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IRRIGATION SYSTEM WINTERISATION
Miles Drainage Limited
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Traditional drainage and Lytag banding of greens and fairways
John Jinks, of Osprey Irrigation, offers some timely advice about draining down irrigation systems - especially if January and February are anything like last year!
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Manor Farm, Cotness, Laxton Howden, Goole
East Yorkshire DN14 7YE GOLF COURSE SUPPLIES Phone: 01507 578288
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experience, water expands when it freezes. When this expansion takes place in an open body of water the results are usually fairly picturesque and provide all kinds of photo opportunities for the budding David Bailey’s among us. However, when water turns to ice and expands in confined environments the effect can be devastating, causing massive damage to any component or vessel left in a primed state. Unfortunately, when this damage occurs within an irrigation system the effects are often unnoticed until well into the spring when the system, is ‘needed’. It is, therefore, essential that due concern is taken in late autumn to purge those areas of the system that are most at risk from frost damage.
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warming and climate change, combined with what have generally been milder winters than we are used to, have resulted in more and more people in lower lying or coastal regions deciding it is not worth spending time or money on draining down irrigation systems. However, as last winter proved,
we only need one or two days or nights of severely low temperatures to cause horrendous damage to systems not correctly drained down.
service department attended a record number of sites to repair frost damaged pipe work, valves and pumps. In some cases, clients were lucky and only had to repair exposed pipe lines, whilst others
In the spring of 2009 our In recent years talk of global
s we all know from physics lessons and, in some cases unfortunate personal
were less fortunate and had to replace whole pump units that had been damaged beyond repair. The cost of these repairs running, in certain cases, into thousands of pounds. To avoid this unnessesary cost, simply ensure that the system is drained down to a point where any remaining water has room to expand without causing damage to components. Key areas to attend to are pumping stations, boxed valve assemblies, above ground or ‘side suction assemblies’ and rising main feeds to the storage tank. If a system has been installed correctly there should be multiple drain down opportunities available, including pump drain off points, mains pipe purge valves, rising main drain cock and various hose points. All of these should be opened fully to minimise any risk of trapped water. There are certain areas to watch
out for, one being that butyl lined tanks should not be emptied to less than two thirds full. This is because the butyl can dry out or be exposed to frosts, both of which will shorten the life of the product. On bowling greens many
systems now have submersible pumps installed within the storage tanks. If you empty the tank you must also remove the pump to protect it from the elements. Another handy tip is to ensure
that any rising main is purged completely by making sure that the ball cock valve assembly is hanging free, allowing any water trapped by vacuum to be discharged through the drain cock. Pump stations should be dealt with great caution and care, particularly those with variable
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