{"id":5144,"date":"2025-10-28T01:58:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T07:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/?p=5144"},"modified":"2025-10-28T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:06:09","slug":"sprinkler-blowouts-for-tuesday-october-28-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/sprinkler-blowouts-for-tuesday-october-28-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprinkler Blowouts For Tuesday, October 28, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\ud83d\udea8 IMPORTANT UPDATE<\/strong>: Unfortunately, Challis twisted his ankle pretty badly this morning and won\u2019t be able to finish his route today. He\u2019s tough, but not limp-through-the-lawns<\/em> tough. We\u2019re hoping he\u2019ll be back on his feet and back on the road tomorrow to finish his route. If not, there will be someone available to complete the route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, we appreciate everyone\u2019s patience \u2014 it\u2019s hard to run at full speed when the team\u2019s a little banged up, but we\u2019ll get it handled. After all, this isn\u2019t our first rodeo in Sprinkler Blowout Land. \ud83d\ude09END OF UPDATE<\/strong>\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Routes Are Picked in Sprinkler Blowout Land<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every year, people ask me how our routes are picked \u2014 and every year, I make a post explaining it. Maybe everyone should read the hundreds upon hundreds<\/em> of posts I\u2019ve written over the past 15 years we\u2019ve had this blog. That would be quite an endeavor, I know. Still, even though there\u2019s some pretty entertaining reading in a lot of what I post, here\u2019s the quick version of how routes are actually created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First things first: we make sure every zip code or area gets serviced at least once before we circle back for another round. Otherwise, we\u2019d spend our entire season bouncing between Meridian and Boise 83709 \u2014 and that just won\u2019t fly. We track how many blowouts have been completed and how many are still left in each area, giving us a clear percentage of what\u2019s been covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it\u2019s time to service a particular zip code, we look at each zip code sheet, find the oldest sign-up in that zip code, mark it in our mapping software, and then choose about 15\u201319 nearby addresses to create the route. Often, this captures other long-waiting customers; and other times it picks up newer sign-ups nearby. Once the route is finalized, we put the addresses in a very tight route order, and then send out text notifications to those customers. This process repeats for each area being serviced the next day. We route them so tightly we get 20 locations within 8-12 miles of actual driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, here\u2019s why we don\u2019t<\/em> send out notifications earlier than the night before: the list is constantly changing. We get new customers and cancellations every single day. If we built routes too early, we\u2019d risk missing someone right next door who signed up later \u2014 meaning they\u2019d have to wait until the next round. Totally unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the flip side, we don\u2019t want to drive all the way to a location that canceled after we already set up the route. That\u2019s wasted fuel, wasted time, and one very annoyed tech. So, it\u2019s a bit of a balancing act \u2014 like playing Tetris with addresses that move around all day long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Navy pilot told me a year or so ago\u2014or maybe longer; it\u2019s all starting to blend together at this point\u2014that in 30 years of active duty in the U.S. Navy, he\u2019d never seen anything as organized as the system we use to collect, track, execute, and complete thousands of sprinkler blowouts each season. And that includes working with Navy SEALs. You\u2019d think I might know a thing or two about Special Ops. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the routes for today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben with “Leroy” in Ola, Emmett, & Caldwell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timber Flat Road
N Washington Ave
Blue Topaz Avenue
Henley Street
Annette Street
Red Eagle Way
Armuth Street
Senden Avenue
Dunning Way
Mariposa Street
Blue Ridge Street
Great Falls Avenue
Cherry Street
Chance Street
Lonkey Lane
Greenwing Street
Hanks Way
Conley Way<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challis with “Orange Julius” in Nampa 83686<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E Cottage Ave
Hillcrest Way
South Wildrye Way
Fall Place
S Pascoe Ln
South Skyview Drive
West Saser Street
South Aspen Grove Street
W Iowa Ave
Willow Creek Drive
Moose Creek Drive
West Deep Creek Court
S Middle Creek Dr
West Dewey Avenue
West Roosevelt Avenue
West Herron Loop
South Miller Way
W Roanoke River Street
West Redwood River Street
West Vin Santo Drive
West Cross Slope Way<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eddie with “Purple Rain” in Star (then he will start at the bottom of Ben’s list and work up)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Hercules Drive
South Aries Avenue
North Hidden View Way
West Hollowtree Street
West Aliso Creek Street
W Pavo Court
West Coreopsis Drive
West Mountain Iris Street
West Royal Fern Court
West Gladiola Street
West Wyatt Earp Drive
North Spring Hollow Place
North Burnam Place<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\ud83d\udea8 IMPORTANT UPDATE: Unfortunately, Challis twisted his ankle pretty badly this morning and won\u2019t be able to finish his route today. He\u2019s tough, but not limp-through-the-lawns tough. We\u2019re hoping he\u2019ll be back on his feet and back on the road tomorrow to finish his route. If not, there will be someone available to complete the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sprinkler-blowouts"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Steven Crist","author_link":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"\ud83d\udea8 IMPORTANT UPDATE: Unfortunately, Challis twisted his ankle pretty badly this morning and won\u2019t be able to finish his route today. He\u2019s tough, but not limp-through-the-lawns tough. We\u2019re hoping he\u2019ll be back on his feet and back on the road tomorrow to finish his route. If not, there will be someone available to complete the…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5144"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5150,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5144\/revisions\/5150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}