Installation Guide for AQUAMISER Drip System for Borders

Contents of your System Pack 5xT Connectors, 3xElbow Connectors and 50m Labyrinth Drip Tube In addition you will need: 1. a Stanley-type knife to cut your supply tube 2. a kettle or pan of hot (not boiling) water to soften the supply tube when connecting fittings Suggested layout Our Labyrinth Drip Tube installed as a matrix of rows around 30cm apart and the row ends joined using Elbow and T Connectors. The pressurised water supply can be introduced at any convenient point (in this case top right corner via a T Connector). See Components and Prices for further information or additional items you may need to extend your system AQUAMISER and most other brands of fittings for 0.5" (13mm i/d) hose are of the push-fit ("barbed") type. If your main water pressure is higher than 28lb/in2 (2 bar or 2kg/cm2), barbed joints may not be strong enough to withstand it. Regulate the pressure at the tap and/or secure the hose fittings with jubilee-type hose clips Planning your System Important Drips need water pressure (typically 14lb/sq in) Water supply Ideally you will use a water tank to recycle domestic grey water (from bathing or washing up etc) or collect rainwater, and use this with a pump to supply your system. In the UK you must use an anti-siphon valve to prevent contamination of your domestic water supply when connecting a hose to a garden tap supplied by mains water. The valve is often incorporated into the tap connector and these are widely available at garden shops. If using a water tank fed from the mains there must be a proper air gap, again to prevent contamination. We suggest you contact your main water supplier about regulations applicable to your area Installation Step by Step What to do AQUAMISER Tips 1 Decide on the layout (see diagram as a guide) and assemble the tools you'll need and any additional fittings required The matrix is made by cutting the Tube and laying in rows. 30cm between rows should be sufficient for general watering of a border over a reasonable period. You can set the rows closer (to around 25cm) but the Tube has Irrigators inserted at 30cm intervals and the space required by these plus Elbows or T Connectors inside the Tube will limit the minimum row distance 2 Lay the Drip Tube around the area to be watered. To straighten, unroll it and allow to lie flat for an hour or so, preferably in sunlight You can use any flexible 0.5" hose to conduct the water supply to the start of your system and you need to connect this to the supply with the appropriate tap connector (available from your garden shop). Then connect to the AQUAMISER Drip Tube via a T Connector 3 Cut the Tube and insert the fittings (T or Elbow Connectors) where you want them. Soften the tube end first in hot (not boiling) water before pushing the fitting home. Continue until all Tube is installed as required Make the joints smartly and allow to cool without moving. The Tube will shrink around the barb on the fitting 4 Turn on the supply and observe the delivery of water If there are leaks at any of the fittings, remake them (using hot water again) until you get them right, or secure joints with hose clips 5 Provided that the supply is clean, your AQUAMISER system should require no maintenance In hard water areas a build up of deposits is unavoidable. Remove irrigators from the system and immerse in descaler solution to clean