Hose Faucets
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Hose Faucets
Even although winter is almost over, I wondered what you all did with your hose faucets in the wintertime? Do you shut off the water at the main, and store the hose somewhere, or leave everything hooked up?
Believe it or not I know 2 people here in Indiana that leave their hoses with the water still connected all winter long. I really have no idea how the pipe doesn't freeze, but they have been lucky so far. That being said we shut off our water main for the hose, and store the hose in the shed. Then put like an old glove or something on the outdoor faucet.
Believe it or not I know 2 people here in Indiana that leave their hoses with the water still connected all winter long. I really have no idea how the pipe doesn't freeze, but they have been lucky so far. That being said we shut off our water main for the hose, and store the hose in the shed. Then put like an old glove or something on the outdoor faucet.
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I disconnect the hoses, roll them up, and store them in the shed. Coiling them gets a lot of the water out. My hose bibs are all frost proof Woodford units, the cheapo units are junk and not worth installing. I do not cover them with anything. I do flush out all the spider webs before I connect hoses to them in the spring.
-BTW remember to avoid heating the faucet while soldering copper pipe connections.
For pictures or info:
http://www.plumbingsupply.com/woodford.html
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-BTW remember to avoid heating the faucet while soldering copper pipe connections.
For pictures or info:
http://www.plumbingsupply.com/woodford.html
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I have a cut-off valve in the ground at the base of my hose faucet and I will cut it off if I know we are in for sub-freezing temps. This year, even tho we had temps in the high teens, it never froze. I was lucky.
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frost proof faucets here drain hoses store em away, dam old man winter just dumped 14 inches of snow on us.
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I've got frostproof hose bibs, but there is one little 1/4" valve on the side of the house for the swamp cooler. I got a styrofoam 'cup' that goes over the valve and it seals against the side of the house. It's designed for the bigger hose bibs, but works pretty good. I'd never leave my hoses hooked up, but I've left a few hoses out during winter. They disappear with the first snow, and surface in the spring (kinda like dog doo).
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I Have a regular bib with a shutoff inside on the other side of the house. It used to have a frostproof one that froze and broke a few years ago. At that time I just cheaped out and put a shutoff valve on the inside of the house.
THe hose goes in the heated garage so its ready for rink flooding.
THe hose goes in the heated garage so its ready for rink flooding.
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Frostproof faucets come in various lengths to match the environment. The actual valve should always be far enuf inside the building that it does not freeze. There must be warm air circulation around the pipes and faucet tho. Valves in an unheated closet will freeze. I have seen valves that were insulated that froze, there must be no insulation around the valve. Valves in any unheated area will freeze. Properly installed the valves drain themselves if the hose is disconnected.
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