How to Build a Lawn Sprinkler and Drip System (Without Major Digging) Ditch the hoses snaking across your lawn and the oscillating sprinklers for something a little more professional.

Your sprinkler, drip system, and hoses are likely made up of PVC, poly, and plastic. While those materials are fairly resilient to weather changes, the water that flows through them is not.

Adding a new zone to an irrigation system; PEX vs. copper; repairing stripped screw holes. Lee Gilliam travels to Austin, Texas to help a homeowner add drip line to her existing sprinkler spray ...

Setting up a drip irrigation system should take only a few hours and cost about $200 for an average yard, since no trenching is needed.