Nice shop! I’m just getting started on my shop, still doing the dirt work. I want to add an outdoor kitchen/bar and also have hot and cold water for washing vehicles. I’m liking your faucets and how you are running the water supply to your outdoor cooking area. How are you providing freeze protection for when it gets really cold? Any details on your fixtures? I want to make sure I have everything in place before concrete!
Thanks
I will have ball valves installed on each line to isolate them.
I am also putting a "T" on each line with a ball valve so I can put blow them out with compressed air when I winterize them.
Although I plan to keep the building heated all winter, I am also putting a drain line on the 30 gallon hot water heater so I can drain it easily should I ever need to turn the heat off in the winter.
I am taking one corner of the building and making a 7'X17' utility room. It will have the breaker panel, water heater, water system manifold, urinal, frost proof hydrant, air compressor and some storage in it. My thought is it will clean up the appearance of the interior and keep all my mechanicals in one area.
Before they poured the concrete, we ran PVC sleeves. Once the concrete was in, we pulled PEX through the PVC sleeves.
These are the spigots I used - From Menards.
I put the spigot on the front of the building just inside the first door. I did that so as to keep the front of the building "clean" without a spigot sticking out. I figure to wash car, truck, Gator, mower, etc, I can just run the hose out the door.
The spigot on the car port / patio I put at the far end from where we will entertain, on the far side of the double deep sink. From where people will sit and hang out, you can't really see it.
Only problem I have found doing this, is that the hydrant is not made to have water in it all the time, and will rust on the inside of the pipe,, ( foot valve supposed to drain the pipe) this means, if you do not use the water for a while, you get this “rusty slug” of water that gets into everything… I had issues with my water heater, as well as using the water for making coffee, etc. I ended cutting mine back out of the floor and installing a copper pipe/valve…figure i would throw some insulation on it if needed
Valid point. This is a pretty common set-up around here but I suspect very few around here have water heaters in their sheds.
I will see how it goes. Based on your input, I I will put a whole house filter on it prior to it reaching the buildings plumbing.
I did put the hydrant inside a well filled with gravel - it's not cemented in. It can be changed out or removed without having to cut or bust up the floor.
Just ordered the filter. Thanks for the input - I would not have thought of that.
I explained that there is no going back now; the color scheme for our "compound" is set.
