Okay, in short I am looking to put a water tap at the front of my house, but with a little twist.
I have an outside tap in the back yard, but no easy way to run the hose pipe around the front of the house. What I would like to do is run a pipe under the house, with a Hoselock connection at each end, and link that up to the tap whenever I need it.
Now, ground floor of the house sits about three feed off ground level outside, so I can run a pipe under the ground floor no problem, and the pipe can come out the wall above ground level at each end (front and back) and still all below the DPC.
The idea of just linking it up when I need it means that I don't have to worry about pipes under the floor at mains pressure during the Winter, and subject to potential leaks.
How I think it would look would be a wall tap one the house wall at front and back. To run water through I just click in a short length of hose with Hoselock connections in the back yard between the tap and the water outlet.
Plumbing-wise, I avoid any joints or connections inside the house, and avoid any plumbing that I would not be so comfortable doing.
So the question (assuming this is not a really silly idea) is: what kind of pipe would I run between the front and the back of the house under the floor? It will not be at mains pressure 99% of the time (only when it is being used) so does not need to be heavy duty and presumably expensive. However, I do want something a bit more reliable than a hose-pipe that could split. The length would be about
50 foot.Hope that makes sense!
-- Jason