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KCDIYER (MO)
First, I must say that you people were a superb resource for a previous dilemma.
I have two problems, one of which (crossing a 4' gap in the yard) I will leave alone for now. Instead of running 100' of hoses each season from the spigot to the furthest flower beds, which I am currently doing, I would like to run a (semi-?)permanent supply to the hose reel at the end of that. I could put most of the run along a fence line (downslope pretty much all the way so I can drain it at season's end) at least slightly below grade if I absolutely had to. I'm hiding the hoses now as much out of direct sunlight as I can behind plastic garden trim but that's a less than optimal solution. I'm looking for a best option, i.e., PEX, PVC, copper, even galvanized pipe, . . . . I tried to cheap it out with CPVC one season, about as long as it lasted.
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NP16 (OR)
PEX buried about 12" below the ground should last many many years.
install a drain down valve so that you can winterize this pipe as needed.
If you can't bury the pipe add insulation to protect it from UV rays.
Or you could sleeve the PEX with a larger PVC pipe also to protect it.
Would work to protect the pipe from weed eater too.
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jblanche (WI)
What about HDPE? NSF-rated black stuff? I have some of that buried, with brass fittings. Cheap, pretty easy. Not sure about attaching to fence, might be easier to do that & keep slope uniform by creating hangers out of PVC, etc.
Also have a 95-year-old buried galvanized pipe with a seasonal gravity drain in the basement. Somehow, it has never frozen since I returned it to service about 15 years ago.
I've seen a number of installations of galvanized attached to chain-link fences - a football field, a community garden. The key is to get it fully drained, no bellies or dips, expansion loops would have to have gravity drains, or blow out with compressed air at the end of the season.
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bsipps (PA)
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That yard hydrant with some polyethylene pipe is how you want to approach this project no winterizing required
If you insist on having the pipe above ground it is absolutely recommended you blow the line out with an air compressor to get all the water out of it
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