We have two standard water hydrants (lift up handle) in the barn. The water line is 3 feet under ground. As cold as it's been here, the ground has been frozen and the hydrants have worked just fine.
On Friday, we got almost 2 inches of rain and the barn got a good deal of water including at the base of the hydrant we use most of the time.
This morning it doesn't work. [img]/forums/images/icons/frown.gif[/img] Lift up on the handle, the little plunger rod moves up, but no water.
My guess is that because the ground is saturated, the stand pipe can not drain and it's frozen (18 degrees F last night).
Assuming this to be correct, are there alternatives to these hydrants? Will this one start working once it un-freezes?
BTW, the other hydrant works fine.
The water line comes from our house, to the first hydrant (the one that still works) then to the second one (the one that does not work) where the line terminates.