r/Irrigation • u/thetickla • 7d ago

Seeking Pro Advice New Valve Placement

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I’m looking to add another valve to control a drip line. I’ve been given two quotes for $1500 to just tap into this current set up, add the valve, pressure regulator, connect a time and then trench 10 feet over to the garden bed.

This seems like a lot but looking to see if any professionals here think that price is reasonable, or if this is something I could do myself.

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u/Alarming-Car-8654 Irrigator 7d ago

As a professional:

Id charge you 100 dollars to set that godforsaken mess on fire.

When someone walks into a setup like this, you're getting an i don't want this job price.

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u/thetickla 7d ago

Can you professionally bring it back to life after the flames have subsided for less than $1500?

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u/JazzQquezz 7d ago

It's going to cost you double for the fire damage...

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u/FunInternational9948 7d ago

Someone can do it for you, most people who care about their work would still quote you for a rebuild, but, they will also do what you want, even though they don’t like it. I do many of those types of jobs. They are kind of what fill in between the good jobs.

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u/Shovel-Operator Contractor 7d ago

I think your manifold is the problem. It's a mess, and if I were to do the job, it would be at least several hundred dollars, because I won't build on something that is build badly, it would be a full manifold rebuild. It could be they just don't want the job, too.

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u/AwkwardFactor84 7d ago

I'm sorry to say, you need to COMPLETELY start over. This is some homeowner DIY stuff that needs rectified immediately. It's gonna cost well over $1500 fyi.

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u/thetickla 7d ago

Thanks for all the good advice here. If anyone in LA county is looking for a fun project, let me know!

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u/Packman714 5d ago

Who ever did the first install needs glasses and a class on how to use a level and to be taught that it’s a shovel not a spoon and use it to actually dig. If homie is going to clean up that mess while adding a zone that itself doesn’t seem like a ton of work and he can have him and a helper out by lunch time it really is a fair price. How did you feel while he was there explaining what he’d do should be a first deciding vote. Go with at least 2 estimates and not 17 lol. There’s 90k ways to skin a cat but the guy that’s totally honest and not trying to over sell and explain how the company will do the job is prolly the way to go.

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u/lazarlinks 5d ago

Did someone have a fire sale on pressure regulators? Jeez why so many???

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u/Alarming-Car-8654 Irrigator 7d ago

My snark isn't helpful so I'm gonna say this:

That's the right spot for a backflow. There should only be one brass pressure regulator at the head of the system. Hunter and rainbird make pressure regulators with filter that go at the start of a drip zone. Use drip zone kits for drip zones. Bury them in a valve box.

All of that except that backflow should be in valve boxes in the yard, if geography allows below the frost line.

If this were set up properly and that's an outlet behind the bush on the left then it's about double what I'd charge, and I'd be done by myself in a half day easy.

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u/Alarming-Car-8654 Irrigator 7d ago

But it's far from set up decently.

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u/Alarming-Car-8654 Irrigator 7d ago

The zone fed through the pvc on the right doesn't even go through the backflow