We're building a house and I'd like to install a lawn and garden irrigation system. I've looked at some basic Youtube tutorials for laying 19mm poly pipe in trenches and attaching pop up sprinklers - it seems simple enough but some questions…
- Should I get an outdoor power point installed where the tap is to add a controller? And should I have two taps installed at this point - one for the irrigation system and another for a manual hose?
- Should the pipe be laid under paths and driveways before they are installed?
Any advice appreciated.
We’ve recently had irrigation installed at our newish house. Our installer would have been much happier if pipes had been placed under driveway first. Though I’m not sure what happens if you get a hole in the pipe under there.
He diverted off the main where water enters the property and there’s a valve to turn off irrigation separately. Something about stopping backflow too.
The solenoid boxes and controller were placed where I had an outdoor power point.
I have wondered a few times if I should’ve just bought a few fancy sprinklers and timers and saved a few grand. I suppose this is set and forget though.