Does the builder fix lawn sprikler in general. (Fishers: homes, buy)

[webuser]

When you buy a home from builders like Pulte or Rylands, Does the builder fix the lawn sprinkler as basic. In general is this an optional or optional?

If this is the basic , do home owners water their lawns manually if they don't go for this upgrade?

I thought lawn sprinklers are basic with any builders ;!!

[webuser]

Corrected: Does the builder fix lawn sprinkler as basic?

[rrah]

If you mean does a builder install an underground sprinkler system as a standard feature, typically no. I've bought homes in IL and IN--never was a standard feature--and it wasn't always a starter home. Some were small builders, some national builders...Most people use a manual sprinkler. I don't know about the area you are thinking about, but sometimes towns/cities will restrict sprinkling to odd/even days or none at all during a drought.

[sweetana3]

Would only be part of package if you bought a totally completed home like a model and they had already installed it as a selling feature.

[webuser]

My last home in CA and I got the underground irrigation system from the builder. and In Indiana fishers with one of the reputed builder not getting a underground sprinkler to water lawn.

Does any one water lawn manually with water pipe. Is that not tough thing to do??

[domergurl]

I'm sure that builders will be happy to subcontract it out to someone or refer you. It's easier to put in a sprinkler system before the lawn is put down. We had a system put in our lawn in Fishers. He did most of the systems for Pulte in Gray Eagle ... can't remember his name off the top of my head. If you want his name, I'll have to dig it up. Let me know.

[ImGibby]

Sprinkler systems are an upgrade, in Indiana anyway. They are not as common here due to the freezing weather (they do need to be winterized) but are becoming more popular.

It's not hard to water your lawn with a garden hose and sprinkler. My father used to do it, and I still do it, when needed. Ideally, you shouldnt need to water your lawn in Indiana because we should get enough rain, but with global warming and what not, droughts are becoming more the norm it seeems. But as someone else already mentioned, you may not be able to water during a drought anyhow, be it a garden hose or an irrigation system, due to restricitons.

Bottom line, sprinkler systems are a nice luxury item, but not necessary in Indiana. if you follow a fertalizer routine, you should be putting down a summer guard product about mid summer which will help your lawn sustain long periods of heat and no water, which will minimize your need to water (I like the Scotts brand fertalizer...just put down the treatement they recommend for each time of year...Scotts is more expensive, but trust me, cheap fertalizer does not last as long and can burn your lawn)

[cz2mom]

I have been running an irrigation and lawn maintenance company in KY for 14 years. Irrigation systems are not automatic here so I would doubt in Indiana they would be either. It is up to the homeowner when building if they want to contact us or if the builder does. Usually the builder will go with the cheapest price not the quality. Once the home is built it is the homeowner that has to take care of the upkeep. The annual backflow test, the start-up and winterization of the system and the repairs. Usually the irrigation company will warranty the products for at least a year. (assuming it is a defect and that a head has not been run over by a mower or car)
Little known fact - most irrigation heads, valves and controllers are covered by at least a 3 year manufacturer's warranty.

One of the things I will not like about moving back to indy is that I won't still have my job.