Well, It's been a while since I've been in the workshop, not much has been going on in the landscaping department, the only thing I've really done since last time was renovating my front lawn, and in the next week or so I'll be doing to nature strip and if I have enough time in the season I'll do the back yard, including some levelling and any modifications.
Today's plan is to figure out irrigation for the lawns, and eventually the whole property, in which case I plan to have stuff set up so that when I'm ready i can just rig up the next zone and plug it in to the existing box which would have solenoids ready to go.
As this will be my first time ever setting up irrigation, I've got a few questions and some confusion about parts.
I did a pressure test on my taps a while ago which was around 400kpa (60psi) and filled a 20L bucket in approx 30 seconds. However this was a while ago and now that I think about it, I did this on the taps at the rear of the house, where I probably should have done it at the main tap, so I'll be doing the test again before anything cos I feel that it might be a bit low.
To keep it simple I'm just starting with the nature strip then I'll move onto the larger front yard etc. But I'm trying to understand which pipe is the must suitable throughout the system. I will be teeing off the recycled water (Purple PEX SharkBite pipe) and I will likely need a filter as I often find my hose triggers getting clogged with unusual debris and have to replace them every few years.
As for the pipe from the tee, I often see that black with blue striped pipe which looks quite beefy that runs from the supply to the solenoids but I'm not clear on diameter, perhaps I can get some advice on pipe selection.
As for running the sprinkler system for the nature strip, I've seen pipe run directly into sprinklers in line, I've also seen setups with an articulated riser. I guess for the extra cost of adding more potential places to leak it's not worth adding the articulated risers?
I'll post back with my water pressure and LPM but if I could get some information to make selecting the right products easier that would be a great help!
I can only take a guess and say to run 19mm or 25mm poly pipe from the supply to the solenoid bank, then run 19mm poly throughout the system and whatever sprinklers I decide to use which should match the pipe?
thanks
