"James "Cubby" Culbertson" wrote in message
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Hiya,
I've about had it with the black plastic tubing approach to drip
irrigation. I'm constantly having to fiddle with fittings and such as they
tend to leak.
I was thinking about a different approach and was hoping for some
opinions. I'm looking at running PVC, Sch. 40 say a couple of inches below
the surface. Then tapping into that with brass barbed adapters that
would screw into the PVC. From there, I can run short lengths of the
small black tubing to the emitters etc. Any thoughts?
Cheers,
cc



One thing you did not mention, and a lot of people are unaware of is
........................ a pressure reducer. EVERY system needs a filter and
a pressure reducer. When the system kicks on ......... BAM! ...........
it's hit with a shock of full pressure water. This causes leaks or just
blows the connection all together. A pressure reducer eliminates that
shock. They can be really cheap affairs, or better quality ones can be had.
You will still have the same flow, it's just that your system won't be
getting hit with instantaneous shocks.

Try one. It may solve your whole problem.

Steve