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Re: PVC fittings (was New ideas for plant supports

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You'll have to have it absolutely level, I think, or else you'll have a lot 
of leakage at the water supply end and little or none at the other end or 
vice versa, if it isn't level.  Margaret L


> > As long as I'm talking about PVC, I've been thinking of building a
> > drip watering system from rigid PVC.  I had wanted to use the
> > "creatively leaky" black rubber drip hose, but I haven't been able to
> > find a consistent supplier for hose couplings that attach to the hose
> > sizes available.
> >
> > What I think might be the best compromise is to cap rigid PVC,
> > setting up a jig in a drill press to put holes through it at regular
> > intervals. Getting efficient layout goes back to my original question
> > of finding unusual couplers (i.e., beyond 3-way flat tees and 90
> > degree elbows).
> >
> > Has anyone done this?  If so, what size did you make the holes and
> > how far apart did you space them?
> >
> > Howard
> >
>Howard:
>
>Have you thought about the plastic pipes used for sprinkler systems
>though probably more expensive, they do have the fittings though.
>
>-Ron
>-Ron
>menoldre@va.prestige.net
>
>
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