San Antonio Sprinkler Repair FAQ video transcript

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ABC gets a lot of calls every winter

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from customers asking if they need to
drain their sprinkler systems.

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If your sprinkler system is completely
below ground, you will be safe.

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And this winter storm system

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gave me the opportunity to prove that.

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I put a meat thermometer
below my doublecheck backflow device.

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That meat thermometer probe
is stuck into the ground.

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And I’ve been monitoring the ground
temperature for about a week now.

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And even though it’s currently 19 degrees,

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you’ll see that the ground
temperature is much warmer.

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So come on over.
Let’s take a look.

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OK, so as I mentioned, it’s 19 degrees,
but if you’ll look down in here,

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you probably have to come
right down in real close.

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You’ll see that the temperature is
somewhere between 48 and 46 degrees.

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So as long as we’re above freezing,
we don’t have anything to worry about.

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Now, as I stated earlier,
that’s if you have

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that’s if you have a completely
below ground irrigation system.

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Now, some irrigation systems,
their backflow devices are above ground.

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This kind of weather pattern, if you don’t

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drain that water out and completely insulate
that backflow device, it will freeze and

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it will crack
and it will cost you somewhere close to

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or 800 to a thousand
dollars to replace it.

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So I hope this is
some good information for you.

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Hope you have a good day.