On Jul 1, 5:37*pm, SMS wrote:
On 7/1/2011 5:23 PM, Bob F wrote:





Brooklyn1 wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:42:57 -0700,
wrote:

On 6/29/2011 4:30 PM, James Nipper wrote:

Any ideas of what I should look for, *or use ? *Any general ideas
of how to accomplish what I am trying to do ?

Remember that PVC pipe deteriorates in the sun unless painted.

Buy 20' lengths of 1" PVC at an irrigation supply house, don't go to
Home Depot or Lowe's.

For a large job such as described by the OP 20' lenghts will cause
lots of leaking problems, and short lengths can't be laid by
machine... Home Depot, Lowes, and any plumbing supply emporium sells
tubing in spools of several hundred feet. *You can buy 300' rolls of
1" PVC from Amazon with free shipping:
http://www.amazon.com/Genova-Product...rrigation/dp/B....

Would still be easier and less costly to haul water as needed.

That's poly, not PVC.

I would definitely avoid the poly unless he wants to be replacing it
every couple of years.

If you glue couplers properly there will be no leaks.

It's UV deterioration that he needs to worry about. When PVC is
installed exposed to the sun it needs to be painted.

Flexible PVC would also work, but it's not intended to be under pressure
all the time, and it's for non-potable water. 100' lengths. It's pretty
expensive though. It'd be the easiest to install.

I often see very long runs of pipe in state parks where they are running
water to a campground. It's always iron pipe.

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I ran 1" PVC about a 1/4 mile buried in 1976. Still in service today
with no leaks. Same for all my sprinkler lines. Only leak I have had
was one fitting where I made the misstake of using a female PVC/male
Iron fitting. NEVER do that! Always use a malepvc/female iron. Much
fun as it broke in the middle of winter and I had to shut off the the
entire line until spring so I could dig it up.

Harry K