New Sod, first time new home owner needs help!

I live in Bellevue, Nebraska and need help!! Yesterday we got new Sod laid on our large corner lot. I bought spigot splitters (one 4 way and one 2 way) and 6 hoses (2 100 feet and 4 50 feet) and 6 sprinklers (3 metal gilmore spiked fully oscilating, 2 plastic gilmore on bases, and one of the type kids like to run thru.) I have two problems/ questions. I was told to water all day yesterday and while i had to go to work, i still came home twice, about every 3 hours, to move the sprinklers, but I can't seem to cover all the areas that need watering. I wish i could go up on the roof and take a birds eye photo or 2 to show the areas, but i don't think that is possible. Is there a way to get more water pressure to all those hoses? It seems that the ones farthest away from the spigot don't have enough "Umph" to get the water to the far corner of the yard!
And my second questions is, It rained last night, the ground is saturated, the un-sodded lot next door is just mud. The high for today is only in the low 80's and the sod is all squishy and the hilly area in the back yard is looking like it could slid down if it is walked on! So! When do i brave the squishy lawn to attach more hose, move sprinklers and water again? Should I wait for it to dry out some? How do i come up with a watering schedule so i don't over water? I have had conflicting reports, even from the guys who laid the sod!
This is all very new to me, i have never had a sodded lawn before. When we bought the house, we decided to spend our $ on finishing the rec room in the basement over having underground sprinklers installed and now i wish i had given it more thought, seeing as this is a corner lot, it is shaping up to be lots of work! My Realtor said "Oh, just move the sprinklers a few times here and there, it won't be a that big deal." But it is a big deal to me now! Help?

You're right, it is a big deal. Especially if your weather's hot, it's easy to kill sod if it doesn't get watered enough. If you're getting a bunch of rain then you don't need to worry as much since that'll take care of things for you, but if the rain stops you do need to make sure and get the sprinklers out there. I wouldn't walk on the really soggy area right now, let it dry out a little bit first.

On the water pressure...are you running sprinklers off of all those splitters at the same time? Your water pressure should be able to handle putting decent pressure out of a 100 ft hose with no problem, I think what's going on for you is you're running a bunch of them all at once, then since your water is split several ways, you end up with a lot less pressure in each individual line. But if you run a sprinkler off a 100 ft hose by itself you shouldn't have problems. There's really nothing you can do about your starting water pressure, it's whatever the city gives you, but running fewer sprinklers at once will help you. If that doesn't, then it could be the splitter is restricting your flow, if that's the case then try removing the splitter and running the longer hoses one at a time.

As far as a watering schedule...a lot depends on what type of soil you have. If you've got clay soil, you'll have to water less often, but if you have sandy soil and the weather gets hot, you'll need to water a lot more. It's probably better for the grass if you water for a little bit a couple times a day versus watering it for hours at a time (unless you have sandy soil). If you have clay and you're watering it for hours, especially if you have hills, you're going to end up with stuff sliding around and I think that'll make it harder for the roots of the sod to really firmly embed themselves in the soil below.

Underground PVC line with sprinklers is the way to go. Its easy to do yourself, and not too costly. You could check automatic sprinklers out online.

ecrane is right--your likely running too many hoses at one time. When I was trying to establish our lawn, I did the same thing your doing. I learned through experience less really is more in this situation. I took the splitters off and started running no more than two or three hoses at a time. I got better water pressure and, therefore, better coverage. With splitters I was only getting enough water pressure to water about half the area I got without them. And, I was also told to water mine every day. I found it worked out just as well going with every other day. This allowed me to do one section one day and move to another on the next day. Still felt like it was going to drive me crazy but a little less crazy than trying to do the whole yard every day. Good luck--hope you have a beautiful lawn in short order.

Hi Emjay, could it be possible to have the water set on a timer, that way, you could water over night or when you are at work to save you a lot of time and worry, you could do one side alternate evenings then IF needed in daytime, you could set the timers for say early afternoon so when you get home, you will know if the lawn has been wet enough and still have time to move the sprinklers around, it is all very well for the lawn guy's and realtor to tell you a new lawn is no bother, they want money where as you want a nice new lawn, that is two entirely different reasons for lawn laying, over here in UK, no one ever gets a lawn laid in the summer it is always spring or late summer before autumn starts for real, the reason being, it saves all the problems you folks have with the intense heat you get, but we use the summer month to prepare the soil for the new lawn, and we dont get temperatures anywhere close to the hot weather you get. Ecrane is spot on when she said if it rained that much, dont add any more water or the turf will just rot away, also if the rain causes the turf to slide or move, the roots wont go down into the soil and set new roots, it is like causing an under current of water between the turf and the soil, try not to walk on the new turf when it is that wet or you will cause even more hollows in the under soil and also compact the turf too much, just try let it settle onto the top soil again and wait till you feel the turf dry out using your hands, remember, the hollows will probably still be full of rain water, so by adding more from the hosepipe, you will create more water to slide under the turf as there are no roots to stop it, I am so sorry that you have this problem, but adjusting your watering will eventually pay off, feel sure you have mentioned to your husband that you told him so whenever you step outside with the hose pipe and he sits in the new decorated room, ah well, lets hope that your weather helps you out, good luck. WeeNel.

The first thing I would do is go to the library and pick up 2 or 3 books on landscaping
and lawns.

Cant agree more with what Sarah has said, get to you book store or library for books on how to care for your new lawn, it is such an expense and then watch it go yellow or brown, but autumn is the best time to work on a lawn, especially a new laid one as the night temps are cooler, I can never understand the lawn guys laying a lawn without full written instructions on care, watering etc, sounds like easy money to me, just lay and walk away to the next garden, but then in UK, we very rarely get someone to lay a lawn for us we have more suitable climate to do it ourselves, we normally use late summer to prepare the ground fully, then either seed the area or lay the turf, the autumn is best for seeding and turf laying, books are something you can go back to again and again and each time you read them about gardening, you still learn something new.
Em, hope your new lawn is now the lovely green velvety look you wanted, keep the kids off it till next spring when it should be well rooted and growing lush. good luck. WeeNel.

i would guess the sod didn't make it.

Len, you could be right, either that or they are unable to get to the computer because they are still trying to water or save the lawn, what a shame, it is so disheartening and all that work. Happy Gardening Len, WeeNel.