Esshup is right and locally they had 500 ft rolls here. But I chose to use 100' rolls from Lowes instead. No splices would have been great, but that stuff is not the easiest to work with to unroll and a 500' roll is pretty unweildly. Plus in my case it was actually cheaper buying it that way, and at most I had only one splice per run. That said it would definitely be better to not have the splices.

But if you do use smaller rolls and add splices as needed like I did, be sure to splice it so it will not come apart. Get the regular hose barbes made especially for that pipe as the barb portion is a lot longer than splices made for rubber hose. You may have to warm the pipe to get the splice or fitting in. And I like to double hose clamp each joint instead of just a single clamp. You do not want the splice to come apart beause of epansion/contration or during installation. Might be hard to locate and find the leak.

Last edited by snrub; 12/29/16 08:34 AM.

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