Questions and Answers for DIG 1/2 in. (0.700 O.D.) x 100 ft. Poly Drip Tubing

A:  With this tubing you need to place your own drip holes as far apart or as close as you want. You can buy tubing with the holes already placed about 12 in. apart, or buy soaker tubing both are a lot more money. With this tubing you have the flexibility of placing your own holes where you want them.

A:  This does not have any holes - except at the 2 ends :-). This tube's purpose is to take water from a source to where you want the water. You need to punch holes where you want to water. Add 1/4" sprinklers directly to hole and/or attach 1/4" tubes to this tube to move sprinkler closer to plants. There are soaker tubes available at Home Depot. I just used some in a garden bed. I ran irrigation system PVC to landscape bed and garden. Then I connected this tube to the PVC line (need various fitting) and then connected 1/4" soaker tubing to the 1/2" tube. I'm attaching photo of garden bed.

A:  My research indicates between 12" to 18". I have a hose with about 20 plants on it - with 7 at the end of a 175' of tubing...no problems.

A:  This hose doesn't have any drip holes. It is used to distribute water around your garden - - to the emitters, drip tubes, etc. that actually do the watering.

A:  I place drip holes at each shrub or tree.

A:  Poly pipe is much more forgiving in cold weather than PVC for irrigation. Poly is flexible and remains so to about -50F or -45C, so if water remains in your pipes after the irrigation season, and the ground freezes down to the depth of your pipe, the poly will expand with the freezing water, unlike PVC which will crack and split.

A:  Yes, however the burial depth must be a least 18"-21" I believe and insolated coming up from ground. My question: What are you dripping in the snow aye?

A:  Sure it will be fine if you drain it for the winter, don't know of any tubing that can stand frozen water with out room to it to expand. So as long as you can get most of the water out you should be good to go

A:  I would using something better than this. It crushes easily. Maybe try PEX?

A:  It is recommended to drain the drip tubing in the winter. DIG

A:  No I don't think that would be stiff enough, better to use something more rigid.

A:  The tubing is very thin and will kink if bent too far. I would recommend small PVC pipe

A:  A: No. Drip tubing is not made for your application, and will not work. It is much too flexible, especially in warm weather. I have a couple dozen 4-foot wide raised beds, and I make hoops from this to attach fabric row covers: http://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Hillman-Group-50-ft-9-Gauge-Multi-Purpose-Wire-122062/203721653 I cut pieces of wire about 7-1/2 feet long. That's enough to create a 4-foot diameter semicircle, and leaves about 7 inches to stick into the dirt at each end, just inside the bed frame. If you are trying to go taller, even 9-gauge wire is too flimsy, but 1/2-inch conduit will work.

A:  I don't think it will hold that shape. It has a very very thin wall and will probably kink/collapse if you try to do that.

A:  Yes.

A:  Yes, that is the intended purpose of this product. Burried for water irrigation systems. I would not recommend this product for drinking water.

A:  The tubing can be used for a drip irrigation system.

A:  Hey Minnow: Yes you can I have done this for years and have real good luck with,

A:  Sure ,That is the primary use of this product, and you will find all the attachments you need to water your beds and yard.

A:  Yes, but the connectors required would cost more... PVC is much better and more stable.

A:  DIG is suggesting that by using the drip tubing with hot water you will void the product warranty and you also may damage your home. Not recommended. DIG

A:  I fabricated around 800' of this tubing for a solar pool heater, when the air temps were 90* this summer, I was getting water readings of 125* with numerous slip fittings in place and had no failure at these connections.

A:  This hose is black and has sat out in the sun with water in it during Texas summers. I have not had any issues with it. Pretty sure the water in the hose has gotten that hot. Try it.

A:  I would not use this at all for hot water. It is not rated for that use.

A:  Yes and no: hot water will not damage the hose, but the fittings will not work. For fittings to work, the hose has to have the kind of rigidity that cold water provides. Think of a garden hose: in the winter, a garden hose will be very rigid and hard to coil and uncoil, but in summer, it becomes very soft and pliable, and easy to handle. Bottom line: hot water will soften 1/2" drip hose to the point where the fittings will not hold.

A:  Personally I wouldn't do it. I've used many hundreds of feet of this tubing for my garden with great success, but I'd be very hesitant to use it for your purpose. I'm not so worried about chemical leaching (for livestock anyway), but rather bacterial issues. Consider this: the biggest difference between domestic water supply hoses (like you get for an RV) and regular garden hoses is how much each allows bacterial growth inside the line. And any risk is increased with a low pressure/intermittent line. Net: I'd use PVC instead.

