Thread: Low water pressure in my Garden

Hi I have mains water supply for my house which the water pressure is good, I have installed a sprinkler system in my garden but the water pressure is to low any ideas on how I can increase the pressure for my garden.

Cheers
Jason

How many sprinkler heads are you trying to feed at once ?

Put in a booster pump, no problem.

Originally Posted by Thetyim

How many sprinkler heads are you trying to feed at once ?

I think it should be 11 but I am not out there until next week, they installed it when I was back in the UK

Originally Posted by blackgang

Put in a booster pump, no problem.

Booster Pump ? what's this ? how much does it cost ?

You can forget about 11 sprinklers on a half inch supply.
Should just about manage three.

I assume half inch is what you have. Just not enough flow rate unless you fit a big booster pump.
I needed a 150w pump to supply 3 heads, so I reckon you will need a 600w pump.

Lets see,,11 heads, yea a 2" line and a 500 GPM pump with a 27 hp Kabota diesel driving it should about handle 11 sprinkler heads..

Originally Posted by Thetyim

You can forget about 11 sprinklers on a half inch supply.
Should just about manage three.

I assume half inch is what you have. Just not enough flow rate unless you fit a big booster pump.
I needed a 150w pump to supply 3 heads, so I reckon you will need a 600w pump.

I think it is 11 it might be less, but how much does a 600w pump cost ?

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Before you think about cost tell us how big your water supply pipe is.
Half inch supply won't deliver enough for 11 heads