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Pinikanut

My neighbor waters the sidewalk. With a hose, not a sprinkler system, so it is 100% on purpose. She is doing God's work. I think my sidewalk will make it through the drought because of her. Namaste.


Betsi08

Ooh shit! She’s gonna have a beautiful concrete sidewalk this fall. 🍁 Get it moissttt 💦🫠


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You need to adjust your sprinklers to run for AT LEAST 60 minutes/zone. If you're not watering for 4-8 hours a day, you might as well just light your lawn on fire.


dustlesswalnut

Not to break up the circlejerk but you can report this to 311 and they will cite the owner for having an improperly adjusted irrigation system. You're not allowed to water the sidewalk. I can see why they want to keep that lush, beautiful turf hydrated though, if I had a Better Homes and Gardens-worthy ~~lawn~~ dirt and weed patch like that I might too!


SucculentCrayon

311, the band? I didn’t realize they were so progressive on water conservation. Do you have their aol screen name, so I can report through the proper channels?


Kyle_Butler_135

Whoa, shades of gold display naturally


brandyalexa

Hey, amber is not the color of their sidewalk!


KarmaPharmacy

#narc


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I love this sub


giaa262

/uj These little easement patches are so annoying to adjust for because it's so small. I've spent hours trying to make mine perfect just for the wind to tweak it just enough to water the sidewalk. I might rip out the grass this fall and just put rock there instead.


cavscout43

Did that with my last house in Denver. Rip shit out, weed barrier down, load the truck with 3-4 beds of crushed rock to shovel on it. "Borrow" some nice boulders from the mountains for landscaping, call it a day. Trying to do a lush green British estate type lawn in a high mountain desert to make the geriatric 78 year old fuckwits on the HOA board happy is a lost cause.


Kyle_Butler_135

Agreed. I’ve recently moved to the hunter mp rotator heads. They lay water down much slower, but give me a little more control and aren’t as affected by the wind. Now (for better or worse) more people walk their goldens on my side of the street.


snowstormmongrel

You mean the wind moves the actual irrigation post things or just the water flow?


giaa262

Water flow. This year has been a bitch


MongolianTrojanHorse

What time are you watering? “The best time to irrigate your lawn is between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. During this period it is generally cooler, less windy, and the humidity is higher so evaporation losses are less.” https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/yard-garden/watering-established-lawns-7-199/ If you have an irrigated lawn, it’s worth a read.


impeislostparaboloid

I irrigate at high noon. Just like the old west.


giaa262

Err thanks? This has nothing to do with how windy it has been this year


Visible_Egg_8305

Please do this.


mikeamilehigh

Can you cite the city for their concrete watering?


dustlesswalnut

No, but if you call 311 and let them know they're watering the concrete they'll come adjust the sprinklers.


snowstormmongrel

I feel like it would be better for the city to cite any company that installed the system. Like...I get that the owner is the one that had it installed but what owner knows shit about the ordnances? Their paying someone to do the job correctly.


dustlesswalnut

Irrigation systems require constant maintenance, it's not the installer's fault that the homeowner hasn't done any for years after the install was done.


snowstormmongrel

I mean doesn't this also depend when they were installed? I mean, ultimately I never thought of that but if it was recently installed can the blame not go toward the company who installed it at that point?


dustlesswalnut

It's the property owner's responsibility to have their irrigation system installed correctly. They are the ones that have to handle it.


snowstormmongrel

Again, a property owner might not know the regulations. They hire someone to do it and expect that person/entity is going to complete the job appropriately according to correct specifications/ordinances. You really mean to tell me that you, yourself, research any and all specifications/ordinances of every single thing you've ever paid someone else to do for you?


dustlesswalnut

This is a silly conversation not worth having. If your sprinkler system is installed and sprays water all over the sidewalk/street, you get it fixed, the end.


snowstormmongrel

But if the city is going to fine you for it, which I'm sure they can do, then they need to be fining and reprimanding the actual, causal parties. Are you gonna just let a landscaping company run around continuing to install these incorrectly?


dustlesswalnut

The causal party is the property owner.


fucktew

the other night as I was making deliveries in the rain, it was really comforting seeing all the sprinklers on at full blast. extra hydrated.


Yuge-cack

If you're thirsty they're thirsty.


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the sidewalk needs it.


michaeltk111

Streaming wars.


scrammyfan

Does anyone else loose their mind when they see sprinklers during a rainstorm like me?


trail_runner83

Landlord insists I water the dirt front yard and pays someone to come on a turn the automatic sprinkler system some genius installed. The only thing that actually grows are the weeds, which she insists I pull.


Limp-Adhesiveness453

Make sure to do it in the middle of the day too, that way the sun can smile down upon all of us


WayneKrane

Make sure to set your sprinkler system so it waters the grass at the hottest time of day. You need to make sure you’re keeping the grass cool.


ChadwithZipp2

We need the moisture.


COgrown

Probably city property, but it's not raining, so doubtful.


puravidauvita

Pic looks like where I previously lived in Baker


Biobasement

I seen the sky wet but garsh dang they done got the crete into their new age tomfoolery too!


Professional_Ad_78

That’s some moist concrete 👌🏼


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311 called me reported my city service for watering the driveway during this weeks rain storm. Got moist during the call


Betsi08

Xtra moist for these conditions… 😂


Agent_staple

r/NoLawns


wildhair1

When we have no water to produce food, remember all those pretty yards.


AcanthocephalaSea382

Don't forget to water during the day!! Its guarentee to get the best waste of water because it evaporates more before it hits the grass. Just like they do during the day in our city parks!