{"id":4224,"date":"2022-09-19T09:08:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/?p=4224"},"modified":"2022-09-19T09:08:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:08:59","slug":"sprinkler-blowouts-are-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/sprinkler-blowouts-are-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprinkler Blowouts Are Coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our tentative start date this year for sprinkler blowouts is Monday, October 3.\u00a0 We will start with city, pump, and well systems first while we wait for the majority of pressurized irrigation to shut down for the season.\u00a0 I highly suggest that even though it might still be warm out the first few weeks of October that you don’t hold off on letting us blow out your system when your time comes up on our route.\u00a0 This valley is known for getting a quick freeze in the middle of the month and then warming up again until November.\u00a0 If you do see signs of a quick freeze coming, I suggest you winterize your backflow preventers ahead of time.\u00a0 There is no way we can get to everyone before a freeze comes, especially when it sneaks up on us.\u00a0 All in-ground piping will be fine until late November usually.\u00a0 Last year in the first week of December the ground temperature 6″ down was 38 degrees.\u00a0 I am not sure it actually got cold enough last year to freeze anything underground. You can get instructions on winterizing your backflow preventers, pumps, valves, and irrigation filters here: Winterize<\/a><\/p>\n

We ran the entire season last year with only three machines because we had one break down on us at the beginning of the season.\u00a0 Even with that, we were able to complete 400 more blowouts than the year before with four machines since we were able to start early.\u00a0 We will be running four machines this year.<\/p>\n

So far our technician lineup will be Jesse, Kelly, Trevor (who was off fighting fires all summer as a medic), and possibly Jerry. Trevor will not be able to start until October 10, so for the first week we will be running three machines.<\/p>\n

Changes<\/h2>\n
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  1. We had to raise our sprinkler blowout rate this year to counter the rising labor, insurance, and fuel costs.\u00a0 Diesel fuel is double what it was last year.<\/li>\n
  2. Our service call rate for general repairs went up to $45 this year<\/li>\n
  3. We are charging sales tax on all materials<\/li>\n
  4. We are charging a transaction fee of 3.6% to %4.0 on all credit card payments.\u00a0 We absorbed more than $8,000 in transaction fees last year and got a scolding from our bookkeeper\/accountant.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Updates<\/h2>\n

    We will be updating the blog every night once the sprinkler blowouts get in full force as we have done for the last 12 years or so. This blog is still the easiest way to communicated with hundreds of people at the same time.\u00a0 We will still send out text reminders the night before, but some texts may not reach their destination for one reason or another which is why we update our routes every day here.\u00a0 I can’t control phone carriers, but I can control this blog.<\/p>\n

    See ya’ll soon…….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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