In my typical over-think-things way, I'm designing a system to distribute water from the barn to 4 stalls, 2 run-in sheds, berry patch, wheat patch, pig wallow, pumpkin patch, and an orchard, using runs of buried PEX, multiple manifolds, brass ball valves, pressure reducers...
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4/ Nah, just ~10-12", with a strip of "dig no further, greedy dwarves, lest you unleash something grave" tape strip buried a few inches above it. Yes, blow out w compressed air (tho PEX can handle freezing if worst happens).https://twitter.com/DavidKMagnus/status/996442438519570432 …
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5/ well OBVIOUSLY LANA we're building in a provision for 12v DC-controlled servos https://twitter.com/ASDarwinist/status/996442759786573824 …
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7/ Interesting question. I guess the idea is that you get effectively twice the cross sectional area of pipe? In my case, no. Most runs are just going to stalls 20' away. Other runs are going hundreds of feet to orchards, etc. Don't want to buy and bury 2x the PEX. https://twitter.com/k_d_payne/status/996489624263458817 …
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Yes, have considered this. Intend to do so in "road pasture" and maybe "cross pasture". Even have some IBC totes on hand. Do NOT intend to do so for things closer to the barn. PEX isn't that expensive, and it'll be nice to not have to refill cisterns.https://twitter.com/BornProblematic/status/996494203986284547 …
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I should clarify. Run lines out to each cistern w/ a float valve. They automatically refill from there. The barn cistern would have to go inside to keep it free of ice, but I assume the other areas won't need water in winter.
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in winter all animals return to the barn and we shut down / blow out all hoses and lines it gets down to 0°F all the time, and down to -10°F sometimes cisterns will freeze solid
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