Sunday, July 10, 2016

Learn About Drip Irrigation Repair

By Karen Carter


The method that saves water by allowing it to seep slowly to the roots of different plants on surface of soil through a network of pipes is known as drip irrigation. It is one of the best methods to give water to plants since moisture within the root surface is well maintained within the field. At times, this method has demerits because the pipes that are used to take water to the required destination do block; hence, the need for drip irrigation repair.

Leakage is mostly experienced since pipes that feed water to these plants succumb to the water pressure. The water that do leak to the areas which it is unwanted makes the areas have weed which makes competition of nutrients to plants stiff. Fixing of these leakages is vital in order to avoid water wastage and have weed control.

This kind of irrigation do require one to have tools which are a necessity during fixing the broken parts in order to achieve best results. Gadgets like drip irrigation tool is required in order to make work easier while fixing plugs and punch holes in tubing for hose pipes. This makes one have less pain that is brought about by those plugs that do not fit well and are supposed to be fixed making one struggle while trying to fix them with fingers.

Plugs are also vital when it comes to fixing the system. Holes do not go according to the way the plants do grow hence there is need to put them in the way that plants grow in order to make water get absorbed to these plants thoroughly. Plugs are therefore inserted using hands to stop the water from gushing out.

The list of the tools is lengthy but mentioning the above will give one what is required when going to fix the leaking hoses. The process of repair goes in steps whereby the first step is drilling a small opening to and attaching the plug to the opening. One should make an effort of having seals secure and tight.

Human is prone to error hence at times the required opening becomes big and there is need to rectify this. The hole should be gotten out of the tubing by joining together two hose pipes using straight coupler. Each side of the hole should be cut that the section should be removed completely.

Finally, the new drip is connected which takes water to different areas is linked to its main tubing. This is done by drilling a small coupler mainly barbed into the main tubing using a drip tool. Connection is done by having one end of the quarter tubing to the other end of that barb, the end of its tubing does have a small sprinkler.

There are a handful of merits that come with fixing the system alone. Money is saved which could pay an expert. The last step should be mastered since it is some-how technical and carries a lot of density which can lead one into having a fixed system.




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