I am attempting to create a 100’ long or so “slip-n-slide” using some very thick plastic sheeting. My 1st attempt was a partial success, but I am looking to do better.
For the 1st attempt, I used PVC 1/2" pipe to make several “square arches” and drilled holes in the pipe that crossed the slip n slide…The big issues were water pressure and the PVC drooping over top of the slide.
Water supply will be a water hose which tests around 60 - 70 PSI. I am thinking a better design would be to forgo the arches and just have it spray like a fountain from pipes laying along the sides of the slide. I think I may still need a little more pressure
Any ideas? Here is a pic of the initial design on a 50’ slide
If you don’t mind spending a few more dollars, I’d buy a couple of inexpensive sprinklers and an appropriate number of tee fittings. That should get you where you need to be.
If you really want your existing arrangement to work, you’ll sink a thin pole at each arch end so that it extends about 3’ above the arch upright. The poles need not be super strong, but they should not be particularly flexible; preferably they’ll be pretty rigid, i.e. 1.5"-2" saplings or perhaps rigid garden stakes. Next, starting about 4’-5’ outside of each pole, run a line from a stake in the ground up to the top of the pole and across to the opposing pole’s top, anchoring the second end of the line with another stake. Symmetry is preferred, but not necessary. Additional lateral bracing might be needed to keep poles from tipping sideways. As a final step tie each of your PVC arches to the line running between the poles to support PVS at multiple locations as from a suspension bridge. Tie up the PVC so that it is essentially straight across its span. This is how we were taught to bridge a quebrada with a water pipeline in my Peace Corps days.
In the same vein, Tractor Supply has various replacement directional sprayer nozzles and fittings. For low tech and no engineering required I like the really basic sprinker ideas too.
