Hi new guy here! so I have a 38-40 degree slope in my backyard, I live is Temecula California in a valley where summer temps are super hot , there are shrubs on the top of the slope for privacy , over the last few years the hot summer sun and lack of proper irrigation has killed a few of them, I'm going to replant dead ones so my plan is to use 1/2 pvc run and nine adjustable 1/2 bubblers, shrubs will have a wire cage at base filled with mulch to hold water in, run time will be one minute.
I was thinking drip system but that stuff just doesn't hold up to extreme heat here, and I do not like having to climb that slope to fiddle with drip systems down the road.
I have other bubbler systems that are basically maintenance free for 20 years.
I will be tapping into a existing 3/4pvc supply at bottom of slope , pressure is around 50psi , it will be reduced down to 1/2 inch going up slope.
Biggest issue I have is where to place valve at, at 1st I was going to locate it a base of slope, but started thinking about all the backflow issue of all the water in line at top of slope running down to valve once water is shut off.
I've read about check valves but eventually something will wear out .
So now thinking of running pressured line up to top of slope and installing valve there, only issue will be pressurized line could break in the future, it will be above ground due to big roots from a tree stump, slope is DG and hard to dig, I will cover PVC with dirt and mulch and secure line with stakes of some sort.
Opinions on my plan? Thanks John!
I was thinking drip system but that stuff just doesn't hold up to extreme heat here, and I do not like having to climb that slope to fiddle with drip systems down the road.
I have other bubbler systems that are basically maintenance free for 20 years.
I will be tapping into a existing 3/4pvc supply at bottom of slope , pressure is around 50psi , it will be reduced down to 1/2 inch going up slope.
Biggest issue I have is where to place valve at, at 1st I was going to locate it a base of slope, but started thinking about all the backflow issue of all the water in line at top of slope running down to valve once water is shut off.
I've read about check valves but eventually something will wear out .
So now thinking of running pressured line up to top of slope and installing valve there, only issue will be pressurized line could break in the future, it will be above ground due to big roots from a tree stump, slope is DG and hard to dig, I will cover PVC with dirt and mulch and secure line with stakes of some sort.
Opinions on my plan? Thanks John!
