RandyLittrell 3,877 #1 Posted May 2, 2020 I am going to finally put in a hydrant out to my shop. Need to run water line underground about 60 feet. What the best line to use? I don't want to do this again anytime soon. I ponied up and bought a Woodford hydrant versus the $50 china one. My preference would be pex since its easy to work with and I have the tools. Not sure thats the best choice though. Thanks fella's!! Randy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeek 2,286 #2 Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) I just ran 100' of half-inch PEX from my house to my garage. I live in FL. It's direct buried about 18". Works great and is very easy to work with. I threw it in when I had the ditch open for the electric. I did not use 3/4" because I only have one faucet draw at a time - pressure/flow same as rest of house. 3/4" is only needed for multiple draws from same feeder (shower/dishwasher running at same time from same feeder line). I got the best price here on eBay. I paid $26.67 last fall. This seller is out of stock and the price has increased, but you can get it elsewhere cheap. Once you have the fittings, cutter and crimper (you can get a kit) you are good to go. I used this crimper and this cutter. Edited May 2, 2020 by Zeek 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Racinbob 11,045 #5 Posted May 2, 2020 I'd say PEX would be an excellent choice. It's approved for direct burial. I'm not a fan of the push on fittings but if you just have a couple to do you may not want to buy the crimper. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeM 7,871 #6 Posted May 2, 2020 2 hours ago, RandyLittrell said: My preference would be pex Yep, and only going 60 feet 1/2" should be good. I have one building at 110' and I used 3/4" and it worked good. When my son built his pole building, we burred 2" conduit and pulled 1/2" red and blue pex though it so he could have hot water in the building too. It was 50' He has a stationary sink out there and it sure is nice to wash your paws up instead of going into the house. 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandyLittrell 3,877 #7 Posted May 2, 2020 Thanks guys, you confirmed what I thought! I already have all the crimpers as I am just finishing up redoing my 100 year old house in pex. Some of the old pipes only had about a 1/4" inside the pipe from all those years of build up. I had a mix of black pipe, galvanized, copper and PVC! Randy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeek 2,286 #8 Posted May 2, 2020 7 minutes ago, RandyLittrell said: Thanks guys, you confirmed what I thought! I already have all the crimpers as I am just finishing up redoing my 100 year old house in pex. Some of the old pipes only had about a 1/4" inside the pipe from all those years of build up. I had a mix of black pipe, galvanized, copper and PVC! Randy I had that situation in my first house. Everytime I had to get into the black pipe it caused a leak farther down the line and I had to keep replacing more in some areas 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 17,669 #9 Posted May 2, 2020 When you backfill around your hydrants use nice easy to dig gravel or fine crushed stone in 25 years it will be a lot easier to dig it up when it fails, Yes Virginia they do fail and not the innards that are replaceable. The galvanized pipe rusts through. Happened to the hydrant outside my workshop and the one in my brothers barn. Digging them out is not fun as mine was back filled with clay and rocks.... 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandyLittrell 3,877 #10 Posted May 2, 2020 1 minute ago, pfrederi said: When you backfill around your hydrants use nice easy to dig gravel or fine crushed stone in 25 years it will be a lot easier to dig it up when it fails, Yes Virginia they do fail and not the innards that are replaceable. The galvanized pipe rusts through. Happened to the hydrant outside my workshop and the one in my brothers barn. Digging them out is not fun as mine was back filled with clay and rocks.... I already have the gravel, had to dig one out at Dads place when I was much younger and it wasn't fun then!! I tend to over engineer everything, it drives my Son crazy but I like to do things once!! Randy 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,279 #11 Posted May 2, 2020 1 hour ago, RandyLittrell said: tend to over engineer everything, it drives my Son crazy but I like to do things once I'm the same. There is NO other way to be. Your son will likely learn that eventually as well. Build. Fix. Build. Fix. Build. Fix. Is a lot less fun than B. U. I. L. D. S. L. O. W. L. Y. O. N. E. T. I. M. E. 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
