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We have an old townhouse with the water line in the basement and I'm trying to come up with a better way of running water to the backyard. Currently, a long garden hose is attached to a gate valve connected to the copper water line in the basement of the house. It goes up through a gap in the coal hatch into the backyard. Lots of problems with this situation that I'd like to avoid.
My solution is going to be to add a spigot (hose bib? faucet?) to a pipe coming up vertically through a drilled hole in the frame of the coal hatch. But I'm having the hardest time figuring out the best way to to extend the water line a few feet to the outside. I've looked into frost resistant silcocks but they're all designed to go horizontally, flush against the side of the house. I'd like a way to tightly secure to the pipe to the top and bottom of the coal hatch frame. As there is currently a 3/4" threaded connection to the gate hatch, should I extend that water line with braided steel hose? Or cut off the gate value and replace with a new ball valve and then run copper pipes with compression fasteners or Sharkbite connections (with no experience, I don't want to start soldering if I can avoid it). Or extend the water line with a threaded pipe (black pipe, galvanized)?
Below is a sketch of what the situation currently looks like vs what I'd like to set up to help visualize. If anyone has any suggestions of the safest/smartest way to do this, that would be hugely helpful.
Thanks!
David (in Brooklyn)
My solution is going to be to add a spigot (hose bib? faucet?) to a pipe coming up vertically through a drilled hole in the frame of the coal hatch. But I'm having the hardest time figuring out the best way to to extend the water line a few feet to the outside. I've looked into frost resistant silcocks but they're all designed to go horizontally, flush against the side of the house. I'd like a way to tightly secure to the pipe to the top and bottom of the coal hatch frame. As there is currently a 3/4" threaded connection to the gate hatch, should I extend that water line with braided steel hose? Or cut off the gate value and replace with a new ball valve and then run copper pipes with compression fasteners or Sharkbite connections (with no experience, I don't want to start soldering if I can avoid it). Or extend the water line with a threaded pipe (black pipe, galvanized)?
Below is a sketch of what the situation currently looks like vs what I'd like to set up to help visualize. If anyone has any suggestions of the safest/smartest way to do this, that would be hugely helpful.
Thanks!
David (in Brooklyn)