Mark and Dig the Trench. A frost-proof yard hydrant has a long, vertical pipe, called a standpipe, that automatically drains when the water is shut off. The water drains out of the faucet and standpipe and into the unfrozen ground, thereby leaving no water that can freeze in the upper portion of the hydrant.

A few of the things you will need are a hydrant, a plastic bucket with the bottom cut out, some clean, crushed stone, a bit of landscape fabric and whatever fittings are required for your size water line, which is typically 3/4 inch. Border Collie supervision is optional. The bottom of the hydrant needs to be below the frost.
Slide the Line into the Trench. Give all the joints a few minutes to dry; then begin sliding the entire line into the open trench. Wrap Teflon tape around the threads of a PVC male adaptor and attach it to the female end of the hydrant. Next, apply PVC primer and cement to a 90-degree elbow and the unattached section of PVC pipe.

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*PLEASE NOTE: Since the creation of some of our videos, we have updated our vacuum breakers to aluminum caps. These caps are seen on the C-144, P-164 and 400 Series Residential Hydrants, as well as the C-144KT-806 and 630-7500 kits. These vacuum breakers are now universal and will fit all past and present PRIER and Mansfield style residential hydrants.

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