How To Install Aquor House Hydrant V2+ In Brick

In this Steve's Garage video I install an Aquor House Hydrant V2+ on my brick home. This video could be used for a non-brick house, but I cover a lot of brick-specific steps that wouldn't be necessary on a on a house with vinyl siding and wood sheathing. Aquor says the House Hydrant V2+ is meant for new construction and not retrofitting, but with some time and the right tools it's completely possible to retrofit an Aquor V2+ into your existing brick home.
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I've had an Aquor House Hydrant on the front of my house for 2 years and loved it, so I replaced my rear hose spigot with one as well. The Aquor V2+ is by no means for everyone, but I feel it's the ideal solution for my house. I wanted something clean, low profile, and easy to use. The Aquor V2+ checks all those boxes, and is even frost free!
Whenever you're cutting a hole in your house, installing plumbing, or altering the structure, please be careful and aware of any local codes or ordinances. I don't cover any of that, and assume no responsibility for errors made.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro: (0:00)
0:46 - Previous Aquor Hydrant Install
1:06 - Current Hose Spigot
1:32 - Tools You'll Need To Install Aquor Hydrant in Brick Wall
2:29 - Things to Keep in Mind When Installing Aquor Hydrant in Brick Wall
3:08 - Making a Hole in Your Brick House
3:46 - Test Fitting Aquor Hydrant in Brick
4:50 - Positioning the Aquor Hydrant in Brick
5:19 - Enlarging the Opening in a Brick Wall
6:28 - Optional Detail for Aquor Hydrant
6:58 - Drilling Mounting Holes for Aquor Hydrant
8:47 - Mounting the Aquor Hydrant in a Brick Wall
10:42 - Aquor Hydrant Finished Result
11:09 - Outro

[@BrentLagerman]

this was extremely helpful, Aquor's vids don't cover how to install in brick. Thanks!

[@StevesGarage]

Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@richardprice5978]

@@StevesGarage look up tuck pointing your house 🏡really needs it doing mine-1970 🏡 now/done it

[@StevesGarage]

@@richardprice5978 I've done it to a few really bad areas on the house, but being from the 1950s it's all some level of bad. I've used gray silicone in some areas as a quick fix. From far away you can't tell the difference, and it gets the job done.

[@cashwalcome8576]

This is a fantastic install video. Thank you for your attention to detail.

[@StevesGarage]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@sailorloki]

Thank you for adding this video. I’m planning to get one of these to replace my old outdoor spigot. Love the concept and idea of these with the vacuum break and flush mount.

[@StevesGarage]

You're welcome, thanks for commenting here and with the other commenter! I've loved mine, hopefully you will as well.

[@pastordoogie8438]

Thank you!

[@StevesGarage]

You got it, enjoy the hydrant!

[@jamesdelgado2009]

Nice tutorial. I am planning a brick face install similar to yours and I like the details you provided in your video. Your brick seems to be not the traditional size vertically, so I am thinking I won't have an issue with the alignment of the mounting holes lining up with my mortar joints but in the brick instead. I could be wrong but if I do, I plan to epoxy the heck out of them and not have any chance of crumbling mortar affecting the soundness of the hydrant mount 5-10 years from now after constant usage and jostling of hoes against the hydrant.

[@StevesGarage]

You're right about my brick not being a standard size. I don't know the exact dimension, but it seems like it's half the height of the typical brick you see on houses. Good luck with the install, if you have any questions about it feel free to leave a comment! I've been extremely pleased with my two hydrants and haven't had a single issue with them.

[@thenexthobby]

Nice video. I’d like to hear more about why you prefer the vacuum break to be in the device instead of in the hose attachment … seems those would be easier to replace as needed. Then again, no faucet is forever. And did you consider adding a bracket inside, to help support it?

[@StevesGarage]

Where I live it's code that the vacuum breaker has to be on the hose bib. Not only is it safer for your house, but being that I'm on city water I could mess up a lot of peoples day if it were to back flow. I also have a full winter season, and while I don't use my hose during the dead of winter, it allows me to not worry about freezing issues if I want to use it on a day that might be sunny and above freezing, but get down to freezing at night. As for the bracket inside, it didn't seem like it needed one. That may be different depending on your installation, but it's very secure and neither have moved at all since installation. Though it can't hurt to add one for piece of mind!

[@hyunmyeonggoo7442]

can you put the faucet hose connector upside down from the hydrant?

[@StevesGarage]

You can install it a couple different orientations since it screws in. You can also get different attachments. Some are angled like the one I have in the video, others are straight out.

[@user-dl2nv6jf3b]

Thank you!. What length stem did you go with?.

[@StevesGarage]

I went with the 12" because I wanted to be sure I wouldn't have any freezing problems in the winter.

[@jessicalyna7030]

How is this hydrant holding up? Do you have leaks? We have 3 on a new build brick house. Doesn't seem like they were installed correctly. We've have nothing but problems. Getting ready to replace w/an old spicket, but thought I would look into fixing them first.

[@sailorloki]

I’m not the original poster of this video, but I’m curious what problems you’re having. I’d be so happy to have these on my house. Maybe something wasn’t installed right. New construction is notorious for that, especially if it was a mass builder.

[@jessicalyna7030]

@@sailorloki not a mass builder. We did a custom home. They leak really bad and are not sitting flush w/the brick. We've been here 6 months, didn't really use them the 1st 3 months. Pretty disappointing because we have to cut drywall to have them removed. I've reached out to Aquor and haven't got a response.

[@sailorloki]

@@jessicalyna7030 on a newer home, I’m assuming you have PEX plumbing. The builder should have installed a “service loop” with the pex, which is basically a loop in the pex to give you a few extra feet, so if you do need to service the hose bib, you can simple unscrew it, and pull it out, no need to open drywall. Sounds like maybe they didn’t think ahead and do that service loop. And when you say it’s leaking, where? Inside the wall? There is supposed to be water come out the outside when you disconnect the twist in plastic attachment. That’s the freeze protection removing the water inside the pipe.

[@sailorloki]

Here’s an example. But I think it can be done in the same exterior wall stud bay if you don’t have a perpendicular wall to do like in this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6bNkoh7ntB0n9k

[@StevesGarage]

Mine have been totally fine. What's leaking? The plumbing inside that connects to the hydrant, or is the water coming out of the hydrant itself outside? I assume these leaks are happening when it's not in use, not when you're using it? I saw your comment below about not sitting flush with the brick. That sounds like installer error/issues to me. Even the one on the front of my house sits pretty close to the brick without any grinding like I did on this back one. Is it possible they weren't installed correctly and that's why you're having issues? I'm not saying that Aquor is perfect, maybe you have a defective product, but I've had zero issues with either of my hydrants.

[@d.r.l.9314]

What length stem did you go with?

[@StevesGarage]

I went with 12". I wanted enough length to get through my brick, sheathing, insulation, and be inside the house enough to protect against freezing.

[@whiteknightcat]

So again, not for use where the water line is IN a wall.

[@StevesGarage]

In the case of my video, no. But the Aquor channel has this video that might help kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGWogoqXr6mshMU You can buy different length hydrants. You should be able to find one that will fit in a wall and connect to the water line.

[@whiteknightcat]

@@StevesGarage As I figured - you have to destroy the interior wall to get to it. I'll just keep what I have. We only get subfreezing temps a few days per year anyway.

[@StevesGarage]

@@whiteknightcat You could cleanly cut a hole and drywall patch it or install a small access door. I think these hydrants are great even beyond the frost free aspect. But I also understand not wanting to cut open an interior wall.