Oct 15, 2006

New hose bibb

I decided to bring automatic water to the small planter area because of its "landlocked" location isolated from natural rainfall. Lucky for me, there's the existing foundation vent through which a 1/2" copper pipe can route straight to an existing water line. There was just one hole to drill in a wood blocking underfloor. This was kept as simple as possible -- the system consists of two 90° elbows terminating at a standard hose bibb. I'll then attach an inline battery-powered timer for soaker hoses.

That gaping hole is from accidentally chipping off a brick while studying the width of the vent slots. The brick is just nonstructural veneer. There's an inside screen, but I'll probably insert a thin brick back in place, which may look funny. The vent will be fenced off from soil anyway.

Attachment of pipe to brick was achieved with 1/4" x 5" eyehooks epoxied into drilled holes. The outside diameter of the pipe, being 5/8", fits perfectly through the eyehooks. The resulting 3" standoff from the brick also gives the timer unit enough clearance to connect, since, to save space, I didn't want to turn the hose bibb outward.

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