bleep bleepin sprinklers

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tam

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Hi everyone,



This is half venting to people that would understand, half looking for suggestions. I live in military housing and we have automatic sprinklers and every single stinkin night these hit my truck leaving the dreaded water spots. And it's very hard water so a simple quick QD in morning doesn't ususally cut it. There's no where I can park that doesn't get hit. I've tried covering the sprinkler heads, but they are so strong they even pop off bricks! I'm about to just break them :angry but the hub says forget it, lol. Housing says I can't cap them off either. (And a fat lot of good they do for the grass when they only hit the driveway no matter how I adjust them ) So asided from 1. breaking them, 2. taking a drive every night at midnight to avoid them, and 3. tons of marring from QDing and claying every single morning.....what do you guys think would help protect against them, or the gentlest way to get them off in the morning?



Thanks a lot,

Tam
 
A 3' high panel of plastic at each sprinkler head along the driveway should block the water from hitting your truck. You could back it with lawn spikes. You would only have to do the heads that reach your parking spot. Otherwise, buy a cover.



Then again, you could also search the yard for the disconnect....
 
I would put piece of wood or something to block the h2o stream. Make like a cross and place them near the head to block. Good luck
 
Thank you all for the suggestions. These things are so strong, the popping up and the spray, that everything I put over them either pops off completely, or pops off enough to make the stream more erratic. I'm afraid I would create metal darts with lawn spikes, lol.



Going to try something I thought of today. I bought 4 big terra cotta planters. Going to flip them over - over the sprinkler heads and see if that will at least contain the spray instead of trying to keep them from popping up.



Thanks again,

Tam
 
5 gallon bucket over the sprinkler head with bricks on top of bucket. Stackem' on. Hell, try a' cinder (sp?) block. They can't be that strong!



JJ
 
Get a plastic or wooden box to put over the sprinkler head, and lay a cinder block on top.



Or put a stack of cinder blocks to block the water stream from reaching your truck.
 
They can't be that strong!
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LOL, I think you'd be surprised. I know I was. I had a stack of bricks, crisscrossed- 3 wide and 4 high...popped 'em right off. If the over turned planters don't work, I'll try the buckets and cinder blocks. If that doesn't work, I'm accidently breaking 'em with the lawn mower! :p
 
Holy cow. These really ARE military grade sprinklers aren't they? No sprinkler system should be that strong, that's insane. Does it peel your skin off when you take a shower on base too?
 
Tasty said:
Holy cow. These really ARE military grade sprinklers aren't they?
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Well you see, the had a surplus in the housing budget so they bought $9000/head sprinklers and a 2000psi pump....
 
How about parking rite on top of the sprinkler heads?
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LOL!



Actually the 5 gal buckets and bricks are working well. I'm still getting a tiny line of spray from somewhere, but MUCH better! :bounce
 
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