Thinking outside the box a bit consider taping into your irrigation system and not using the home (drinking) water. It is quite easy really to tap into the plastic pipe and add a length of new plastic pipe sticking up with a hose bib on the end. You can pound a long steel rod into the ground next to where the new vertical plastic pipe will be and secure them together for added sturdiness. The irrigation system (that I think all of us have) will never be in your softener system and will therefore be quite safe to use for watering plants. If you are uncomfortable about doing the work, most of the lawn companies would probably be able to do this for you - might cost $50-$75, not sure on that. Probably a LOT cheaper than modifying your home (drinkable) water system to bypass those already existing hose bibs.
Should mention that you should have this vertical pipe and hose bib added at the irrigation manifold area, not along one of the existing spray lines. You want to be able turn on/off the hose bib without running the irrigation system sprayers.
Last edited by Sparty6971; 10-16-2011 at 08:59 PM.
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