When I took this job in Feb. ’99, I had to repair all the leaks and breaks in the 2 inch supply line looped on the inside of the property. At one time it was 150psi. I have reduced it to around 30psi to accommodate the low flow drip irrigation and mini-sprinklers. The first changes were down in front of the property. I installed Netafim because it is a subsurface self-cleaning pressure-compensating drip irrigation line. Since March ’99, we have had no trouble with the system. Within the first 30 seconds of the Netafim turning on, the flush cycle occurs. Upon completion of the flush cycle, the flush valve closes and the system starts watering.

We have had no maintenance problems with the Netafim, and it has eliminated our biggest problem: vandalism. Your main problem could be keeping someone from using sharp tools to dig or weed with. This is why I use Roundup. Netafim System's cost about 1 ½ to 2 times more then the cost of a spray system, but it saves the customer a lot in maintenance. For more information, go to www.netafimusa.com

Because the Netafim material cost was a little more than what the owner wanted to spend, I had to educate him and make him realize that labor maintenance to the system was zero.  In turn, he understood  that the Netafim system was well worth it.

He had me go to Home Depot and buy more rolls of fiskars; the material that are made out of old tires, ground up and made into a soaker hose that are 5/8 of an inch. The Home Depot used to sell another brand but it had no pressure regulator on it; the higher pressures use to blowout the soaker hoses making them water unevenly. A pressure regulator is a must for these soaker hoses. You can even make a poor mans subsurface drip irrigation line with it. Home Depot sells enough of the parts. Fiskars claim the soaker hose will work up to 600ft. in length. For more information, go to  www.fiskars.com