Greenhouse: Taking the plunge, 1 by nautical99

nautical99 wrote:
Last one.

Hopefully will get the water/elec/data ditch dug today. I have gotten an idea from a plumber friend from IL on how to keep the pipe from freezing where it will go down from the hose bibb on the side of the house into the ground and over to the GH.

He suggested taking a piece of 6" pvc pipe and cutting it length wise to create a half moon shaped piece of pipe. Then bury that deep in the ground, as tight to the house as possible, then insulate where necesary. He said to leave the bottom of the pipe open, and that there should be enough heat in the ground that will rise up that pipe and keep if from freezing.

Any thoughts? I still plan on wrapping with heat tape, but as someone suggested earlier, it would be best if you did not have to depend on the heat tape to prevent a freeze up.

I will start a new thread and post some pics of the work so far, and then some more when the GH arrives and I start building. Thanks to everyone for there help here.

Nautical99