Are outside faucets typically fed straight from the outside main water line?
Are outside faucets typically fed straight from the outside main water line? I recently had a water softener installed and I am wondering if the outside faucets are getting the softened water. I don’t want to damage/kill my lawn and plants.
I’m 99% sure that water from the outside faucet in the front isn’t treated. But I am wondering about the one in the back yard.
Is there a way to test the water?
If the faucets are attached to the house, or are mounted about 24 inches above the ground and all you see is the handle and the spicket, then I would say that you will get "soft" water out of the faucets.
If the faucet is the "frost free" type and goes directly into the ground(see link 2), chances are it is not "soft" water.
Outside faucets are traditionally plumbed to the nearest available cold water line in the area. If you can see the piping you can tell where it goes and what’s soft water and what’s not.
No, the main water line usually makes its first connection at the house and then all hose bibs are attached to the house plumbing.
Typically water softener systems are not plumbed into outside fawcets. If the lawn did get the treated water, it would not damage it but would be a waste of treated water.
If your water is treated then all the faucets will be treated make sure you put cut off vales before it goes outside you will not have too many cut off values