It looks like the weather is actually cooperating as we slide into what should be the end of sprinkler blowout season. And by \u201ccooperating,\u201d I mean it\u2019s not actively trying to freeze our trucks to the road or turn valve boxes into tiny ice cubes of regret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the pace we\u2019re moving \u2014 juggling new requests, cancellations, and a parade of \u201cHey, I forgot to sign up\u2026 again\u201d texts \u2014 we should be wrapped up by Thanksgiving. That is, assuming the universe doesn\u2019t decide to dump a thousand last-minute signups on us the moment other companies hang their \u201cWe\u2019re done for the year, good luck!\u201d signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because every season, without fail, we get that magical wave of folks who realize in November (or December\u2026 or, my personal favorite, deep into January) that their sprinkler system is still full of water. And suddenly it\u2019s a crisis of national importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Honestly, at this point, late-December blowouts are as traditional as holiday cookies. And January blowouts? Those are for the elite \u2014 the sprinkler procrastination grandmasters. We see you. We salute you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Idaho weather is about as predictable as a toddler with a kazoo. By this time last year, we\u2019d already had a handful of nights dipping into the mid-20s \u2014 the kind of cold that hangs around just long enough to freeze the above-ground galvanized piping solid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It wasn\u2019t a catastrophe, just annoyingly time-consuming. Nothing says \u201cliving the dream\u201d quite like standing outside with a torch, gently warming a stubborn metal pipe at 7 a.m., trying to convince it to stop impersonating a popsicle long enough to push the water into the still-sane underground lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just another day in Sprinkler Blowout Land, where even the plumbing tries to test your patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our biggest issue with cold weather isn\u2019t the blowouts themselves \u2014 it\u2019s the machines. When temps drop, the condensation inside our 3\/4″ hoses turns to ice, and suddenly the airflow stops like someone put a cork in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what do we do? The only thing you can<\/em> do: take the end of the hose, hold it near the exhaust pipe while the machine is still pushing air, and wait for the ice inside to heat up just enough to launch out the end like a .30-06 round on opening day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s effective, but you definitely want to stay upstream of that hose. One flying ice slug, and your perfectly good day turns into an express trip to the ER with a story no doctor is prepared to hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just another fun winter tradition here in Sprinkler Blowout Land \u2014 where even the hoses are out to get you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are the routes for today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ben with “Leroy” in Boise 83714<\/p>\n\n\n\n North 1st Avenue Eddie with “Purple Rain” in Boise 83702 and Boise 83703<\/p>\n\n\n\n N Quail Summit Place It looks like the weather is actually cooperating as we slide into what should be the end of sprinkler blowout season. And by \u201ccooperating,\u201d I mean it\u2019s not actively trying to freeze our trucks to the road or turn valve boxes into tiny ice cubes of regret. At the pace we\u2019re moving \u2014 juggling new […]<\/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-5244","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":"It looks like the weather is actually cooperating as we slide into what should be the end of sprinkler blowout season. And by \u201ccooperating,\u201d I mean it\u2019s not actively trying to freeze our trucks to the road or turn valve boxes into tiny ice cubes of regret. At the pace we\u2019re moving \u2014 juggling new…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5244","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=5244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5245,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5244\/revisions\/5245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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