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Default Rural Irrigation/Remote Faucets Methods ??

On Jul 2, 3:30*am, "David Hare-Scott" wrote:
James wrote:
Thanks David, and the others. *First, I don't know what a *"nym" is,
but sorry....


You started of as James Nipper now you are just James



My faucets at the cabin are based on the cabin water system, which is
a well, with a pressure tank in the basement. *I get good pressure (60
psi), and the poly pipe will not go uphill.


As for drilling a new well, come on guys, I am talking about watering
a few plants and bushes, I just dont' want to constantly drag hoses
around. That is all that this is about. * I do appreciate all the
help, and I think that the polypipe is my best bet, although David's
last comments may make me consider smaller, perhaps *3/4 *inch. * BTW, I
don't need much pressure at the end, just enough to do some
light watering.
James


I was suggesting that 1" could be too small not too big. *3/4" will flatten
and kink more than 1" and has about half the capacity. *It's the area of the
pipe cross section that is important so the capacity varies as the square of
the diameter. *Go see that irrigation specialist.

D


Agree that 1" is the minimum for the length of run he's
working on. No reason to use anything smaller, the 1"
is cheap and readily available.