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07-02-18, 05:14 AM

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Elevated Garden Sprinkler

Elevated garden sprinkler

I need a couple of elevated sprinklers for the perennial gardens. The only raised ones I'm finding are the kind that have a tripod, would like something a little more permanate.

Found these fire sprinkler mounts, like the concept of a post and this just sets on top.

Any other ideas or I'm going to fab up a couple!

https://www.doityourself.com/forum/a...1&d=1530533580

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Look at commercial agricultural sprinklers like these Rainbird in the agricultural section of their website. You can purchase the impact head and they thread onto a pipe riser/nipple. They are available in different sizes depending on the flow volume and coverage area. I have piping buried underground and there is are 1" steel pipes sticking up out of the ground 6' with the sprinklers on top.

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