I've got a hose faucet back in my bushes where it's hard to get to. So I ran heavy-duty hose from it behind the bushes to near my driveway 35 feet away, and put an on-off value at the end which is staked into the ground. Then I attached another hose to it. I leave the water from the house faucet on, and only shut it off at my inline valve.
But for my extension from the house - even with the most heavy-duty hose I could find - it keeps bursting - and I keep replacing it.
I've been lucky - I catch it each time because you can hear the water running when it goes. But if I wasn't home, I would flood my yard or even my basement.
We live in Atlanta. In the deep winter, I shut this value off from the inside in case of freezing. But in the summer, while direct sunlight doesn't hit this extension hose - I'm sure it still warms up.
I need a better solution. Could I permanantly run copper pipe or PVC on the outside in place of the extension hose? I'd still likely need to attach it to the outside faucet with some twist-on hose-type connection - there isn't enough copper hanging out for me to cut off the faucet and solder it on.
Effectively, what I'm looking to do is "move" the place where you turn the hose on/off to the edge of my driveway vs. having to crawl through the bushes each time.
But an additional fear is that while a break/leak/burst on the outside is still bad - I wouldn't want my plan to perhaps affect the pipe indoors pre-faucet in my basement ceiling.
Noteworthy is that this particular faucet sprouts off the main water line coming into my basement. It's got an indoor shut-off valve, but I've let of largely wide-open to gain pressure for washing cars, the driveway, etc. Perhaps the pressure is too great for a hose, period and I need to back off the flow - and a regular hose would then still work.
But for my extension from the house - even with the most heavy-duty hose I could find - it keeps bursting - and I keep replacing it.
I've been lucky - I catch it each time because you can hear the water running when it goes. But if I wasn't home, I would flood my yard or even my basement.
We live in Atlanta. In the deep winter, I shut this value off from the inside in case of freezing. But in the summer, while direct sunlight doesn't hit this extension hose - I'm sure it still warms up.
I need a better solution. Could I permanantly run copper pipe or PVC on the outside in place of the extension hose? I'd still likely need to attach it to the outside faucet with some twist-on hose-type connection - there isn't enough copper hanging out for me to cut off the faucet and solder it on.
Effectively, what I'm looking to do is "move" the place where you turn the hose on/off to the edge of my driveway vs. having to crawl through the bushes each time.
But an additional fear is that while a break/leak/burst on the outside is still bad - I wouldn't want my plan to perhaps affect the pipe indoors pre-faucet in my basement ceiling.
Noteworthy is that this particular faucet sprouts off the main water line coming into my basement. It's got an indoor shut-off valve, but I've let of largely wide-open to gain pressure for washing cars, the driveway, etc. Perhaps the pressure is too great for a hose, period and I need to back off the flow - and a regular hose would then still work.
