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Guides.
What we have learned looking after gardens on London clay, written down plainly.
- Guide · Irrigation · Regulations Break tanks, air gaps and WRAS: what a compliant garden irrigation system needs Buried garden irrigation is fluid category 5 under the Water Fittings Regulations. What that means for backflow protection, break tanks, air gaps and Part P.
- Guide · Irrigation · Restrictions Drip irrigation during a hosepipe ban: what Thames Water has allowed, and how to plan for the next one Recent Thames Water bans stopped hosepipes and sprinklers but allowed drip irrigation on a timer. What the rules said, and how to design a garden around them.
- Guide · Irrigation · Cost How much does a garden irrigation system cost in London? What drives the price of a domestic irrigation system in South West London: zones, drip versus pop-ups, pumps and tanks, controllers and labour. How to read a quote.
- Guide · Irrigation · Soil Watering on London clay: why we programme every irrigation system with cycle-and-soak Clay around Teddington takes water at 5 to 8 mm an hour; spray heads put down far more. How cycle-and-soak stops run-off, and how to set it on a Rain Bird controller.
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