Home irrigation systems are incredibly convenient; they make it easy to keep your lawn and garden lush and green without much physical labor. However, a sprinkler system can develop problems over time ...

A really harsh winter can take its toll on an in-ground sprinkler system. While winterizing helps protect your sprinkler system from damage, problems can occur if any water remains trapped in ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

Houses with installed sprinkler systems are more common than they were even a decade ago. But many people don’t know those sprinkler systems have a PVB, or pressure vacuum breaker, that needs to be ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)– With colder temperatures setting in and frost appearing, homeowners are being reminded not to overlook an important task: winterizing their sprinkler systems. It is ...

Inventors began experimenting with automatic sprinklers around 1860. These systems started out as pipes with holes drilled in them. When a fire occurred, the water was turned on to control the fire.