Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: So....what should happen next? 7Jan 23, 2010 10:49 pm First_Timer_Ray D.A Irrigation doesn't need to be expensive. My dad just installed a very basic dripper/spray system in our backyard - 19mm black pipe from bunnings in 20m rolls for under $10 ea from memory. Add some joiners, puncture and pop in your sprayers/dripper heads where the plants are and a tap fitting on the end and there you have a whole system for under $100. E.T.A - you are allowed to water twice a week for 1hr at a time. http://www.barwonwater.vic.gov.au/index.cfm?h2o=customer.rest.gwr4 And a system that is inefficient with water, and with the drippers sold the plants can not develeop strong root systems. They end up with cores of moisture and the roots grow mainly in those areas and not outside them. Microsprayers (the most likely choice) can be at best 40% efficient with water and even worse in windy or poor applications. That means 60% of that water is lost to the air. The finer the water droplets, the less efficient I would strongly advise the installation of water efficient systems as the poor ones give irrigation a bad name (and your wallet in the long run) Irrigation is, when done well, the most efficient way of delivering water to a plant. i imagine you also have another contract with an architect? and yeah, whatever other's said about special conditions and appendices 16 16007 Hi all I am looking to run a water line under my concrete footpath which is directly next to my home, was seeing if this is possible without cutting the entire section… 0 20181 Did you know that you can get rugs made from carpet? So much cheaper than buying a shop rug. So many styles to choose from, but you won't get the highly patterned… 0 6273 |