Spring has Sprung

I would like to welcome everyone to RI Lawn Sprinklers new Irrigation blog where you will get updates on watering schedules along with industry news and current service / installation specials.
A little bit about myself. My name is Robert Diersing and I started working for a Irrigation contractor while attending Kent State. I worked on the installation crew mainly installing Hunter Irrigation systems and dabbled in a few service calls. In 1999 I started Reserve Irrigation Inc. and over the years I have become a Certified Irrigation Contractor, Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor, State Certified Backflow Tester and a EPA Watersense Partner. RI Lawn Sprinklers started mainly on the South and East Side of Cleveland with a majority of customers in Twinsburg, Solon, Hudson, Sagamore Hills, Orange Village, Chagrin Falls and Aurora during the first couple of years. Then we begain to work west and developed customers in Brecksville, Broadview Hts, North Royalton, Independence, Brunswick, Medin, Bath, Fairlawn, Copley and Strongsville. As our company grew we continued to receive interest in new areas so we continued west into Avon and Westlake and surrounding areas. In 2006 we decided to enter the Columbus Ohio residential market since we were already doing commercial installations and service in the area. We now have a large customer base in New Albany, Westerville, Dublin, Powell, Hilliard, Gahanna, Lewis Center and the surrounding areas.
We launched our website: http://www.RILawnSprinklers.com in October 2008, on our site you will find information on Troubleshooting, Spring Start-up Service, Backflow Testing, Hunter Product manuals, RainBird Product manuals, Winterization Service, New Irrigation Systems, Outdoor Lighting Systems and a page to Schedule a Service Appointment. We feel that all the time and money that we invested in the site was worth it. The site is probably the most informative irrigation contractor website that you will find.
Are mission this year is to educate our customers on water conservation and how the average customer should be able to save 20-50% on their water consumption while maintaining a healthy lawn. The first basic step to saving on your water usage is to check the system throughly to ensure it is operating efficiently. The second step is to program your timer and rain sensor to water based on the current weather conditions. There are "Smart" products available that will program your timer based on current weather conditions. Hunter came out with the Solar Sync for 2009 which seems to be the most "bang for your buck" when you compare the cost of the product $185 verse the projected water savings per each season used. Anyone that pays more then $600.00 in water for irrigation in a season should really think about some of the new products that are on the market. Anyone that spends more then $850.00 a summer on irrigation really needs to discuss the options available since they could recoup the cost is a soon as the first full season that it is used. I will be talking more about ways to reduce your irrigation water consumption in April and May.