Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Installing A Drip Yard Irrigation System Yourself

By Rebecca Hall


Do you own a yard at home that you are proud of? Many individuals take good care of when it comes to planting and setting up beautiful lawns to enrich the appearance of the landscape. The amusing thing is whereas put will spend this much effort to start such a project, most of them end up forgetting to give it the care it actually deserves. One thing that is major for the survival of the lawn like irrigation is also normally forgotten. While certain landscapes in exclusive climates may need little additional watering, it is almost impractical to maintain a lush lawn in warmer temperatures without an automatic yard irrigation system.

Lawn irrigation systems are nothing new, but until recent years, many people saw them as something only used by places such as golf courses or perhaps only in neighborhoods of the elite. However, this is no longer the case. Today, even the average homeowner can have a lawn watering system installed so that they can enjoy that beautiful, healthy lawn.

It's easy to set up a makeshift above ground drip watering system with nothing more than the flexible garden hose and a few pressure regulators. It shouldn't take more than a couple of hours to cut a few holes in a length of garden pipe, and connect it to a pressure regulator. It's easy to buy ready-made rigid piping with holes cut at equal distances too. That could make for a better design.

Many of the watering controllers available to the private garden market consider this, by having three programs that allow for three separate watering schedules. Effectively, this provides for one schedule for the lawns, one for trees and shrubs, and another for flowers.

Your water bills will lower as you won't be wasting water by watering unevenly or watering the street in front of your home because the sprinkler had to far a reach! You can even set your system to water when you aren't home or at times best suited to your grass and climate. They can also be set to adjust for drought situations or water conservation periods.

So why would anyone ever choose anything but underground? To begin with, some people just like to change the layout of their garden all the time. They like to keep putting in new plants and taking out the old. With an underground system in place, you do lose a little bit of this kind of flexibility. Still, in an age where the watering of our lawns is closely supervised by the authorities, an underground system might let you do more with less.

If you try to push to much more water, you would increase the velocity or speed of the water and thus cause excess friction and pressure loss. Also, you would increase water-hammer which is bad for the system.

With the lawn irrigation system targeting the roots of a lawn and decreasing run-off, a homeowner is also helping their surrounding environment. A homeowner develops a personal relationship with their lawn and knowing the slope, the soil, and the needs of your lawn is a first step to having a beautiful lawn all summer long. A healthy lawn helps the air, the surrounding yards, and even supplies for the birds and other plants that accumulate around the home.




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