Upright is brass, the feeder pipe is PVC. It broke the plastic.Why don't you use a galvanized pipe for the upright?
Might not help much if yer gonna ram it with a tractor, but once buried it would be more solid.
Upright is brass, the feeder pipe is PVC. It broke the plastic.Why don't you use a galvanized pipe for the upright?
Might not help much if yer gonna ram it with a tractor, but once buried it would be more solid.
Can't count how many I've seen broken. Usually at the threaded elbow or tee.Upright is brass, the feeder pipe is PVC. It broke the plastic.
The support pipe is steel and runs about 6' into the ground. Since half of its length into the ground had been dug up and disturbed, there wasn't a lot of support there to support the hydrant attached to the PVC.Ah, ok. It looked like the original upright was PVC.
My bad.
If the original plumber had used schedule 40 instead of schedule 20 pvc, it probably wouldn't have broken.Can't count how many I've seen broken. Usually at the threaded elbow or tee.
Laid lots of new waterline at the place I worked a few years ago. We used black poly pipe with several "stub ups" for waterers and hydrants. It can take lots of abuse. There's just not a good way to add poly to an existing pvc line besides a $30 brass compression fitting and I really don't think that's a good long term joint. If I'm laying new line though, I vote for poly all day because of its toughness and the speed at which it can be laid.If the original plumber had used schedule 40 instead of schedule 20 pvc, it probably wouldn't have broken.
I just helped a buddy that bought a new place and needed hydrants for his garden and the water tanks for cattle. He ran the PEC all the way with brass compression fittings. Supposed to be flexible enough to not burst if frozen and can handle high pressure. The distance from his well was about 1/4 mile. Not that far, and it's deep enough to never freeze.Laid lots of new waterline at the place I worked a few years ago. We used black poly pipe with several "stub ups" for waterers and hydrants. It can take lots of abuse. There's just not a good way to add poly to an existing pvc line besides a $30 brass compression fitting and I really don't think that's a good long term joint. If I'm laying new line though, I vote for poly all day because of its toughness and the speed at which it can be laid.
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