And as far as depth is concerned, recommended depths are recommended for a reason.

But I won't try to talk you out of it. My irrigation system will work perfectly fine regardless of how deep you bury yours.

Michael Wise wrote:And as far as depth is concerned, recommended depths are recommended for a reason.

But I won't try to talk you out of it. My irrigation system will work perfectly fine regardless of how deep you bury yours.

I was just going to say: Fall in New England is very beautiful if you'd like to fly in with your cable puller/plow and show me the ropes. Any chance you work for beer? or pumpkins? or cows milk?

Man, I wish!

I swear irrigation is addictive.

You'll build yours, and it will work immaculately, and then you will try to talk all your neighbors and lawn friends into plumbing their lawns.

First you dabble in PEX or PVC, and the next thing you know you are down in a hole in your lawn soldering copper.

Know what? I'll stay out of your PEX vs. PVC vs. poly choice. This is all way more regional than I thought. I don't have enough experience to comment on the pros or cons of either.

Down here, PVC and PEX are the plastics of choice.

From my googling of your question, poly dominates up there.

I do know PEX is going to have the smallest ID for a given size pipe, so erring on the side of bigger is a good idea.

And there are much higher pressure ratings than I knew about with poly. Anyway, I haven't had my hands on poly, so I should keep my mouth shut there.

My suggestion would be talking to installers and suppliers in your area and going with the most common.

Sorry if I've added to any of your confusion.

Well, I got most pros against me on the Lawnsite, but some are starting to question. Really the answer is "PEX is best but not everyone knows it yet"

The pros are saying the fittings are more expensive, that and they don't match up to PVC so it's even more supplies to carry/adapt. Which is true.

I thought about doing my system as a DIY, but got a headache trying to figure out how to cover my 30K sqft. I ultimately went with a contractor who used 1" sched 40 pvc, about 40 heads and 9 zones I think. It took a couple of guys a full week to complete. Doing it myself, not knowing what I was doing?? Probably take me a full summer of weekends. Good luck with your project.

wow, 9 zones.
It's one of those things where its hard work and you dread not having free time as it is, but the project itself I find is always great fun.