Freezeless standpipe - anyone tried?

[Bev]

http://www.drainage-systems-online.co.uk/acatalog/Irrigation_Stand_Pipe.html#.UnjNvfmcfzY

Sound like a good idea, anyone tried one?

 

[beltbreaker]

I have one it hasn't frozen in the 7 years it has been in temps down to -12. Works in Canada I was told so should take anything the UK can chuck at it. Only been necessary here maybe twice (once for almost 3 weeks) when everything else has frozen up.

Cheers BB

 

[Yale]

Just installed a Y34 by the house for a wellie wash.It will be interesting to see how it goes.

 

[rob1]

Put one in last year not frozen to date, but would suggest you need to put a pipe to drain the water away as in very cold weather the water could freeze before it could drain away. You can get versions that can be fitted through a wall if its easier to fit that way

 

[Paddington]

Over £50 seems dear, I use several layers of bubblewrap or foam wrap around external pipes covered with old feed sacks to keep the birds from pecking it and cut down 2.5L plastic containers lined with a couple of inches of foam to cover the taps .Normally remember to fit these around a week after the first frosts have frozen the taps!

 

[rob1]

Over £50 seems dearlayers of bubblewrap or foam wrap around external pipes covered with old feed sacks to keep the birds from pecking it and cut down 2.5L plastic containers lined with a couple of inches of foam to cover the taps .Normally remember to fit these around a week after the first frosts have frozen the taps!

Trouble is i have to take account of twenty demented horse owners . They have a job to turn taps off let alone cover them up. I asked one last year why she had chucked five gallons of water over the yard which turned it into a skating rink, she said it wasnt freezing when i did it i thought it would dry in a few minutes

 

[Roger Perry]

Think when you install its best if you have a kind of sump hole below filled with gravel, that way the draining action is quick. They are very effective.

 

[brynseiri]

What about trace heating?

 

[tima]

They are brilliant. I fitted 2 and never had a problem.

 

[Pilatus]

After looking at the "Woodford Mfg Inc",website, they looking an amazing idea,always looks simple after someone else has invented something.