Re: Hoses and why we hate them...
Barb, that sounds exactly like what I have, just a little north of Detroit.
I bought a compressed air reservoir tank, and fill it at a gas station.
Found a fitting at Damman's hardware that screws on a spigot and another
that mates with the first and is like a valve stem on a tire. So I can
attach the fitting to one spigot and blow compressed air through it to blow
out all of the lines. Cheap, easy, and I haven't had a problem in the last
3 winters.
Hal Lanktree
Rochester, Michigan Z6
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barb Pernacciaro" <bpern@idcnet.com>
To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 1:26 PM
Subject: RE: Hoses and why we hate them...
> I'm not sorry the subject is hoses; who hasn't squished a plant on the
> corner of a bed by dragging the hose around?
>
> I noticed my local nursery just installed remote spigots by running either
> pipes or sections of high pressure hose underground to various locations.
At
> each location there were 3 or 4 foot high 4"x4" posts sunk in the ground
to
> which were attached short sections of metal pipe with spigots on top. I'm
> going to ask about them to see what they are and the plans are for
draining
> them in winter.
>
> I am only too aware of the danger of leaving a closed hose attached in
> winter. I did it two winters ago - it was one of those short sections of
> hose with a spigot used to avoid reaching behind the bushes to reach the
> house spigot. The first time it was used in the Spring, water sprayed all
> over the basement by that pipe - it had split with freezing - called the
> plumber - he managed with much contortions over and around the heating
ducts
> to solder a repair. $$$. Needless to say, I am careful to remove and drain
> ALL hoses in the fall!
>
> Barb P. in s. Wisconsin
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
