Beats me. Here you’re typically putting the sprinklers in before the sod, and it doesn’t have to be more than a few inches deep since we don’t have to worry about freezing. Not sure if that’s why they use PVC or not. Never seen the black poly used here, although I am familiar with it.
-D > On Apr 19, 2020, at 3:39 PM, Mitchell Haley EA via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On Sun, April 19, 2020 2:45 pm, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: >> Get some of that black plastic landscaping pipe, that stuff is really >> flexible, and patch in a new section > > Good point. > The Saab indy I worked for in the 1980s was also an irrigation installer. > Everything was black poly. And if tree roots ever broke it, I never heard > about it. I don't know why anybody would pay more for rigid PVC with > joints every 10', that does not sound at all like a professional > installation. > With the poly, you just put a pulling blade on the ditch witch, dragged > the pipe underground, and dug it up a bit where you needed to install the > sprinkler heads. > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
