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Irrigation System - looking for answers

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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 09 February 2011 - 08:58

With the hike in DEWA we are considering on having an irrigation system put in place and just wanted some opinion. If you had one done previously could you please share your experience with the following:
* how easy was it to get it installed
* was the garden all messed up once installed
* how quickly do the watering holes block up
* have you had troubles with your dog trying to undig the cables
* how much did you pay for it
* did you see a drop in your DEWA bill

Thanks so much ladies
<em>edited by Cleopatra on 09/02/2011</em>

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 09 February 2011 - 14:00
The pipes for lawn sprinklers should be dug down under the lawn in little trenches and then back filled. Your lawn will grow back quickly, but will look patchy where the trenches were dug for a bit. Mine have been run over more times than I care to admit to but still work. I used Hydrolite but it was as part of a major landscaping job, so don't think they are helpful for you, sorry :(
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 09 February 2011 - 12:59
I then want the drip option as I want to save money ;) How far do they dig them in? Can you still go over them with the lawnmower? SamD, which company did you use?
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 09 February 2011 - 10:16
All of that depends on who installs it and what they install. If they install it carefully, it shouldn't block up. Having said that, the pop up sprinklers on the lawn will block up like crazy all the time. They are very simple to unblock yourself though, or get your gardener to do it once a month. Whether it lowers your DEWA depends on whether you get the hose that just drip, drip, drips through little holes, or if you go for the clip on red ones that spray. The spray ones will have all your plants looking amazing, but you will pay, pay pay for it. Our dog has never touched the cables, and neither has any puppies we've fostered, so can't help there. Garden does get squished a bit, and ours cost 4K for a reasonably big garden, including automatic timer system.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 09 February 2011 - 10:11
Ours blocked up all the time Cleopatra and after 6 months we ripped it out.
 
 

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