Serious question, are you still using old galvanized pipe for outdoor water lines?

For years, I ran a simple garden hose from a spigot on my house to a vegetable patch about 50 feet away. Last winter in St. Louis, a hard freeze split the line and flooded my basement. I replaced it all with PEX tubing run through a buried PVC conduit, and the difference is night and day. It's insulated, protected from the sun, and I can drain it easily before cold weather hits. What do you use for long outdoor water runs now?

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blake_smith1mo ago

Nah, galvanized is classic and lasts forever.

jesse_cooper1mo ago

But that old galvanized pipe is a real headache waiting to happen. It rusts from the inside out, so your water pressure just gets worse and worse over the years. I had to replace a section last summer and the clog was unbelievable, just chunks of rust. For a permanent outdoor line, using modern materials like PEX in a conduit is the only smart move. Why fight with something that's guaranteed to fail?