Fix ruptured drip tape in seconds, while pressurized and wet for dirt cheap !
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2022
- Truly a Farmers Friend -- use this product and method to patch a punctured, ruptured drip tape line in seconds. You can also use this method to block one or multiple drip holes if you have a plant getting too much water.
Dude thank you for all the videos. My gut always tells me there’s a simpler cheaper way to do things rather than purchasing parts. You always come through. Thank you!!
Thanks for watching and glad you find the videos helpful. Cheers.
I hope you get a lot of other subscribers you really come up with great tips
great idea - quick and dirty - no muss, no fuss - thx
You are welcome, the tape is amazing stuff. Cheers
Great! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this tip. Will use a roll of flex tape I already have. Mahalo!
I been useing your tips, they are working great!
Thanks so much. Hoping they have been helpful or at least stir the imagination to be improved on. Cheers
THANK U! For getting right to it! I have a different brand, Nashua, I didn't realize I needed to score tube 1st. It worked this time! 💖 Love You!
Hi and thanks. Yes, if you can rough up surface it will help adhesion. I've done it without but not ideal. Also, make sure piece of tape is decently bigger than the breach. Cheers.
Thanks for sharing!
Great tip. Shopping tomorrow. Tried several tapes over the years recently been replacing or connecto
Makes it fun to patch leaks, LOL.
Nice. Thank you very much!
wow, I am going to try this. I have a 10 acre orchard with lots, maybe 100, leaks. Its either fix them as they occur or throw away the hose. thanks.
Great tip. I played video at 1.75 speed.
Very glad I found this and you have a new subscriber. If wrapping the circumference of a tube, will this adhere to itself, the colored part? Or would you recommend cutting it just short of overlapping?
@@DanBerens2112 thanks for watching and subscribing. Although I'm not producing any new videos, I leave this channel here to help. To your question: I have not tested overlapping vs not overlapping. I think I would lean toward not overlapping. Cheers.
Just a quick follow-up question. I tried this and it leaked from both ends of the tape. Basically I turned the water on right after which may have been a mistake. I'll rewatch the video but is it required to let it sit for 8 hours or overnight? Wondering if I did something wrong. I also wrapped up the two with sandpaper a bit.@@bootsintheroots
@@DanBerens2112 depending on the hole size you may need a larger patch. Also be careful not to touch the sticky side of the patch. Ideally scuff the surface like you said. You do have to press and hold pretty good. Start by pressing right over the hole and work out from there. I hope that helps in some way.
Can you explain why you keep the drip tape holes on top instead of laying on the ground? I haven’t seen anyone do it this way before. Thanks!
Hi, thanks for coming to my channel. The 'emitters' go up to keep dirt out. This is what the factory recommends. It also let's you see if it is emitting water properly. Cheers !
I wish you would see this question a year later! I just severed my drip tubing with my lawn mower. Is there a tape I could use to make more wraps and join a new piece of tubing in?
Hi, I still monitor the channel even though I haven't posted in a long time. There really is no practical value in fixing a tape severely cut up by a lawn mower. Cut out the bad sections and use couplers to add in new tape. Cheers.
Thank you! I hope you start posting again! This video was good and clear!@@bootsintheroots
@@janetbaker1945 thx for the comments. I'm out of the farming business now so no more videos coming. I keep the channel up to help others if it can. Cheers.
Why dont u bury your drip.tape
Somewhere in here I answered this question. Above ground is preferred by the Mfg and growers. You need to see leaks, see where the tape is not dripping correctly on fragile little seedlings. If buried, the water is going down away from tiny roots, not good. Gophers will chew through it if buried. Large rooted plants can push the tape around against a rock or other root and pinch off the water flow. When you succession plant, you may be changing the beds 2 , maybe even 3 times in our climate, so you would be digging up those tapes and they would get damaged and be a huge muddy mess, then you'd have to retrench the bed. Just too much risk and labor. Burying also risks clogging the holes of the tape. So just too many negatives to bury it.
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This may work for patching up that line that has almost no pressure in it, but this would never work in real irrigation systems. You need to cut and install a coupling. This is a waste of time and money
Hi Reign, have you tried it? This is for drip tape, not high pressure pipes. And I say that in the video. I have numerous patches holding just fine all over our apparently 'fake' irrigation system. Minus cost of the tape, I've still saved money and time. Try it out. Cheers.
Some people just like to seem important. You were very clear in stating this is not recommended for a high pressure situation. @@bootsintheroots