IamAllThumbs
Active Member
It always chafes at me to pay someone to do stuff unless it requires skills or specialized tools I don't have.
Blowing out sprinkler lines doesn't require much in ways of skills but I don't own a compressor (I've got a tiny pancake one for painting my fence).
In my area, I now need to pay someone anywhere between $100-$150 to get the sprinkler done, and the scheduling is a pain.
Are three reasonably priced compressors that might be worth buying for me to recoup the price over a handful of years?
It seems I need a 20-50 CFM at 50.PSI for 5 minutes. I'm compressor terms that seems quite beefy although I know very little about them. What I found was in the $3500 range, probably an order.of magnitude of what I'd like to spend ($300-$500) or I will rather stick with rh guy that currently does it for me.
Am I overspecing the compressor needs?
Residential sprinkler system, 5 zones over relatively short distances (small front and back yard). I think the pipes are 3/4" but can't swear to it. Rainbird residential sprinkler heads.
Blowing out sprinkler lines doesn't require much in ways of skills but I don't own a compressor (I've got a tiny pancake one for painting my fence).
In my area, I now need to pay someone anywhere between $100-$150 to get the sprinkler done, and the scheduling is a pain.
Are three reasonably priced compressors that might be worth buying for me to recoup the price over a handful of years?
It seems I need a 20-50 CFM at 50.PSI for 5 minutes. I'm compressor terms that seems quite beefy although I know very little about them. What I found was in the $3500 range, probably an order.of magnitude of what I'd like to spend ($300-$500) or I will rather stick with rh guy that currently does it for me.
Am I overspecing the compressor needs?
Residential sprinkler system, 5 zones over relatively short distances (small front and back yard). I think the pipes are 3/4" but can't swear to it. Rainbird residential sprinkler heads.