LAWN SPRINKLER

Every season an RPZ certification is required by ordinance.

Your RPZ should be check each spring. Allscape has compiled a list of Northern Illinois plumber for your back flow certification, please call.

Schedule Sprinkler Turn On

Algonquin, Antioch, Arlington heights, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Buffalo Grove, Bull Valley, Cary, Crystal lake, Deer park, Deerfield, Des Plaines, East Dundee, Evanston, Fox lake, Glencoe, Glenview, Grayslake , Green oaks, Gurnee, Hawthorn woods, Highland park, Highwood, Hoffman Estates, Ingleside, Inverness, Island lake, Ivanhoe, Johnsburg, Kenilworth, Killdeer, Lake Barrington, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Lake In The Hills, Lake Villa, Lake Zurich, Lakewood, Libertyville, Lincolnshire, Lincolnwood, Lindenhurst, Long Grove, McHenry, Morton grove, Mt. Prospect, Mundelein, Niles, North Barrington, Northbrook, Northfield, Northshore IL, North West Chicago, Oakwood Hills, Palatine, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Richmond, Riverwoods, Rolling Meadows, Round Lake, Schaumburg, Skokie, St Charles, Spring Grove, Streamwood, Tower lakes, Vernon Hills, Volo, Wadsworth, Wauconda, Waukegan, Wheeling, Wilmette, Winnetka, Wooddale, Zion

IMPORTANT: Appointment Time is for a TWO-HOUR Window! So, a 7:00 AM appointment has a window of 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM.

Allscape Services is the premiere full service landscape and lawn sprinkler company in northern Il.

We provide sprinkler turn on service, repairs, and installation in the spring, in mid-summer sprinkler maintenance, and blow out service in the fall.

RPZ certifcations can only be done by a licensed plumber with a CCDI license, who then must submit paperwork to the city and state.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS: RPZ valves must be tested and certified annually as specified in Section 890.1130 of the Illinois Plumbing Code.

Click here for the list of RPZ plumbers by city that can do the backflow test for you.

  A rotor is a term that is used to describe various sprinklers heads that rotate a stream of water in a circle or in a back and forth motion.

Yesterday's impact rotors are being replaced with gear driven rotors. These new are quieter, low maintenance, and a smaller profile.

Rotors spacing is from eight feet to sixty-five feet. Rotors with spacings over twenty-feet require a lot of water pressure to operate than spray heads.

Nick's rule of thumb is simple, divide your water pressure by 1.3. That's it! The result is the maximum distance between heads.

So, water pressure of 30lbs yields a maximum distance of twenty-three feet between sprinkler heads.

  Fixed spray heads are the small watering heads that spray a fanning pattern.

The nozzles are interchangeable and set the pattern from a half-to-full circle.

The waters spread is also controlled. Exotic patterns can cover extended narrow areas of a lawn.

Spray heads spacing is up to eighteen feet , but is limited by the physics of water pressure of 20 to 30 PSI of water for proper operating.

  The new miniature rotator nozzles, also classified as “spray heads.”

The rotary nozzles are tiny rotors that are the size of a standard spray sprinkler head.

Rotator nozzles are more efficient because they produce less mist than traditional spray heads.

Water conservation agencies prefer them due to less water evaporation over standard spray heads. Keep in mind these rotary nozzles have a radius of between fifteen and thirty-five feet.

Lastly, the water usage claims are in comparison to spray-heads. Further research is needed.

  Bubblers' are used to water the root systems of trees and shrubs.

They are especially useful to establish newly planted trees and shrubs, eliminating the need to manually open hose water the base of each plant.

They can be added to already existing zones as long as pressure and run times allow for their application, or they can be dedicated to a zone of their own.

There are 2 good reasons to use drip irrigation;

First, when dealing with low water pressure because it uses very few gallons per minute.

And second, when the water supply is from a well with high iron content. Drip irrigation helps with stainning problems from iron but, it also gets clogged due to the iron. It's also better for water conservation of non iron water sources.

Drip irrigation is also the most ecologically friendly form of irrigation because it puts water down where it is needed in very small amounts.

  Rain sensors are now required on all new installations of irrigation systems. Water conservation is getting to be more and more important these days.

There is no reason to feel guilty for running your Allscape sprinkler system because we use Weather Matic Smartline Controllers with a weather sensor that connects to the internet weather data for your zip code.

The Smartline Controller changes the watering times daily according to weather conditions. The system measure the temperature, rainfall, and the sunlight that hits your property to set the watering schedule.

This results in no over watering that causes run off and no under watering causing lawn and plants to brown. I installed this on my system and reduced gallons of water used by 36%.

Sprinkler winterization includes blowing out all pipes, valves and heads to prevent freeze damage. We will also disconnect and remove the pump and or back flow device to be stored for the winter.

Here in Illinois it is very important to have your system winterized. A good rule of thumb is to close before Halloween.