I recently renovated and I now want to setup an outside garden hose. I can either hook it up to the 1/2" PEX or the 3/4" PEX. I have 3/4" PEX coming from main water entry to my water heater, then from there the whole house is on 1/2". (Side story, my water pressure / flow is not that great throughout.
Should I hook up my outside garden hose to the 1/2" PEX (that's basically feeding my kitchen) or setup a new new 3/4" PEX from my water heater (not talking about getting hot water out, just the layout)?
I guess this ties in the conversation, I currently bought a 3/4" hose, but if a 1/2" hose is recommended, I can do that also.
I don't have a big yard (25' * 25'), water source is for washing car and light gardening.
Open to advice!
PS: Saw this related post : routing hoses in the duff, 5/8" garden hose, or 3/4" garden hose, or 3/4" polyethylene? but still not sure.
PPS: Also open to advice on the 1/2" PEX, should I have had this done in 3/4" PEX?
Best Answer
I think you should take off for the outside faucet from the 3/4" PEX. This will have a lesser effect on the water pressure inside the house than taking off on the 1/2" line that goes to the kitchen. You can always throttle back at the outside faucet if you need to.
EDIT You could run a 1/2" line to the outside faucet, split off from the 3/4" PEX.