woodmort
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I just had a local plumbing contractor put it in. He start about 10 in the morning and finished about 3--would have done it faster but had to repair an electric and septic line. Basically they bring in a excavator, dig a trench below the lowest frost line and hook it to the house plumbing. The on/off valve is below the frost line and when you close the hydrant the water in the pipe drains off so there is nothing between the spigot and valve to freeze--as an added precaution there is a heat tape that can be used but the guy who did it says he's never had to hook one up. I'm kicking myself for not having done it long ago.
Wow sounds great. Is it costly?
I have to be honest--my DW took care of it out of her own account and I never saw the bill--it was a b'day gift. I'm guess it was close to $1000. I know I priced hydrants and they ran a couple hundred so figure the excavator, waterline, hookups and plumber's time that would have brought it to nearly a grand. I suspect if you had a way to dig the trench it would be less. The guy that did it was also a former student of both of us( and did well) so I'm sure we got this best rate.
I guess it would come down to how much is it worth to not have to haul water from midNovember to MidApril? Like I said, I wish I'd done it 25 yrs ago.
I just had a local plumbing contractor put it in. He start about 10 in the morning and finished about 3--would have done it faster but had to repair an electric and septic line. Basically they bring in a excavator, dig a trench below the lowest frost line and hook it to the house plumbing. The on/off valve is below the frost line and when you close the hydrant the water in the pipe drains off so there is nothing between the spigot and valve to freeze--as an added precaution there is a heat tape that can be used but the guy who did it says he's never had to hook one up. I'm kicking myself for not having done it long ago.
Wow sounds great. Is it costly?
I have to be honest--my DW took care of it out of her own account and I never saw the bill--it was a b'day gift. I'm guess it was close to $1000. I know I priced hydrants and they ran a couple hundred so figure the excavator, waterline, hookups and plumber's time that would have brought it to nearly a grand. I suspect if you had a way to dig the trench it would be less. The guy that did it was also a former student of both of us( and did well) so I'm sure we got this best rate.
I guess it would come down to how much is it worth to not have to haul water from midNovember to MidApril? Like I said, I wish I'd done it 25 yrs ago.
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