Lawn sprinkler systems (California)
Any of you delve into this? It seems sort of a gray area according to the CSLB.
Landscaping contractor :
A landscape contractor constructs, maintains, repairs, installs, or subcontracts the development of landscape systems and facilities for public and private gardens and other areas which are designed to aesthetically, architecturally, horticulturally, or functionally improve the grounds within or surrounding a structure or a tract or plot of land. In connection therewith, a landscape contractor prepares and grades plots and areas of land for the installation of any architectural, horticultural and decorative treatment or arrangement.
Nothing in there about piping, however, I looked at a sample of their test questions and decent chunk of it is about irrigation.
Plumbing Contractor :
A plumbing contractor provides a means for a supply of safe water, ample in volume and of suitable temperature for the purpose intended and the proper disposal of fluid waste from the premises in all structures and fixed works. This classification includes but is not limited to:
(a)Complete removal of waste from the premises or the construction and connection of on-site waste disposal systems;
(b)Piping, storage tanks and venting for a safe and adequate supply of gases and liquids for any purpose, including vacuum, compressed air and gases for medical, dental, commercial and industrial uses;
(c)All gas appliances, flues and gas connections for all systems including suspended space heating units. This does not include forced warm air units;
(d)Water and gas piping from the property owner's side of the utility meter to the structure or fixed works;
(e) Installation of any type of equipment to heat water, or fluids, to a temperature suitable for the purposes listed in this section, including the installation of solar equipment for this purpose; and
(f)The maintenance and replacement of all items described above and all health and safety devices such as, but not limited to, gas earthquake valves, gas control valves, back flow preventers, water conditioning equipment and regulating valves.
All that said, I really have no experience in this area, because in Oregon we were not allowed to touch the landscaping portion of the water system as far as I was told anyway, but I've got a guy that wants me to do some work on some existing system, from the sound of it, just changing existing sprinkler heads to the pop up variety.
I don't feel like landscaping irrigation is rocket science. The reality is that if i'm just changing heads, I can figure out what the existing heads are and find some pop up heads that match the pressure and flow rate.
I just don't want to be stealing cheese from an area where i'm not supposed to be doing work.
What do you think?
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Landscaping contractor :
A landscape contractor constructs, maintains, repairs, installs, or subcontracts the development of landscape systems and facilities for public and private gardens and other areas which are designed to aesthetically, architecturally, horticulturally, or functionally improve the grounds within or surrounding a structure or a tract or plot of land. In connection therewith, a landscape contractor prepares and grades plots and areas of land for the installation of any architectural, horticultural and decorative treatment or arrangement.
Nothing in there about piping, however, I looked at a sample of their test questions and decent chunk of it is about irrigation.
Plumbing Contractor :
A plumbing contractor provides a means for a supply of safe water, ample in volume and of suitable temperature for the purpose intended and the proper disposal of fluid waste from the premises in all structures and fixed works. This classification includes but is not limited to:
(a)Complete removal of waste from the premises or the construction and connection of on-site waste disposal systems;
(b)Piping, storage tanks and venting for a safe and adequate supply of gases and liquids for any purpose, including vacuum, compressed air and gases for medical, dental, commercial and industrial uses;
(c)All gas appliances, flues and gas connections for all systems including suspended space heating units. This does not include forced warm air units;
(d)Water and gas piping from the property owner's side of the utility meter to the structure or fixed works;
(e) Installation of any type of equipment to heat water, or fluids, to a temperature suitable for the purposes listed in this section, including the installation of solar equipment for this purpose; and
(f)The maintenance and replacement of all items described above and all health and safety devices such as, but not limited to, gas earthquake valves, gas control valves, back flow preventers, water conditioning equipment and regulating valves.
All that said, I really have no experience in this area, because in Oregon we were not allowed to touch the landscaping portion of the water system as far as I was told anyway, but I've got a guy that wants me to do some work on some existing system, from the sound of it, just changing existing sprinkler heads to the pop up variety.
I don't feel like landscaping irrigation is rocket science. The reality is that if i'm just changing heads, I can figure out what the existing heads are and find some pop up heads that match the pressure and flow rate.
I just don't want to be stealing cheese from an area where i'm not supposed to be doing work.
What do you think?
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