Frost free hydrant for potable water
I plan to run water to a location by our driveway. Same area has power and sewer. I was looking at frost free hydrants but wonder if there is a particular brand that is safe for drinking water. It wo...
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Wow - People are making more out of this than it is. Any frost free hydrant will work. It doesn't need to be stainless or anything special. If you are filling up from an outdoor tap at your house now, is it a special tap or just water from the house? Just make sure you bury the end deep enough that the line won't freeze on your coldest winter storm. They have to drain or they are not frost free. We have horses, so if our water supply froze we would be in a world of hurt.
I have 3 frost free hydrant's on my property. The same thing you would buy at Lowes or in my case the local farm supply store. They are decent, reliable, and you can replace the internal rod and such if they fail. I have one failing now and its original to the house, over 20 years. I'm sure there are different qualities, I've never looked to see where the ones I have bought were made, but not a lot of local choices. However, I haven't bought a bad one. I think I have replaced 2 of my 3 due to varying issues. It's not fun, but not that bad either.
I can fill up from any of them, but the oldest one is near where I park my trailer. I do use a filter on the end of the hose, but I'm sure most people do that anyway when filling their RV tank. It's the same water that you pull from the kitchen sink, so doesn't need to be special.
I have 3 frost free hydrant's on my property. The same thing you would buy at Lowes or in my case the local farm supply store. They are decent, reliable, and you can replace the internal rod and such if they fail. I have one failing now and its original to the house, over 20 years. I'm sure there are different qualities, I've never looked to see where the ones I have bought were made, but not a lot of local choices. However, I haven't bought a bad one. I think I have replaced 2 of my 3 due to varying issues. It's not fun, but not that bad either.
I can fill up from any of them, but the oldest one is near where I park my trailer. I do use a filter on the end of the hose, but I'm sure most people do that anyway when filling their RV tank. It's the same water that you pull from the kitchen sink, so doesn't need to be special.
