Summer Service
An irrigation engineer’s service visit can be a great way to ensure that your irrigation system is running properly and efficiently. During a start up visit, the engineer will:
• Start-up the system and check for any repairs that need to be made to pipes, fittings, valves, drip line, sprinklers etc.
• Check the pump is operating correctly
• Test all stations
• Program the controller to ensure that your irrigation system is watering your plants at the right times and for the correct period of time.
In addition to these tasks, the irrigation engineer may also:
• Make recommendations for repairs or upgrades
• Answer any questions you have about your irrigation system
Our offices will be closed for our Christmas shutdown form Friday 23rd December and reopening on Tuesday 3rd January. We wish all our customers and suppliers a merry Christmas and a happy new year.
TCR’s Service engineers have been kept busy over the past month draining down irrigation systems, for the winter months.
We recommend drain downs to the majority of our clients as it helps to reduce frost damage, which is caused by water sitting in the pipes, valuable fittings and components over winter.
We will be contacting those same clients from the end of February onwards to arrange the start ups, so that they are ready for the spring/summer.
The days are now drawing shorter and the temperature is slowly dropping. The season for irrigation is coming to a close with many of our clients now booking in for a drain down to protect it from the cold winter conditions. Our drain downs include a full inspection of a running system to note any possible repairs required during the spring start-up, along with the draining of the system including the tank. We recommend drain downs to the majority of our clients as it helps to reduce frost damage, which is caused by water sitting in the pipes over winter.
We will be contacting those same clients from the end of February onwards to arrange the start ups, so that they are ready for the spring/summer.
Our service engineers were called out to a contacted communal garden in central London this week to repair the system which had been reported to not be functioning correctly. This was all the more urgent due to the mini heat wave being experienced across the UK, with the lawns and flower bed bearing the brunt of the heat. Upon investigation, our engineer discovered there to be an issue with the rain sensor not linking to the controller along with damaged sprinkler bodies which could be easily replaced. Our engineer reset the runtimes of the system and increased the watering schedule to combat the intense heat and dry spell being experienced.
TCR’s Service engineers have been kept busy over the past couple of months starting up irrigation systems and carrying out repairs for the warmer days ahead. Our engineers have a wealth of knowledge and are equipped to carry out repairs on any watering system whether installed by the homeowners or another irrigation company.
If the controller is the brain of an irrigation system then the pump is the heart. Our service engineer has been put through his paces today replacing a pump at one of our residential clients property. A new controller led Lowara 5SC-04 pump was installed to account for the expanded irrigation system. Our engineer tested the pump was running efficiently, ensuring each station is at the optimum pressure.
This week on of our service engineers was out visiting a customer in Hampton to start up and carry out repairs to their irrigation system in preparation for the warm spring/ summer days ahead. The system was comprised of 4 stations to the turf, planting beds and green house. Repairs were made to drip line located in the planting beds due to an incident involving flower bulbs and a shovel. The system was checked thoroughly checked over ensuring all the garden sprinklers where positioned correctly in addition to the micro sprays located in the greenhouse.
TCR are delighted to announce we have a new member of the engineering team.
Steve Haire, who has re-joined TCR as a Service Engineer, holds a wealth of experience spanning over many years, specialising in servicing irrigation systems.
Our design department have had a record number of enquiries, which is leading to plenty of work in the New Year. Out contracts team will be kept busy right up until Christmas and into the New Year and our service department will be starting to schedule in Start ups, weather dependent, in early March.