Burying Pex for garden spigot

[Sureshot]

I'm thinking of running a permanent spigot to the garden area with 3/4" PEX. I have the crimper already and fittings etc. I know the UV part so I would swap to copper or protect it somehow. It would be buried below frost.
My question is how good will it flow coming off the well and traveling 140' with proper sweeping bends etc?

 

[kaymccampbell]

It'll work the same as it would in a wall. Just fine. I used to have 400' of 3/4" poly line feeding a hydrant, from a well, and the sprinklers in the veggie garden, 400+feet away, worked as well as the ones in the flower garden, next to the house.

 

[Mr onetwo]

use cts poly...cheaper and made for direct burial

 

[pbon]

I used the cheap black poly to go 250’ buried from a well pump (tapping from inside the house not the pump housing). I drain in the winter since i don’t heat the faucet or another section that is exposed coming from the house before it is buried.

 

[Lennyzx11]

I want to do the same thing. In my case, I’d like to start the run from an outside frost free faucet on the house wall.

Is it as simple that I could dig 4 ft down there at the wall to my frost depth, run line straight down and turn 90 degrees to make the straight run to the garden?

I’m unsure if insulation would protect the exposed part from the faucet down to the frost depth and how or if I could drain it for winter if needed.

On second thought, I guess using compressed air blowing it out would work.


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[burleyfarm]

Use 3/4-1” poly with a shut off and drain valve in house. Blow out in winter. Poly is cheap and you can make nice sweeps without fittings to reduce friction. At the garden, connect to a copper pipe attached to 4x4.


Dave

 

[TractorJeff]

Put a Hydrant in as Kay (post 2) did and don't worry about insulating the pipe or remembering to blow it out every Fall!