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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SoonDockin wrote:
Its going to be about 75 ft from the house near my unheated shop. No basements here. I use the RV off and on all year round. I currently pull over by the house to fill the tanks or run 100ft of hose to the rv at the staging spot. I want water over by the shop so that's going to happen either way. I see now that a frost free is not going to solve all needs, so I will just need to do the frost free then leave a stub for a standard spigot I can keep from freezing.
Reading this comment, As I mentioned in my last post, I have a frost free hydrant at my barn, for horse water. That is outside the barn. It's great as it works all year round and I don't have to protect it from freezing. I also have a sink inside the barn, which is open and not heated. I have that next to an exterior wall. When we built it, the water line comes off a T near the frost free line, it goes up into the wall area. From there is is like a standard faucet connection, but we insulated the heck out of it, and wrapped it in heat tape. If it's going to stay below freezing for a few days or get really cold at night, I pug in the heat tape, I also have some insulation foam tubing I put on the faucet and handles to protect them from freezing, not sure if I need that, but haven't had a leak or problem from freezing. Easy solution, and kills 2 birds. We don't have hot water, so both sides of the sink are cold. We do have a hose connection on the sink so we can use it to connect a hose for whatever we need.
Good Luck with your choices, but I am a fan of the frost free hydrant.
