ᐅ Freestanding outdoor water tap (also known as garden faucet or exterior spigot)

Ok, I want an outdoor faucet. However, it should not be mounted on any exterior wall of the house, but rather, for example, next to the house. I have seen faucets like this, where a pipe comes up from the ground and there is a tap on top for irrigation.

If I had a faucet on the house wall, managing the splitter would be straightforward. But let’s assume there is no faucet on the house wall. What are my options?

Is this even technically possible? Our construction has just started, and actually, we don’t want a faucet on the house wall. But ultimately, we do need one for garden irrigation.

Hello

That can be easily achieved with a PE pipe.


Olli

Somehow, the water has to be routed from the water connection to the tap, meaning the pipe must go through the wall.

Your meter is located inside the house. To have the valve at the garage, two walls would need to be opened up: the house wall and the garage wall. What is the problem with making the opening at all?

Typically, utilities (water, electricity, gas, telephone) enter the house once, and wastewater exits. This can be either through the slab (vertically) or through a basement wall (horizontally). A standard outdoor faucet usually starts *inside* behind the provider’s water meter (sometimes with a separate meter). The wall penetration is standard and generally not an issue. (See also outdoor lighting, doorbell, ventilation, ... windows :P).

Freestanding faucets in the garden are often part of a system connected to a well or cistern.

Here, we used a multi-utility house entry. Since we don’t have a gas connection, I could theoretically run a water pipe to the outside through the unused path of the multi-utility entry (without an additional penetration). But this is not necessary...

Also consider frost protection.