A:  Yes, both. No concerns. Safe as long as the output area is safe too.

A:  safety research on this kind of plastic, polyethylene, is inconclusive and ongoing. There's no evidence that it's harmful, but also, no evidence that it's totally safe. I can tell you from 30 years experience with it, my animals have always drunk water from the emitters, and we've eaten the fruit our trees produce with no noticeable ill effects. In any case, I don't think you'll find it very useful for the application you're planning-I'd go with PVC pipe-one of the main reasons is that little critters can and do easily chew through the irrigation tubing to get a drink, happens to me with enough frequency to make it challenging.

A:  You Should probably look for tubing that has thicker walls and I would use 3/4" rather than 1/2" tubing. Buy fittings and miscellaneous hardware that is specifically made for the type of tubing you purchase. If you buy irritec tubing buy irritec fittings. It will pay you in the long run. I don't think this product will leach any chemicals into the water or the soil. Read the information sheet if you have any questions.

A:  This does not meat EPA code for drinking water for people as particulate can be pulled from the hose as water passes through it. Not sure if these is such a code for Livestock but would assume that the chemical properties of the hose may be bad for both.

A:  As you've probably noticed, lawn mower blades are an instant kiss of death to this tubing. Here are a few thoughts: Use landscape pins (I make my own from 12-gauge galvanized wire) to hold the tubing down into the grass. Over time, the tubing will tend to work its way down into the lawn, and won't stick up so much. You can help it along by using a garden knife (or flat shovel) to slice down into the sod, and push the tubing (and pins) as far down as possible. Or you can go a little further, and bury it in the soil - - if you live in a no-frost zone, or if your yard has enough slope to drain the tubing in winter. Finally, consider using a string trimmer. I've string trimmed this tubing many, many times with no problem. (That's not true for the 1/4-inch distribution tubing, however - - string trimmers eat it for lunch.)

A:  Rent a Ditch Witch from Home Depot. This will make a trench to lay the pipe in. I would be concerned of the pipe being a trip hazard not to mention you burn your grass where the pipe lays! Good Luck

A:  It is not intended to be placed on the lawn. It won't water the grass unless you add a lot of sprinkler heads. It is NOT a soaker hose. See photo on the package. You could use it to extend water from one area to another or as funny pipe to connect underground sprinklers. This product would make marks/lines if placed over the sod. Just imagine what the grass looks like after you leave a garden hose on the grass for a couple of days.

A:  You should cover the drip tubing as it is made of plastic and can be damaged by your moving lawn mower. DIG

A:  These 1/2" drip lines are very susceptible to mower damage, I've macerated a few in my day, so they shouldn't be anywhere near mower blades. If you put a drip line across a lawn you plan to mow, you're in for a lot frustration. Instead, I recommend that you carefully remove some sod so you can trench and install a pvc water pipe underground, and create a new riser (water faucet) on the other side your lawn. When you're done, simply construct a new drip circuit using the new water supply.

A:  Dont know the temperature guide but sure it will break down rather quickly with very high temps. I use on now above ground with summer temp well over 100 on the pipe when not running an has been in use for 6 years with no problems. You did not say where you live or temps that it would be exposed to, above ground or buried. This tubing is made for drip water systems not high temp solar piping that normally with all the solar systems I have built has been metal piping

A:  Poly (Polyethylene) pipe is rated for 100F for water under pressure or up to 180 degrees without pressure. So, if you are using a low pressure pump to circulate the water through your solar collectors, this should work well. The trick is to make sure the water doesn't get to boiling, since the pressure from the steam produced would deform the pipe and eventually cause a rupture.

A:  As far as I know, its not approved for drinking water. You can easily buy "refrigerator icemaker" kit with special semi-clear approved for safe water consumption tubing and connectors which can be used for water filtration systems.

A:  No, the line is thin walled and will not withstand high pressure.

A:  I would not use this product for potable water.

A:  I don't use anything for drinking water that isn't specifically rated for drinking water. Better safe than sorry.

A:  it would be safe, but it will kink easily since is is thin so you can puncture it with drip line fittings. I would use a thicker walled tube for other applications

A:  Yes, DIG

A:  Poly drip tubing is BPA free