The choice of a hose for watering plants is an important task for gardeners and gardeners. Today there is a wide range of products on the market for this purpose. Watering hoses have different properties and have different prices.
All products for water supply can be divided into intake and garden. The first group has a rigid base that prevents the hoses from collapsing. Such materials can easily withstand the negative pressure that occurs when fluid is taken from the well. The second type of product is directly hoses for irrigation. They are usually connected after a pump that pushes water.
These materials have good flexibility, lightness, they are easy to use. Such hoses for irrigation are required in any household in large quantities. With their help, plants are watered through tips or sprinklers, they wash paths and cars, they create home plumbing.
Most commonIrrigation fixtures are made from polymers and rubber.
Often a three-layer version is produced, when there is an external protective layer and an internal component, and a fabric reinforcing pad is located between them. All these materials determine the properties of the product.
The watering hose (rubber) must withstand the pressure created by the pressure of the water. To do this, the workload must be three times lower than indicated in its characteristics. In irrigation systems, this indicator is rarely higher than 6 bar, so standard products can easily withstand it.
When choosing hoses for irrigation, you should take into account the temperature regime at which the material will be used. If it becomes necessary to pump water during frosts (late autumn), products with improved properties should be purchased. Otherwise, they will lose strength and elasticity.
When passing hot water, there is also a danger that the irrigation hoses will lose their quality.
Depending on the speed of fluid movement and pressure, a product with the appropriate diameter is selected. If the cross section is too large, the pressure may drop, and it will not be enough for normal watering.
A hole that is too small will not allow you to get the required water flow, which may affect the operation of, for example, sprinklers. The standard solution would be to choose a one inch irrigation hose that fits many pumps.
When choosing a product, you should consider its service life. Any watering hose, when used, bends, rubs against various surfaces. The subject follows the summer resident on the ground, lawn, gravel or stone paths. In this case, the main load falls on the casing, which gradually wears out, becomes thinner and becomes unusable. Different products age at different rates. It all depends on the thickness and wear resistance of the casing material. Depending on the conditions of use, the service life of the hose is three to ten years.
