Running an outdoor spigot...

• justincredible

  

  I am looking in to running two new spigots outside. We currently have on on the left side of our house, halfway between our front yard and back yard. I want to add a spigot on the right side of the house close to the front yard and run one to the shed in our back yard.
  
  The X on the diagram is the current spigot, the two Os are where I would like to run them to. The one on the right side can be run through the basement. The one in the back yard would need to be buried. It's about 30-35' from the back of our house where the line would come out to the shed.
  
  Would this be a project a guy with above average DIY skills could accomplish or should I just pay someone to do it? If so, how much would you expect a job like this to cost? The back of our house has a deck attached, I'm sure that would increase the costs as they'd have to crawl around under the deck to run the line.
  
  
• 4cards

  

  ...I think you need to go to the yellow pages and get some quotes from plumbing contractors. Otherwise you'll have to dig the trench (below frost line) for the water line that will be running to your shed + everything else will be very time consuming.
• Curly J

  

  Where's the Garage ???
• salto

  

  Is that drawing to scale?
  
  
  e/ All kidding aside yea I bet you can do it.
  
  
  Tons of info available. Try googling this : " installing an underground water spigot "
• TedSheckler

  

  Just get a longer hose.
• sleeper

  

  I would have a professional do it. DIY projects are for poor people.
• Al Bundy

  LJ should be an expert on this.
• sleeper

  

  Al Bundy;1607988 wrote:LJ should be an expert on this.

  Reported! 9 month ban!
• salto

  

  TedSheckler;1607985 wrote:Just get a longer hose.

  
  I heard that is all Justin's wife wants.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  You should be an architect.
• mcburg93

  

  Its not hard to do all that yourself. You can rent a walk behind trencher that will go 36" That should be plenty to get you below frost line. You will need to get a 3/4" female brass yard hydrant which runs right around $100. Pick up a roll of pe (polyethylene) pipe and a few stab fittings with two hose clamps for each end. Where ever you decide to put the hydrant you will want to dig deeper and fill in with some pea gravel so that the water will have some where to drain when you shut it off. You will need to drill a hole through the basement wall but if its block you can do it with a hammer. Make sure you use a sleeve so the the Pe pipe dont rub against the brick. If you have copper for water lines in the house they make fittings called Shark bites that just push on that work great for quick easy jobs so you dont have to have completely dry lines. Make sure you put a shut off on both your spigots so that you have a way to shut them off incase one of them freeze and busts. [h=1][/h]
• Al Bundy

  sleeper;1607989 wrote:Reported! 9 month ban!

  I'll take one day a month for 23 years.
  
  /Tierman'd
• thavoice

  ernest_t_bass;1607991 wrote:You should be an architect.

  or just hire one. Art Vandelay is pretty cheap.
• salto

  

  mcburg93;1607992 wrote:Its not hard to do all that yourself. You can rent a walk behind trencher that will go 36" That should be plenty to get you below frost line. You will need to get a 3/4" female brass yard hydrant which runs right around $100. Pick up a roll of pe (polyethylene) pipe and a few stab fittings with two hose clamps for each end. Where ever you decide to put the hydrant you will want to dig deeper and fill in with some pea gravel so that the water will have some where to drain when you shut it off. You will need to drill a hole through the basement wall but if its block you can do it with a hammer. Make sure you use a sleeve so the the Pe pipe dont rub against the brick. If you have copper for water lines in the house they make fittings called Shark bites that just push on that work great for quick easy jobs so you dont have to have completely dry lines. Make sure you put a shut off on both your spigots so that you have a way to shut them off incase one of them freeze and busts.

  In other words, Justin hire someone.
• justincredible

  

  Yeah, I'll be making some calls.
• dlazz

  Why sink a bunch of money into this when you're moving and becoming Amish?
• Tigerfan00

  

  Where's your porch furniture?
• salto

  

  Clearly not a job for Subaru drivers.
• se-alum

  

  If it weren't for having to deal with the section under the deck, I would say do it yourself. Everything mcburg said is fairly easy, and less than a days work. Just have to have the utility companies come out and mark your lines, which a contractor will need done anyway.
• TedSheckler

  

  salto;1608055 wrote:Clearly not a job for Subaru drivers.

  Typically Subaru drivers have little interest in laying pipe.
• justincredible

  

  Haha gay jokes!
• Tigerfan00

  

  
  
  Hope this helps.
• se-alum

  

  I don't know if they even sell the non-freezeless hydrants anymore, but make sure you get a freezeless one if they do.
• Belly35

  

  48 inch is freeze line I think
• GoChiefs

  

  Belly35;1608207 wrote:48 inch is freeze line I think

  The frost line in Cincy is 30". Code requires lines to be at least 6" deeper than that.