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Needing a good garden tap?

12 Apr 2023
Look no further that this.   We can't sell them to you, but we do endorse these.....

A superb tap for better connections!





Top Class Riding Arena Build with an automatic Leaky Pipe Subsurface System

6 Jan 2021
  

Here's a 65m by 35m Riding arena under construction
incorporating our LeakyPipe® System to keep the riding
surface regularly moist and stable.    
Seen here, laid on a geotextile membrane, before
the sand is installed.  

See more information about this Specialist Application, Please view this presentation.  
It only takes five minutes, then give us a call if you think it can help you.      
01622 746495.




New Battery-Powered Watering Timers for Taps.

9 Apr 2019

The New & Reliable, Battery-Powered Watering Timers for Taps
are ready for the New Season.



Made by the excellent Company "Orbit”, the Buddy One and
Buddy Two Timers are in stock and represent fabulous
value for money when it comes to automating the watering
from the humble Garden BibTap.



Proven to be reliable, with alkaline batteries that will last for a year’s
worth of operation, you simply attach these to the tap, set-up the time
you want to water for and how often, and that’s about it!    

Easy to install, easy to adjust, easy to benefit from the quality of
these quality units.  

See them demonstrated in videos on this website.
 https://www.leakypipe.co.uk/tap-timers-c102x3097787

 

Laura Anstiss Garden Design

30 Jan 2019

"With today’s extreme weather patterns, drought intensity is predicted by Met Office climate models to increase, and irrigation is an element of garden design which can’t be overlooked.

South-East based garden designer, Laura Anstiss, always includes an irrigation system in each plan. 


"Generally, I work with a lot of developers on plots which are over an acre in size, and this includes plenty of new builds. Even if the system isn’t installed, we lay conduits, which can be used at a later date to pull through electrics and irrigation if needed without having to take up any slabs,” says Laura. 

"I see a lot of flooding and waterlogging, but during the summer months we experience drought, and efficient irrigation can encourage plants to grow up to three times as fast if it’s strategically placed. 

"I have used LeakyPipe irrigation systems for the last five years. It’s a porous hose, not a pipe with holes in, so you can sink it and hide it. The holes don’t get blocked and every situation I’ve used it in has been successful,” she says.

"It’s reliable and it accurately distributes water, so it saves time and reduces water use, and it lasts for years.” 

Laura explains that the only irrigation challenge is in educating clients about watering plants at key times and noticing when the soil is drying out. "I recommend certain maintenance schemes, and generally the challenge is to gauge when to start watering, but once this is explained, it works like clockwork and I’ve never had any negative feedback from the systems.” LeakyPipe Systems Ltd is run by Chris Fermor, and he’s been supplying this innovative porous rubber material since the mid 80’s.

Laura is based in Tenterden, Kent and Shows at Chelsea Flower Show.  If you're looking for a designer, why not give her a call?   07970 704820  http://anstissgardens.co.uk 

Developing Water Drought

9 May 2018

Even with Rainfall Due, the Water Table is Falling and Shortages are Now Likely this season.


Large areas of the Southern part of the UK are heading for drought conditions.  Water efficiency is key in many departments of commercial and domestic use of this resource.  


Any investment in technology that aids the efficient use of water is starting to prove itself.  (and we are not talking about rainwater harvesting!  The latter is not the same thing as "Water efficiency").


The future success of investment in Soft Landscape Planting in Commercial Developments and Gardens, will now be reflected in the watering regime.  Watering Can, Hosepipe or Bowser, surely placing water just to where it is needed should now be a key intention.   Placing it in a measured and labour-free way, an aim.


If restrictions come, Leaky Pipe teamed with a timing device, has been exempted from Bans.  A sensible decision after many years of proving that this technique works.


Adding some form of predictable control to the watering operation, even just through the use of simple timers set to water say 30minutes per day, will be both reliable and economic.  Easily repaying their worth over one season.


 

With a greater budget, comes the ability to build into any LeakyPipe irrigation system, "Weather Sensing Responsive Control".     By which, the watering times tomorrow will be automatically adjusted according to the weather conditions today.     Responsive control coupled with the accurate placement of irrigation water direct to target, with no spray evaporation, is water efficiency.  Improve the establishment of young plantings, speeding growth and benefitting the Country's Landscape Environment.    

Phone or email us for further information.

Commercial Soft Fruit Production

15 Jul 2016
Commercial Soft Fruit Production

Soft Fruit Growing, (Raspberries, Strawberries, 
Logan Berries, Tayberries & Gooseberries),
is made that much more easier with accurate
application of water, direct to the plant roots.  



Semi-Permanent crops can have Leaky Pipe
working reliably, below the soil surface.