{"id":36770,"date":"2017-07-10T12:39:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T18:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=36770"},"modified":"2017-07-10T12:39:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T18:39:52","slug":"how-to-make-a-pvc-pipe-manifold-for-a-netafim-drip-irrigation-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/how-to-make-a-pvc-pipe-manifold-for-a-netafim-drip-irrigation-system\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a PVC Pipe Manifold for a Netafim Drip Irrigation System"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is a manifold and what is Netafim?<\/h4>\n

Honestly, I had to look up the word manifold<\/em>. I have heard it off and on my whole life, but pretty much thought of it as “part of a car.” But when I was at the sprinkler parts store (Pipeco in Nampa)<\/a><\/span>, explaining how I thought I wanted to design a Netafim network for my flower bed, someone used the word manifold<\/em>. In case you also aren’t sure here is the relevant definition of manifold<\/em>:<\/p>\n

a pipe or chamber branching into several openings<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Netafim is a specific brand and type of drip irrigation tubing. Although there are components to design it to fit various garden sizes and shapes, the tubing is super simple. It was designed so that no other parts are needed. You just lay the tubing where you want the water and it drips from the sturdy built in emitters.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/a><\/p>\n

How to use a PVC pipe manifold with Netafim<\/h4>\n

You can be very creative with how you set up Netafim systems for your garden beds. Before I made this particular set-up, I had already put in three other types, and one other was done for me in a square planter box. However, the area I needed to get water to this time was larger and of a more varied shape.<\/p>\n

A PVC pipe manifold was one of the recommended options. Since I have worked with PVC pipe before under my husband’s tutelage, I was pretty sure I could do this. And, oddly, it sounded fun. The idea is to create a branching system of Netafim tubes that are more easily placed and can more efficiently dispense water with uniform coverage.<\/p>\n

It requires some cutting and gluing of PVC pipe, but it isn’t expensive and isn’t a touchy process. Nothing has to be exact and none of the assembly requires great feats of strength. Even though I greatly appreciate all the very helpful pointers my husband did give me along the way, I was able to do all of the work by myself. Considering that I am a 56 year old woman with lingering tendonitis in one elbow, I am pretty sure that means most people could do this.<\/p>\n

How to build the PVC pipe manifold<\/h4>\n

This is where video comes in handy. I made this YouTube video because I think seeing the process makes it much easier to understand. If you still have questions after you watch it, please feel free to ask in the comments.<\/p>\n