Blow Out Your Sprinklers for Winter

RICHLAND, WA- It is close to freezing outside and that can lead to some pretty big problems. This early cold snap has some companies in our area extremely busy. Now if you have not already, it is probably a good idea to take care of your sprinkler system.

Pat Mosley with Senske Systems said people should, "Definitely need to get their sprinklers blown out, absolutely. I mean this is such a critical time especially with this weather reaching below freezing now. If there is any water in their pipes it will crack, it will burst and the damages next year could be just tremendous."

Senkse Systems, one of the companies providing this service, said it is almost past their service season. They are still taking calls but have been working like crazy.

Jake Anderson called into Senkse and had his sprinkler system blown out. Anderson said he does it partly for, "The dog, she likes to enjoy the yard and she really likes it when its not all torn up. If we don't get the sprinklers blown out then the ice freezes in the pipes and we gotta fix them in the spring. It chews up all the grass."

Although Anderson told NBC Right Now he did not make his call too far in advance, Senske has been working on around 600 calls within the past few weeks. They have three crews at almost 20 sites a day.

Mosley said, "We're pretty busy because with this sudden cold weather, people are calling now because they don't want their pipes to freeze. We were thinking we would have kind of a milder winter, November month."

Now if you have not had your sprinklers blown out yet, Senske says the are taking a few more calls. Here are more options to check in with from area: -Craigslist search under "farm and garden services"

-Templeton Sprinkler Blowouts

-Tri-Cities Irrigation Landscape

-Quality Valve and Sprinkler

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Blow Out Your Sprinklers for Winter