I bought a 12″ Aqua dynamic Frost free wall hydrant (with Anti-Siphon vacuum breaker) from local Home Depot and it took an afternoon on the weekend to do it. It was easy but I was stupid enough to buy the wrong parts (plumbing thread types), so in order to save time and not to drive to Home Depot again, I decided to use whatever in my tool box and came up with an alternative solution – compression fittings and copper pipe soldering. The whole project took longer because of my mistake.

Frost Free Water Hydrant Installation

Drops below the frost line to install a pipeline and hydrant. Getting a good installation is really difficult if there is water standing in the trench. Buying Materials When shopping for hydrants and pipe, compare a number of vendors for prices and quality. Some internal parts in the cheaper hydrants can’t be changed if they fail.

An advanced hydrant system that prevents contamination and freezing of the potable water service. When the hydrant is shut off, the canister, located below frost line at the base of the hydrant, collects the water that drains down from the hydrant head and riser pipe, protecting supply water from contact with surface water and soil bacteria and preventing head and riser pipe freeze-up.
Overview: How to install a frost-proof outdoor faucet. In recent years, outdoor water faucets (sill cocks) and a water spigot have undergone two great improvements: First, a frost-proof sill cock (Figure A, below) puts the faucet’s flow valve well within the heated walls of your home. That means if a sudden freeze occurs or you forget to shut.
Using a backhoe or trencher, create a trench that is safely below the frost line from the supply to the intended location of your hydrant. Dig out a pit at the hydrant end that is roughly 3 feet in diameter and about a foot deeper than the level of the trench.
Dig the ditch several feet past the hydrant location, a foot deeper than the waterline. Put a foot and a half of gravel in trench and around hydrant after installing. Lay black plastic on top of gravel, then backfill with dirt. The plastic keeps dirt from mixing into the rock.

Honestly, if you don’t want soldering and don’t even want to work with PEX, buy SharkBite pipe fittings instead. Since I have all the tools when I worked on many plumbing projects in our old house, I decided to go this route mainly I have left over parts. Skype offline setting. But I bet SharkBite would be the quickest in terms of time.

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How do you install a yard hydrant? Find out in today’s video!

Proper installation of frost free hydrant

We Installed THIS FROST FREE HYDRANT

If you own livestock then you probably need to have running water near your barn. Unfortunately most setups need to be shut down for the winter. BUT NOT A YARD HYDRANT!

How a yard hydrant works

Simmons Frost Free Hydrant Installation

Yard Hydrants are frost free, as the water in them above the ground drains out below the frost line. When the lever is lifted water flows up the pipe and out of the hydrant. When the lever is lowered, water drains back down the pipe and into the ground, underneath the frost line.

How Do You Install a Yard Hydrant?

Frost Free Hydrant Installation Cost

To install a yard hydrant you need to trench a waterline from your well to the location of the hydrant. Once you have trenched to the location you want the hydrant in you will need to dig a hole for the yard hydrant.

How deep do you bury a yard hydrant?

A hydrant should be buried below the frost line, which may be as deep as 4 feet or more in some places. Once the yard hydrant is attached to the well line, backfill it and turn on the water. https://typeever.amebaownd.com/posts/19206258.

Frost Free Hydrant Installation Instructions

It is as simple as that!