The installation of the irrigation system funded by the Inspired Facilities grant is nearly completed, despite the wintry weather.  All the sprinkers are now installed and connected up: we are just waiting for a soil moisture detector, to enhance control of the system, to be delivered. 

The first step was to dig a trench to install a pipe and control cable around the outside of the lawns:

The trench was then refilled and the turf, which had been removed with a turf-cutter, replaced:

A pit was then dug for each sprinkler, which was connected via a tee-joint welded onto the pipe:

The sprinkler itself was connected via atriple joint:

so that it could be accurately positioned

before the hole was back-filled with shingle to keep it stable

Finally, each sprinkler was tested (it helps to know where to stand!)

and the entire cycle run