Frost Free Hydrant Installation. [00:41] expose existing water pipe. The plastic keeps dirt from mixing into the rock.
Place the hydrant on top of a cinder block or other heavy object for support. Dig hole for hydrant approximately 2' in diameter and 1' deeper than the bury depth. This free hydrants should be returned undamaged, and materials in use and insulating your watering plants wintering over the surface of the purpose of liability.
Place the hydrant on top of a cinder block or other heavy object for support.
The depth of installation depends on the depth of frost line in your area. 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. The horizontal water pipe running out to the hydrant location from the house must be buried deep enough to be below the frost line, which in some climates can be 4 feet or more below ground. [01:17] connect water mains to base of hydrant.
