Water Spigot for winter Use

[missunderstood]

I’m trying to figure out if there is some way I can cover and insulate my outdoor water spigot, and leaving a hose attached to it, for daily use during the cold snowy months. I’m in Indianapolis, and it’s gets pretty cold in the winter, i have ducks & it’s sometimes real difficult carting water from inside to the outside to give fresh drinking water daily, and to fill a kiddie pool occasionally for the ducks to swim in on nicer days. It would be much simpler to encase the outdoor spigot w some sort of insulated deck box to prevent spigot from freezing, and to put something like pool noodles around the hose to prevent it from ftreezing and busting the spigot and/or water pipe. I only need about 15-20 foot of hose to reach where my duck run and coop is. Has anyone had luck w anything like this, and how did you set it up to prevent pipe/hose/spigot from freezing? Any ideas are welcome. Would just be a lot simpler to be able to use the hose all winter w out continuous connecting disconnecting hose or carting water from the house daily. Work smarter not harder is what I’m trying to accomplish.
Love my ducks!!!

 

[Jenbirdee]

I’m trying to figure out if there is some way I can cover and insulate my outdoor water spigot, and leaving a hose attached to it, for daily use during the cold snowy months. I’m in Indianapolis, and it’s gets pretty cold in the winter, i have ducks & it’s sometimes real difficult carting water from inside to the outside to give fresh drinking water daily, and to fill a kiddie pool occasionally for the ducks to swim in on nicer days. It would be much simpler to encase the outdoor spigot w some sort of insulated deck box to prevent spigot from freezing, and to put something like pool noodles around the hose to prevent it from ftreezing and busting the spigot and/or water pipe. I only need about 15-20 foot of hose to reach where my duck run and coop is. Has anyone had luck w anything like this, and how did you set it up to prevent pipe/hose/spigot from freezing? Any ideas are welcome. Would just be a lot simpler to be able to use the hose all winter w out continuous connecting disconnecting hose or carting water from the house daily. Work smarter not harder is what I’m trying to accomplish.
Love my ducks!!!

I know exactly what you’re talking about. I’ve been dealing with this issue for nine years now what I do now is I use an expandable hose that I bring in and out of the house with me in a bucket and I cover the spigot with a Styrofoam cover made for covering spigots plus add a plastic tub with a towel in it and then a chair up against that . I come out with my hose in a bucket, unwrap my spigot and hook up my hose, when I’m done filling, buckets, pools, etc. I let the hose drain and bring it back inside. When it’s going to be above freezing for a while I just screw the regular hose back in.

 

[BrittKay]

I’m trying to figure out if there is some way I can cover and insulate my outdoor water spigot, and leaving a hose attached to it, for daily use during the cold snowy months. I’m in Indianapolis, and it’s gets pretty cold in the winter, i have ducks & it’s sometimes real difficult carting water from inside to the outside to give fresh drinking water daily, and to fill a kiddie pool occasionally for the ducks to swim in on nicer days. It would be much simpler to encase the outdoor spigot w some sort of insulated deck box to prevent spigot from freezing, and to put something like pool noodles around the hose to prevent it from ftreezing and busting the spigot and/or water pipe. I only need about 15-20 foot of hose to reach where my duck run and coop is. Has anyone had luck w anything like this, and how did you set it up to prevent pipe/hose/spigot from freezing? Any ideas are welcome. Would just be a lot simpler to be able to use the hose all winter w out continuous connecting disconnecting hose or carting water from the house daily. Work smarter not harder is what I’m trying to accomplish.
Love my ducks!!!

Spigots (the ones that are red and you pull the handle up and down) should NOT freeze in the winter because they are built to keep water well below ground level when turned off. However, the hose will freeze. There are heated hoses that will not freeze if you have an extension cord or plug nearby though. If you use one of these hoses, you can turn it on and off as you do in the summer and not have any issues.

 

[FNF]

Does anyone recommend a particular brand of heated hose? I’ve been researching this as we head to winter and as usual some people love one type and others hate it. If someone here had good luck with a certain brand I’d pay more attention! We have above ground hydrants that don’t freeze though I’d hesitate to leave a hose connected even if it were heated. I thought about trying that with a Y valve to drain water out instead of back through the hydrant. Any thoughts?

 

[KimbosKluckers]

I’ve also been hauling water buckets to refill bowls and to clean. No fun. I’ve been looking at the heated hose for this too but I need about 75’. My spigot doesn’t freeze, it’s also wrapped with foam but drains under ground. I love to hear thoughts also.

 

[BrittKay]

I’ve also been hauling water buckets to refill bowls and to clean. No fun. I’ve been looking at the heated hose for this too but I need about 75’. My spigot doesn’t freeze, it’s also wrapped with foam but drains under ground. I love to hear thoughts also.

I’ve also been hauling water buckets to refill bowls and to clean. No fun. I’ve been looking at the heated hose for this too but I need about 75’. My spigot doesn’t freeze, it’s also wrapped with foam but drains under ground. I love to hear thoughts also.

I hook and unhook my regular 100-foot hose to my spigot every other day to fill pools and drinking water. I drain it after every use and leave it laying in the yard. No way in hell I'm hauling water in buckets. Draining the hose isn't near as bad as hauling water. If I was in a really bad winter area I would think about spending the extra money to buy a heated hose, but in my own opinion, it's not worth it where I'm at in Colorado.