Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Little Known About Drip Irrigation Repair

By Karen Carter


Water is a life so goes the adage and so true this is. Plants do require water and that is why it is vital to irrigate them. As the level of technology grows every day we find that new methods of giving water to plants are invented but the one that we will look at a greater depth at is the one that uses channeled water in hose pipes which have holes, these holes helps in dispersing of water to the crop roots though it has several demerits which then calls 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.

There are gadgets that are vital in fixing the parts that require to be mended in order to have efficient irrigation to these crops. While sealing, boring holes and fixing plugs irrigation tool is required in order to make work easier for the one who is doing the fixing work. Pain is also something that is experienced while fixing plugs using fingers and to save one from this pain it is vital to have the required tools for that work.

When water is leaking someone this is a default that should be repaired on within no time in order to avoid cases whereby weeds overcome the crops. Plugs are other vital gadgets that usually are used to stop water from gushing out of the holes. Plants do not grow uniformly a times hence there is need to change where the holes are so that they can water roots well and grow unified.

Many are the tools used to fix the system but having mentioned the above we are able to have a clue on those that are required. There are several guidelines that should be adhered to during fixing of the system, a hole is drilled to the pipe that does distribute water and later connection is made using a plug on the same hole. It is important to have a sealed hole which has good tightness.

Human nature is prone to error hence a times the holes that are made appear to be bigger than expected hence they are required to be made smaller. A cut is made and conjoined to two hose pipes using a straight coupler. Cutting is done on each side leaving the hole eradicated.

The drip is connected on the main tubing which feeds water to it and later the drip distributes water to the roots. A small coupler which is bubbled is drilled to the main tubing using a drip tool. A quarter of the tubing is on one end of the bulb when connection is done, and a micro-sprinkler is on the other.

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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