Any thoughts on heated garden hoses?

[dawnjoennikki98]

I have the heated hose...which works great... and i have a 5 gallon heated bucket.. works great..
BUT, I was just about to post my problem ...the pipe in the crawl space that leads to the hose spicket is freezing over night now! ahhhhhhh, it's very hard to get water from the house outside to them.

We even insulated it, with the insulating tube that fits right over the pipe, and then taped that. This pipe is in the crawl space under the house, and then comes right out the back of the house. I diconnect the hose from it right after i use it, but the water must not be draining out of the pipe completely? Help!

 

[workaholic90]

Do you have any updates on the heated hose you use?

 

[duckins]

I have 150 ft med. duty hose I undo and fasten insulated faucet cover over spigot than I walk the access water if real cold I'll walk it 2x works great never ever froze even when buried in snow but I like the heated idea maybe I should start buttering up hubby.

 

[roosterwrangler]

Have you tried heat tape or water pipe heating cable for your crawl space pipe? The pipes in my barn and well house used to freeze. We wrapped them in heat tape, plugged them in and never had any more problems. To provide water to the chickens (no ducks yet), I put a heat lamp over the water bowl - works great. Of course, you have to have electricity to do that, so spent a bloody fortune on heavy duty, water proof extension cords to bring electricity to the coop! For the horses, I have a drain plug deicer in my tank - would something like that work for the ducks? Again, you would require electricity, and I can't quite tell if electricity is available to those of you with freezing water problems.

As for frozen water hoses, I haven't figured that one out yet. Still working on it - the ones you can buy seem to be very expensive, not sure if I'm ready to spend that kind of money yet.