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Default Help on Sprinkler Installation
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I've been reading a little on it, and the way I want to install it
seems pretty easy.
I have a small flower bed, which needs water everyday and isn't
getting it. It's getting water every 2-3 days right no. It's only
about 20' x 5'.
Thinking it would be easy to install some PVC piping about 6" in the
ground, with some flexible arms to the sprinkler head (would only need
3-4 maybe?), and then manually connecting it to the close-by faucet
when watering. I guess the connection could some time of flexible
hose with threading.
Does this seem easy/straigt-forward? Am I missing anything in the
thought process?
Would I still need to measure PSI and GPM for 3-4 heads in this small
area? Would I need a backflow prevention mechanism for connection to
an above-ground faucet?
Thanks for the help.
You can call me lazy, but getting home at night-time after a long
day's work (6 days a week), it's definitely a "chore" to water this
flower bed.


We did something similar to water plants on our patio ) Check out the
irrigation dept at your favorite store (or the internet). We buried a
length of microtubing just to get it from the faucet to the patio. The
lawn edger sliced it once, but easty to splice in a new section. We
don't use the microsprayers, but tried them once in another location.
Microsprayers seem to clog easily. We put a "Y" connector on the hose
bib, then one connector with adapter for the microtubing. Can do the
same with pvc, but your relatively small garden area might do better
with a soaker hose and some mulch.
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