Installing Irrigation Valve Drains

Okay, it’s time to put our drains in. Each year, most people want to put some sort of winterizing drain so that they don’t leave their system water filled over the winter. In this particular case, we’re going to put in some automatic drain. There’s pluses and negativities to automatic drains versus manual drains, but we’re going to let ours drain automatically.

So, I’m going to cut each valve after the valve. I’m going to cut the line and I’m going to put in a 1 inch to a