Commercial irrigation systems have a well-established relationship with the transition to winter. They tolerate the change in seasonal conditions. They do not prepare for it. Left to their own devices, they will arrive at the first freeze still holding water in every pipe, valve, and backflow preventer on the property, at which point the physics […]
Water has a well-documented relationship with cold temperatures. It expands. It does this without consultation, without regard for whether the pipe containing it was rated for the pressure, and without the slightest interest in the repair bill that follows. Commercial irrigation systems across the Pacific Northwest experience this physics lesson on an annual basis, at […]