Yard Hydrants

BlueRidge · May 16, 2006

Kent, it came from HERE:

 save your money and just install galv pipe coming up with a faucet on the end: it will freeze, but it will not burst, unless you try to cover it up to protect it: do this on the ones your definetly not going to use when the temp is below freezing, and save youself a lot of money and future work...repairing messed up yard hydrants...been there.. heehaw

MikeD74T · May 16, 2006

Here's a link to a yard hydrant that has a self contained drain chamber. should eliminate any concerns about adequate drainage, i.e. in clay soil or high water table.

MikeD74T · May 16, 2006

Here's a link to a yard hydrant that has a self contained drain chamber. should eliminate any concerns about adequate drainage, i.e. in clay soil or high water table.

Mace · May 16, 2006

I want to be able to use them all winter.

Mace · May 16, 2006

I want to be able to use them all winter.

KentT · May 16, 2006

( Kent, it came from HERE:

 save your money and just install galv pipe coming up with a faucet on the end: it will freeze, but it will not burst, unless you try to cover it up to protect it: do this on the ones your definetly not going to use when the temp is below freezing, and save youself a lot of money and future work...repairing messed up yard hydrants...been there.. heehaw 

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Heehaw is from Arkansas, not me -- that scattergun you're using is dangerous....

KentT · May 16, 2006

( Kent, it came from HERE:

 save your money and just install galv pipe coming up with a faucet on the end: it will freeze, but it will not burst, unless you try to cover it up to protect it: do this on the ones your definetly not going to use when the temp is below freezing, and save youself a lot of money and future work...repairing messed up yard hydrants...been there.. heehaw 

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Heehaw is from Arkansas, not me -- that scattergun you're using is dangerous....

heehaw · May 17, 2006

i have seen galv pipe sticking up 2-3 ft with a faucet on the top, all the way up in Pa; and yes they do freeze, but no, they do not split or break, unless you put a shutoff valve in line and shut it off, or try to cover it up: as long as they are left out, they will freeze from the top down, and push the water back down the line, you try to cover it up or put a shut off valve in and it will freeze at the ground first and then come up the pipe and split the pipe: or freeze and have no way to push the water back down the line(shut off valve) and it will burst..
heehaw

heehaw · May 17, 2006

i have seen galv pipe sticking up 2-3 ft with a faucet on the top, all the way up in Pa; and yes they do freeze, but no, they do not split or break, unless you put a shutoff valve in line and shut it off, or try to cover it up: as long as they are left out, they will freeze from the top down, and push the water back down the line, you try to cover it up or put a shut off valve in and it will freeze at the ground first and then come up the pipe and split the pipe: or freeze and have no way to push the water back down the line(shut off valve) and it will burst..
heehaw

heehaw · May 17, 2006

the faucets i put in are not usable in really cold weather of course: but where folks are getting broken pipes with this method, is when they "shut the water off to the faucet", which means putting a shutoff valve in line, so the water can't be "pushed" back down the line when it freezes: i have seen a couple folks stick a 5gal bucket over the pipe, and of course, it doesn't sit on the ground well enough to keep the cold air out, so the pipe freezes at the ground, and then the pipe burst. 20 years ago, i put in 4 yard hydrants: the one i use the most was replaced twice, so the third time, about 5 years ago, i changed it to this method: since then 2 of the others have rusted shut and broke when i tried to use them, so i am changing them too: the 4th still seems to work fairly well.
heehaw