Yard Hydrants

[heehaw]

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

 

[BlueRidge]

AH! I see the confusion - I clicked the wrong post to reply. My bad. Should have quoted, too.

Sorry about that.

 

[BlueRidge]

AH! I see the confusion - I clicked the wrong post to reply. My bad. Should have quoted, too.

Sorry about that.