{"id":15480,"date":"2013-06-01T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=15480"},"modified":"2013-05-21T16:06:38","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T22:06:38","slug":"helpless-female-buys-sprinkler-parts-at-pipeco-and-installs-netafim-irrigation-tubing-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/helpless-female-buys-sprinkler-parts-at-pipeco-and-installs-netafim-irrigation-tubing-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpless Female Buys Sprinkler Parts at Pipeco and Installs Netafim Irrigation Tubing – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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my Netafim tubing has emitters every 12 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I got home <\/strong>with the Netafim drip tubing<\/a>, Ben got right to showing me what to do.\u00a0<\/strong>He showed me the labels on the tubing, that made it clear how much water an area would be getting in a certain time period. \u00a0He explained how close together the emitters are (12 inches in my tubing)<\/em> and how much space they take up in the tubing (about 4 inches each)<\/em>. \u00a0If I did need to cut anything, I needed to stay a solid 2 inches away from the emitter hole. \u00a0Then, he went ahead and attached the adapter to the the underground elbow that had already been dug up. \u00a0He seemed to think I wouldn’t have any trouble doing that myself the next time around.<\/p>\n

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Netafim spacing label<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Netafim rate label<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Getting the Netafim tubing\u00a0<\/strong>onto the adapter was another story. \u00a0This is, as far as I can tell, the most difficult step. \u00a0Ben showed me how it is important to hold the Netafim tubing close to where the pressure is being applied. \u00a0Otherwise, it will crimp (bend) and potentially create a weak spot in the tubing. \u00a0He could barely get it to slide on, even with the added grip of rubber gloves, until he told us about using a lighter. \u00a0With the application of a few seconds of heat, the tubing changed color a bit as it softened. \u00a0He could push it about a 1\/4 inch before it got cold again. \u00a0Another aspect of the technique was to push a little on one side, then a little on the opposite side. \u00a0Soon, he had the tubing all the way on the adapter. \u00a0I tried to push it a couple of times before we heated it, but couldn’t make it budge. \u00a0I never tried when it was heated, but expect to have to do it myself in the near future. \u00a0Hopefully, I won’t melt the tubing to my fingers….<\/p>\n

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applying heat to soften the Netafim tubing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the nice things<\/strong> about the Netafim drip tubing is that there are NOT a lot of extra pieces needed to make it work. \u00a0The water emitters are built into the tubing. \u00a0The holes don’t need to be poked in, like they do in the typical black tubing (funny pipe). \u00a0The tubing can be cut and reconnected to match whatever garden shape you need, but I ended up not needing to cut it at all.<\/p>\n

The simplicity\u00a0<\/strong>of the connection to the underground sprinkler pipe to the drip pipe meant that the \u00a0connection could be left laying above ground. \u00a0No digging to get it back in place. \u00a0It will be easy to see if there is any leakage at the site. \u00a0A couple of metal stakes on either side of the connections made it lay neatly under the bleeding heart where the the whole line started. \u00a0Ben left me to arrange the drip tubing as I liked. I did greatly appreciate the help of my daughter in holding and untwisting the tubing as I laid it down. \u00a0By doing this, we were able to remove some of the curve in it and use fewer metal pieces to hold it in the intended design.<\/p>\n

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the Netafim connection can be left above ground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"step<\/a>
step 1 to close the end is to slip it through one of the double circles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"step<\/a>
step 2 is to fold it back down into the other cirlce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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When I was done<\/strong>, Ben came over to evaluate my work. \u00a0He helped me put on the end piece that holds the tubing in a fold that closes the end of the line. \u00a0It shouldn’t be popping out due to water pressure like some of the end caps have done on my other drip set-ups. \u00a0He suggested we run that section of sprinklers to see how much water it was getting.<\/p>\n

This is progress\u00a0<\/strong>toward my plan of not having water within 4 feet of the house<\/a> OR having spraying sprinklers so close that overspray is such a problem on the windows. \u00a0Now, I feel semi-capable of setting up a Netafim system just beyond a front section that is notorious for flooding my basement. \u00a0It will be patio and benches in the shade close to the house, with a couple of areas left for flowers, but with only drip irrigation. \u00a0Even if I need help with that one step of attaching it to the adapter, there is much I can do by myself. \u00a0It is nice to not feel quite so overwhelmed by sprinklers.<\/p>\n

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Netafim drip tubing watering new hostas planted this spring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I got home with the Netafim drip tubing, Ben got right to showing me what to do.\u00a0He showed me the labels on the tubing, that made it clear how much water an area would be getting in a certain time period. \u00a0He explained how close together the emitters are (12 inches in my tubing) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,26,19],"tags":[35,49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15480"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}