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Handyman Talks About Running Drip Emitter Lines

  
  
  

handyman drip emitterRunning water lines to drip emitters is very straightforward handyman project. If you are planting bushes in your landscape, instead of irrigating the entire area, you can run drip lines to each individual plant. This will save a lot of water by directing the water to the root ball.

Unless you are irrigating a very large area, most typical tract homes will use ½ inch black poly lines. These will direct water to the general areas of the plants. From this line you will insert microtubes that will direct water to each individual plant. You won’t need any glue, rather the lines are held in place by barbed fittings.

The poly water lines come in rolls and hold their shape until you fill them with water to weight them down. Place them in the sun to let them warm up and become more pliable. Once you connect the poly line to the barbed fitting at the valve (after the pressure reducer and filter), lay it out in the area you want it to feed. Use a punch and poke a hole in the line and insert a straight barbed fitting. To the other side of the barbed fitting you will push on a microtube and run it to the base of the plant. I like to add a “T” fitting here and add to small lengths of microtube and then 2 drip emitters, one on each tube. These will sit at the base of the plant and enable the plant to get water in the event one of the emitters becomes clogged. Repeat for each plant.

When everything is connected, flush any debris out of the tube and then cap the end.

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