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    mmidgley
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    When using a hose valve system, is there a certain type of hose that should be used since it will be pressurized full-time?

    Will the hose and hose bibb require additional maintenance?

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    wgolfguy
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    No. I’ve never had an issue I’ve been using these guys for 4-5 years. Also your hoses should never have pressure. Once the valve shuts off it’s just resting water in the hose.

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    mmidgley
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    The hose on the supply side to the valve is the hose I am referring to that is pressurized “full-time”. Hoses on the output side of valves obviously would only be pressured during watering.

    I setup a system for a family member in southern utah where burying pipes would be extremely difficult. I did bury boxes that contained standard irrigation valves with fittings converting to hoses. After just a couple years the hoses, hose bibb (o-rings), and sprinkler heads on the system were failing. I figured it was a combination of constant pressure (in the short hoses supplying valves) and the HEAT.

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    Yeah I see what ya did. I buried all of my stuff except the controllers. Hoses, sprinklers etc all buried.

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    wgolfguy
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    I rented a trencher for a weekend I think it was $75.

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    mmidgley
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    Some type of machine was rented for trenching and it resulted in a failure. That lead to the decision to use a hose system. Some of the hoses were buried, but mostly they were surface or close to surface and susceptible to the sun’s rays.

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