Measured 0.12" of rain in Frisco. Will take anything I can get.
You just reminded me to set up another program for foundation watering only. Any folks know how often we should water foundation in this crazy ass heat/lack of rain?bco2003 said:
O, and I have been negligent on getting soaker hoses for the foundation. Unfortunately seeing some cracks in various walls & sticky doors to show for it.
Honestly I don't know how much good soaker hoses have done for me. I try to do it for a bit every night but there is still noticeable gaps along my foundation perimeter. It's just too damn hot, I don't have a lot of shade, and I have some pretty expansive soils in my area. In the future my plan is to look into getting an irrigation zone set up just for my foundation perimeter with a soil/moisture sensor controller.agcrock2005 said:You just reminded me to set up another program for foundation watering only. Any folks know how often we should water foundation in this crazy ass heat/lack of rain?bco2003 said:
O, and I have been negligent on getting soaker hoses for the foundation. Unfortunately seeing some cracks in various walls & sticky doors to show for it.
I'm not really sure (I imagine the ideal amount changes depending on soil type) that's why my plan is to eventually incorporate a controller with a soil moisture sensor.agcrock2005 said:
Yeah, my irrigation system has a zone specifically for foundation so I'm setting up a program just for that one, but don't know how often to do it. Probably switch it to 5 days a week for now and see how it reacts. Thanks for info.
Couldn't believe it. Checked two vehicle thermometers and still didn't believe it. Then I checked the analog thermometer hanging in the barn. The 73 was of course during the heaviest rain. Have two walls of windows on our hilltop house....we kind of watched the whole popcorn storm form up a couple of miles to the west....so it may have just gotten that cool where the initial formation occurred. Was pretty extraordinary.Decay said:
73
Really just enough to settle the dust and help the pastures.....not really enough run off to affect the trees, lakes or aquafers.Decay said:
So even if we're not getting a lot here, looks like upstream is getting it more consistent. Should help lakes at least.
melissa city dump rain bubble?wangus12 said:
Seriously, what bad karma have I earned lol
Are you refilling a pool?Quote:
Water bill is 525 all in.
PlanoAg98 said:Are you refilling a pool?Quote:
Water bill is 525 all in.
nai06 said:
My water bill was a little higher than normal last month at $78. I have a pool and no kids. $500 is more than my electric water, and internet combined.
FincAg said:nai06 said:
My water bill was a little higher than normal last month at $78. I have a pool and no kids. $500 is more than my electric water, and internet combined.
Your water was $78? Better question how many gallons did you use?
riverrataggie said:PlanoAg98 said:Are you refilling a pool?Quote:
Water bill is 525 all in.
I did have to refill about 12k gallons. But I also have 0.9 acres. Takes lot of watering.
FincAg said:nai06 said:
My water bill was a little higher than normal last month at $78. I have a pool and no kids. $500 is more than my electric water, and internet combined.
Your water was $78? Better question how many gallons did you use?
MW03 said:Had a Trane XR 16 (5 ton) installed 2 years ago by Harris Air Services. Small business that I've been with for about 7 years now and been pretty pleased. Shoot me a PM if you want more details.Carlo4 said:
I learned something new about watering and will try. Been doing three times a day and will adjust. Appreciate the thread here.
This heat is brutal. No issues in home last year. AC guy said we had a lemon outside unit even though the house is 2018 (bought in 2029).
107 outside. AC can't cool past 75 right now when set lower. Hate to bite the bullet but might need to drop the money.
Any deals or good people you recommend?
Coates said:riverrataggie said:PlanoAg98 said:Are you refilling a pool?Quote:
Water bill is 525 all in.
I did have to refill about 12k gallons. But I also have 0.9 acres. Takes lot of watering.
You can call the city and tell them you made a pool repair and they'll credit your account some. The city of Dallas will or did in past.
Can you let most of that go wild? That's what I would do.riverrataggie said:PlanoAg98 said:Are you refilling a pool?Quote:
Water bill is 525 all in.
I did have to refill about 12k gallons. But I also have 0.9 acres. Takes lot of watering.
could be in an HOA that requires mowing.YouBet said:Can you let most of that go wild? That's what I would do.riverrataggie said:PlanoAg98 said:Are you refilling a pool?Quote:
Water bill is 525 all in.
I did have to refill about 12k gallons. But I also have 0.9 acres. Takes lot of watering.
Parents are on an acre and only keep grass in the immediate vicinity of the house. Rest of it is pine trees and wild. Makes no sense to water that much lawn unless you are using it for something?
The city of Plano will credit up to the past 3 months of excessive water usage if you show them the leak repair receipt.Quote:
You can call the city and tell them you made a pool repair and they'll credit your account some. The city of Dallas will or did in past.
YouBet said:Can you let most of that go wild? That's what I would do.riverrataggie said:PlanoAg98 said:Are you refilling a pool?Quote:
Water bill is 525 all in.
I did have to refill about 12k gallons. But I also have 0.9 acres. Takes lot of watering.
Parents are on an acre and only keep grass in the immediate vicinity of the house. Rest of it is pine trees and wild. Makes no sense to water that much lawn unless you are using it for something?
nai06 said:FincAg said:nai06 said:
My water bill was a little higher than normal last month at $78. I have a pool and no kids. $500 is more than my electric water, and internet combined.
Your water was $78? Better question how many gallons did you use?
For that period of 33 days I used 3,044 gallons. Looking at past bills we average between 3000 and 3050 gallons a month.
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Our water has shot up the past few months and we recently figured out we had serious leaks in flower bed drip lines and in the lines under the grass by the street. So much that downstream from the leaks wasn't getting watered.PlanoAg98 said:The city of Plano will credit up to the past 3 months of excessive water usage if you show them the leak repair receipt.Quote:
You can call the city and tell them you made a pool repair and they'll credit your account some. The city of Dallas will or did in past.
those damn Highland/Huntington homesGarrelli 5000 said:Our water has shot up the past few months and we recently figured out we had serious leaks in flower bed drip lines and in the lines under the grass by the street. So much that downstream from the leaks wasn't getting watered.PlanoAg98 said:The city of Plano will credit up to the past 3 months of excessive water usage if you show them the leak repair receipt.Quote:
You can call the city and tell them you made a pool repair and they'll credit your account some. The city of Dallas will or did in past.
I need to see if Frisco offers a similar credit.
FDXAg said:
Prosper water is cheap compared to Fort Worth City water....
ChoppinDs40 said:FDXAg said:
Prosper water is cheap compared to Fort Worth City water....
Maybe but liquid gold compared to Plano. Damn it was cheap down there