to spend one more day there.  At least after today, the area will […]

Yesterday morning we passed our total completed from last year. I offered a $25 Smokey Mountain Pizza gift card to the tech that finished the first blowout past last year’s number.  Jesse tied last year’s and then Trevor finished the first one past and won the gift card. I sure hope he likes pizza. Does […]

Another good growth year! Sixteen blowouts in today and we tie what we completed in the entire season last year. We generally grow by 400-500 blowouts each year, and this one isn’t going to disappoint. The best part is it was done with 3 machines instead of our usual 4 even though we did get […]

There will be a few nights this week where the temperature will get down to freezing or below. Everything underground will be fine, but if you have a pump, backflow preventer, or filter above ground there are steps you can take to protect your system. You can get the info here: Protect your system from freezing […]