I am purching some property with 2 greenhouses that have been sitting for a few years. The well is there and one water line is ran to a tank. I believe the tank is some sort of filer system. How can I go about running more lines around the property. I am in zone 5, northern Illinois. I also would like to be able to have water in the winter.
First thing first; You need to find out where all the buried utilities and water lines are before you do anything and mark thier location on a map and paint thier location on the ground prior to doing any excavating.
A water line to a yard hydrant in order to be freeze proof should seven feet below ground with a hydrant standpipe that long. A hole for the hydrant should be 9 feet deep for the stone to drain away the water. see below.
The hydrant will require you to pour a large amount of pea stone directly below the hydrant base for water drainage coming from the hydrant after it closes.
Plan on using two five gallon buckets full of stone in a narrow hole the diameter and the depth of the two buckets in height to allow for good drainage and no freezing.
If you are serious about running water around your property it can be done with shallow pipe depth if and only if you are going to use an air compressor to blow the water out of the lines prior to bad weather coming-freezing- and do not use a mickey mouse air compressor! Rent a small trailer portable to blow the lines out as that is the only way to guarantee the success of water removal from the piping as a trailer portable will be the only one that can deliver the volume of air needed to blow the lines out.
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