Remote Faucet

[Rocket1]

I bought a new home last year and one thing that I don't like is that the outside water faucets are on the opposite side of the hose from my driveway and garage. It's a pain to pull out the 100' of hose to reach the driveway when I wash my cars.

I'm looking for a way to make a remote hook up so I don't have to run a hose all around the house. I remember when I was little that my parent's neighbor made a remote faucet hook up for the area that he stored his landscape truck and trailer. My dad remembers it as well and said he was pretty sure it was somehow plumbed into his lawn sprinklers.

I was thinking of hooking mine up to the faucet but the sprinkler hook up might be a better option.

Has anyone here done anything like this?

 

[NUTTSGT]

Is it possible to just plumb in a new outdoor spigot where you need it ?

 

[jhelrey]

Easy to run new pipe from a line before the zone valve under ground to the side of the garage, and then run it up with copper pipe.

Just have to blow it out when you close down the irrigation system for the winter.

 

[Norcal]

Easy to run new pipe from a line before the zone valve under ground to the side of the garage, and then run it up with copper pipe.

Just have to blow it out when you close down the irrigation system for the winter.

Only if you have the misfortune of living in a godforsaken climate like the Northeast.

 

[matt_i]

If you have a zone valve/underground box usually with PVC tee in there, that's a good place to go shopping for a water source. Just be careful inside of there, black widows are known to hang out in the boxes. Usually you will get a super tiny round box with barely enough room to move (probably have to dig that one up) unless you built your own system or you had a generous installer who put in the larger rectangular boxes.

 

[maxpower_hd]

I have a similar issue. I could run a separate line to the other side of the house but a challenging basement configuration and odd lot with lots of ledge and rock make it a difficult task I am not willing to take on just to add a spigot. So I am thinking of adding a T to my existing spigot which happens to be in my garage and run PEX or some similar plastic plumbing product with push on fittings up and over the top of the interior of my garage. Then plumb a spigot out the wall. Then I could simply disconnect it for winter and drain it. Mine would be for the misses to water plants.

 

[reader2580]

My parents have a faucet at their garden connected to irrigation system. It works great except irrigation control system has to be on to open main valve. My father just opens the faucet when winterizing the system.

 

[CN Spots]

If you connected it to the sprinklers, wouldn't it only have water when the sprinklers were on? I'd probably just T off from the line going to the house and install a yard hydrant.

 

[joe_padavano]

Just get a yard hydrant and run 1" plastic well pipe in a trench. This is common for barns and pastures. I did the same when I built my remote shop. Depending on where you live, the hydrants are available for 2ft, 3ft, and 4ft burial. The hydrant is designed so that the valve is below the frost line and the standing column of water drains when you close the valve.

 

[bczygan]

What is challenging about the basement?

 

[CNGsaves]

OP has endless options as it's not going to freeze much in TX !!

Would be good time to try your hand at pex . . . or sweating copper pipe to run another faucet on other side of house. I'd rather do that in basement than digging up yard.

 

[maxpower_hd]

What is challenging about the basement?

Low ceilings in part, a crawl space in part, a cement wall in between two sections, etc. The current line runs along a wall to the existing spigot so it isn't in the way. If I ran it across to the other side it would make the overhead clearance even lower than it already is. And on top of that, the house is on a significant hill so the pipe would have to go through an internal block wall,the foundation and a hole be dug to get the pipe up and out where you need it or go up through my kitchen wall to come out the wall. The garage idea would be the simplest for me for watering a few plants and some tomatoes.

 

[rlitman]

I'm sure next year Milwaukee will have a cordless M18 offering for just this problem.

 

[WP9]

For 35 years I have had three exterior faucets located at various places in my large yard. Beats dragging long hoses. Mine are connected to my sprinkling system manifold with an above ground manual valve to be able to turn it off when needed. Since winter is a freeze event in Michigan, I blow out that "zone" like any other zone in the fall.

 

[coachrick]

OP has endless options as it's not going to freeze much in TX !!

Not so sure about that!!! Average number of freezes in the area is 33/yr but record is 64. There have been stretches of over 10 DAYS of continuous below freezing temps.

Not a dang thing normal about the weather in Texas!!!Our first winter in Austin had 20 degree temps three nights in a row! Hydrangeas did NOT do well!!!

 

[Rocket1]

I have two small round valve boxes on the side of the lawn where I want to add a faucet. The main water line to feed the sprinklers is in line with them as well. I think I could tee off in front of the valves and run line to the desired area. I probably would only need 15' or 20' of pipe to do that.

Originally I was planning to get two small valve boxes (one by the faucet on the house and one by the garage. I was going to use PEX to run in between the two boxes. I figured a quick connect in one box with a short feed line from the faucet to the box and then either a gate valve or a ball valve in the box by the driveway. I think I like the idea of taping into the sprinklers better because it's a much shorter distance and less trouble

 

[59 wagon man]

sprinkler water maybe a lot harder and more difficult to remove the water spots it will leave

 

[Rocket1]

sprinkler water maybe a lot harder and more difficult to remove the water spots it will leave

It shouldn't be any different than the water that comes out of the existing pluming. It's all coming from the same place. I don't have a water filtration system

 

[jhelrey]

If you connected it to the sprinklers, wouldn't it only have water when the sprinklers were on? I'd probably just T off from the line going to the house and install a yard hydrant.

Supply lines are always charged. Zone valves turn on and allow the water to flow to X many sprinkler heads.

 

[Nexussian]

........ go up through my kitchen wall....

If your kitchen is on the same side of the house you need water, why can't you tap into the sink supply and add a spigot or hose bib through the wall as necessary?

Seems the simplest and cheapest solution if there isn't some reason not to (kitchen on the third floor, maybe?? ).

If that isn't feasible, where is your washing machine?

It has to get water from somewhere.

 

[maxpower_hd]

If your kitchen is on the same side of the house you need water, why can't you tap into the sink supply and add a spigot or hose bib through the wall as necessary?

Seems the simplest and cheapest solution if there isn't some reason not to (kitchen on the third floor, maybe?? ).

If that isn't feasible, where is your washing machine?

It has to get water from somewhere.

The kitchen goes wall to wall and the sink is on the opposite side. This house was built in 1933 and was originally a cottage. Washing machine is too along with the bathroom. ALL the water is on the opposite side. Likely for the same reason.

 

[Nexussian]

The kitchen goes wall to wall and the sink is on the opposite side. This house was built in 1933 and was originally a cottage. Washing machine is too along with the bathroom. ALL the water is on the opposite side. Likely for the same reason.

Rats.