[Jaggs]

I have two garage doors and between the two doors is a spigot. I would like to have the water from the spigot to run up and over each door and then down the opposite side. How do I go about this. My reason for wanting to do this is right now the hose when attach to the spigot blocks the garage doors when ever I want to use water.

Teri

[hkstroud]

Where does the water come from? Is you house on a slab, a crawl space or a basement. Is you drive way paved, asphalt or gravel?

[ballengerb1]

Is the interior of your garage finished or can you see the supply line running to your spigot? What state do you live in and how is your climate?

[ma0641]

Although it is possible to do this, consider that the cost of completion vs. moving the hose when you are watering is very expensive. If the piping is exposed and CPVC or PEX, you can fairly easily do this ar reasonable cost but if it is copper, $$$$$>

[Jaggs]

The inside of the gargage is finished off and I have a paved drive way. Here is what I was thinking. Running 1/2" flexable rubber tubing up from the faucet to the top of the doors. Connect a "t" coupling at the top with more tubing going in both direction and down the sides. My question of thought is how do I maintain the pressure.

[hkstroud]

Again, where is the water coming from? In other words, where is the pipe to the existing hose bib. Is your house on a slab, a crawl space or a basement.

[Jaggs]

There is no exposed plumbing. My house has a finished basement. The garage is below the two bedrooms.

If the plumbing was expose there would be no issue I would just reroute the pipes. The outside of the house is brick.

[hkstroud]

First, between the garage doors is an unusual place to have a hose bib. Second, because it is not in a heated area there should be a stop and waste valve somewhere in the basement to turn the water off during the winter to prevent freezing and bursted pipes. That is unless you live in a location that does not ever get below 32 degrees. Third, the piping must go underneath the garage slab or exit the basement and go underground to the center of the garage, again unless you are in a non-freezing area. Try to locate the stop and waste valve and determine the routing of the pipe.

You can do what you want, don''t worry about the pressure. If I were going to do what you propose I would at least do it inside the garage so you don't spoil the appearance of your exterior.

[Jaggs]

I found the turn off... it is in the ceiling of the garage. I am not worried about the appearance on the outside. Because the house is brick it would be very hard to drill from the inside out. I can running the tubing along the framing of the garage.

This is what I am trying to do. I want to run an irrigation system from the faucet to my plants and shrubs. That is what started this all. I have an upper deck which is higher up then the garage and I need to run a water source to the upper level. I am using 1/2" tubing right now to carry the water to the front of the house which is to the right of the garage door. The hose has to cross the front of one of the garage doors. Which can become a danger to tripping over. I plan on putting the water on a timer to take care of the watering when I am not around or even if I am there I won't have to deal with it.

So you don't think there will be a lost of pressure running the water up and across?

Jaggs

[creahands]

The piping u are planning to run will take to place of hose u are using.

If pressure is acceptable with hose, will be fine when piped.

Chuck

[ballengerb1]

From post #3 "What state do you live in and how is your climate?"

[Jaggs]

I live in Hendersonville, NC It does not get really cold here. If it hits 30* that is a really really cold day.