[RWebb]

I thought about putting a sprinkler or a drip system in my backyard ang got a couple of companies to give me estimates. One set. was about $2,500 and the other was $6,000 (!) We ain't talking about a large estate or anything crazy either.

So I'm thinking about doing it myself or at least running some pipe so I don't have to spend all day moving a sprinkler around.

Suppose I want to water a couple of small areas next to my deck "staircase": it runs down the hill of my backyard in several stages with steps in between. Say I have 3 areas to water (flower gardens) and each one is about 3 ft x 10 ft.

What size pipe should I buy to run all those together at the same time?

I'll stick some spray heads on (maybe 3 or maybe 4) and run the pipe along the deck. I can just connect a garden hose to it for now and save on all the fancy automated stuff, right?