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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Garden water infrastructure
  • Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:59:29 -0500


I did something similar. I had six 4 by 16 beds. I ran a 2" PVC sched 40
line down to the garden where I placed a shutoff and a hose bib on a
tee. From there I ran 1 in. down to the center of the beds where I teed
off to each bed where I put a hose bib. I could use soaker hoses or drip
lines as needed on each bed.

So you, too, oversize pipe. I wonder what percentage of us do. I ran two-inch up to the barn, from whence it will go up the hill to a storage tank for gravity feed. I am right now studying sizes and capacities. While I typically oversize on the theory of bigger is better and who knows if one forgot to take some factor into consideration and who knows what future use might change the requirements, I am about to install about six hundred feet of pipe which, plus fittings and about a dozen hydrants, which adds up to a fair piece of change, so I am doing a bit more research with an eye to not going too far overboard.

At: http://www.irrigationtutorials.com/sprinkler22.htm I just learned that Schedule 40 has a wall thickness that diminishes capacity.






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