{"id":5471,"date":"2026-10-29T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/?p=5471"},"modified":"2026-10-28T20:56:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T02:56:41","slug":"sprinkler-blowouts-for-thursday-october-29-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/sprinkler-blowouts-for-thursday-october-29-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprinkler Blowouts For Thursday, October 29, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nobody Left Behind!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, here we are, another day closer to the end of sprinkler blowout season, and another day of answering questions that occasionally make me wonder what people think goes on behind the scenes at The Maintenance Shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve got a full day ahead, some colder weather to keep an eye on, and a few things I&#8217;d like to clear up before someone starts a rumor that we&#8217;re choosing customers by throwing darts at a map of Meridian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\ude9b Thursday&#8217;s Sprinkler Blowout Routes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tomorrow, Thursday, October 29, Jesse and Eddie will work exclusively in Meridian ZIP code 83642.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have <strong>40 sprinkler blowouts scheduled<\/strong> between the two technicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We currently have <strong>126 customers on our list for 83642<\/strong>, which means 86 will remain after Thursday&#8217;s scheduled work, assuming we complete all 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And before anyone asks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>No, we&#8217;re not working in 83646 tomorrow.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, 83646 is also Meridian. No, that doesn&#8217;t automatically make it part of tomorrow&#8217;s route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apparently, I need to explain that Meridian has more than one ZIP code. Who knew?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83e\udd14 AM I STILL ON THE LIST?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THREE different people asked me today whether they were <em>still<\/em> on our sprinkler blowout list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m not entirely sure what people think happens around here, but I can assure you I don&#8217;t sit at my desk randomly deleting customers because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cI don&#8217;t like the name of that street. DELETE!\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201c345 sprinkler zones? Absolutely not. GET RID OF THAT ONE!\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cThat phone number has too many 6&#8217;s in it. Suspicious. DELETE!\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cThat house number ends in a 13. Nope. Bad luck.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cThis guy lives on a cul-de-sac. I don&#8217;t feel like turning the truck around. GONE!\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cThat last name has too many consonants. I&#8217;m not even going to try pronouncing it.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cI don&#8217;t like the color of their mailbox. NEXT!\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/home\/songman\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Comedic-Customer-List-Deletion-Office-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/home\/songman\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Comedic-Customer-List-Deletion-Office-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/home\/songman\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Comedic-Customer-List-Deletion-Office-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/home\/songman\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Comedic-Customer-List-Deletion-Office-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/home\/songman\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Comedic-Customer-List-Deletion-Office-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/home\/songman\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Comedic-Customer-List-Deletion-Office.png 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I promise you, we&#8217;re not running some kind of <em>Sprinkler Blowout Survivor<\/em>, where I sit around voting customers off the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although, now that I think about it, that might make for an interesting television show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThe tribe has spoken. Your sprinkler system will remain pressurized.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relax. I&#8217;m kidding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s how it actually works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you&#8217;ve signed up, your request stays on our list until one of two things happens:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>You cancel your request through our official cancellation process.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>We complete your sprinkler blowout.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s it. No dartboards, no spinning wheels, and no secret customer elimination committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccd BUT YOU&#8217;RE IN MY ZIP CODE!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another question we hear regularly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cHey! You&#8217;re working in my ZIP code today, but I didn&#8217;t get a notification!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s correct. We&#8217;re working in your ZIP code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>That doesn&#8217;t mean we&#8217;re doing every house in that ZIP code today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take tomorrow, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have 126 customers in Meridian 83642, and 40 are assigned to Thursday&#8217;s routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s nearly one-third of the list in a single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unless Jesse and Eddie have figured out how to clone themselves overnight, the other 86 customers will have to wait for another route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We organize our routes by location, workload, available technicians, and how many stops we can reasonably complete in a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We don&#8217;t cross into 83642 and announce:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cNobody leaves Meridian until every sprinkler system in this ZIP code has been blown out!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And no, our compressors don&#8217;t come equipped with a magical ZIP-code-wide sprinkler winterization button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although, if somebody invents one, I&#8217;d certainly be interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you haven&#8217;t received a notification for a particular day, you&#8217;re not on that day&#8217;s route.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We assign routes one day at a time, and customers receive their notifications the evening before their scheduled service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being in the same ZIP code as one of our technicians doesn&#8217;t mean we&#8217;ve scheduled your address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2744\ufe0f COLD WEATHER IS COMING \u2014 PLEASE PAY ATTENTION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;re getting into that time of year when overnight temperatures can dip toward freezing, and the weather doesn&#8217;t particularly care whether we&#8217;ve made it to your neighborhood yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The forecast for the Boise area calls for chilly nights, with rain moving into the Treasure Valley over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If your sprinkler system hasn&#8217;t been winterized, don&#8217;t assume that waiting for your blowout means you can ignore freezing temperatures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are things you can do to temporarily protect vulnerable components, particularly your backflow prevention assembly, before we arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve provided information about pre-winterizing your sprinkler system and how freezing temperatures affect irrigation equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Please take a few minutes to read the cold-weather and pre-winterization links at the bottom of this post.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ESPECIALLY &#8220;Understanding Freezing Temperatures and Sprinkler Systems&#8221;:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/?p=5192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/?p=5192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those links aren&#8217;t there just to decorate the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few minutes of preparation could save you from a rather unpleasant repair bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And remember, temporary freeze protection is not the same thing as having your sprinkler system professionally blown out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NOW, ALL JOKING ASIDE \u2014 NOBODY LEFT BEHIND<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I enjoy poking fun at some of the questions we receive, but there&#8217;s something I want everyone to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In 30 years of business and more than 50,000 sprinkler blowouts, we have NEVER missed a customer who chose to remain on our list. Not one.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weather, workload, and the sheer number of customers in certain areas can sometimes require patience, but our commitment has never changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you&#8217;re on our list, we&#8217;ll get to you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nobody Left Behind.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for your patience, your understanding, and your continued trust in The Maintenance Shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Today\u2019s Routes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Eddie \u2014 Meridian 83642 with Leroy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">West Wave Drive<br>West Littleton Drive<br>North Manship Avenue<br>North Wolfsburg Avenue<br>West Hearst Drive<br>North Lambert Way<br>North Glamorgan Avenue<br>North Traquair Place<br>North Tessa Lane<br>West Franklin Road<br>West Bayeux Drive<br>West Gander Street<br>West Eider Drive<br>West Loon Street<br>West Egret Drive<br>West Greenhead Street<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jesse \u2014 Meridian 83642 with Orange Julius (OJ)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">East Wrightwood Drive<br>South Overhill Way<br>East Mona Lisa Drive<br>East Sicily Street<br>East Ionia Drive<br>South Ascaino Avenue<br>South Leanato Avenue<br>East Romeo Drive<br>South Montague Way<br>East Santo Stefano Drive<br>East Mount Etna Drive<br>East Ashlar Drive<br>East Lawton Drive<br>South Pioneer Trail Way<br>South Wayland Way<br>East Angus Hill Drive<br>East Levin Street<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody Left Behind! 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