IOWA® Yard Hydrant Celebrates 87 Years

This year marks the 87^th year of the remarkable run of the IOWA® Yard Hydrant as the first product ever offered by The Woodford Manufacturing Company.  Although Woodford has a long history of selling high quality and innovative outdoor water faucets and yard hydrants, the IOWA® Yard Hydrant is what started it all in 1929 when J.C. Woodford purchased a company and the rights to manufacture it.  The rest is, as they say, history.

 

Other milestones for Woodford include 1955 when the company began manufacturing commercial wall hydrants as well as 1963 when they began production of their first residential outdoor water faucets.  As of today, Woodford offers a full line of wall faucets, wall hydrants, yard hydrants, faucet repair kits, backflow preventers, vacuum breakers and other related plumbing parts. 

 

Of the several models of IOWA® yard hydrants the model Y34 is the most popular.  Even in sub-zero temperatures there can be immediate water flow.  And there is a rod guide that gets rid of side pull, long-life packing and variable flow that are all standard.  IOWA® hydrants have an extremely long life cycle, but if they ever need repairs, the parts are available all the way back to the 1929 model!  Repairs are made simple from the head of the hydrant without having to remove the hydrant from the ground.

 

All Woodford products are available online from their official authorized online retailer Eagle Mountain Products.  Eagle Mountain has a customer friendly online experience awaiting anyone that shops there including buyer’s guides, product guides, technical information and an extensive video library of installation demonstration videos.  We invite to visit the website and learn more about the extraordinary IOWA® yard hydrant.

 
At Eagle Mountain Products, we are proud to be the official online retailer for Woodford Manufacturing Company. Purchase with confidence anyone of our selection of durable, high-quality Woodford outdoor faucets or hydrants.

The Woodford Pressure Relief Valve (PRV)

If you live in a cold climate, then having a Pressure Relief Valve (PRV) on your outdoor water faucet can provide a homeowner peace of mind against costly accidental water damage.  And the patented Woodford PRV is the solution you should consider for replacing an existing outdoor faucet or repairing / upgrading an existing one.

If you need to replace an outdoor water faucet, then the latest Woodford Manufacturing Model 19 and Model 22 are both excellent choices depending on the specific needs of the project.  These products purchased new include the patented Woodford PRV system. For homeowners that already own older Woodford Models 14, 17, 22 or V22 there are upgrade kits available that once installed provide the same protection against water damage.

The patented Woodford PRV provides additional protection than a typical frost free water faucet by preventing a pipe rupture when a hose is inadvertently left connected to the faucet during freezing conditions.  It accomplishes this by preventing the faucet tube from rupturing by containing the water in the portion of the tube that is located inside the insulated area of your home. 

At Eagle Mountain Products, the official online retailer for Woodford Manufacturing Company, our website offers all of the tools to help you successfully achieve this peace of mind.  There are step-by-step instructional videos for installation as well as detailed information to help you select the correct product or upgrade kit.  Put an note in your goals planner to call us if you have any questions and we can guide you through everything you need to utilize the Woodford PRV to protect your home.

 
At Eagle Mountain Products, we are proud to be the official online retailer for Woodford Manufacturing Company.  Along with offering customers the best outdoor faucets and yard hydrants, we provide information and videos on how to install or repair them. Purchase with confidence a quality Woodford faucet or hydrant.

Outdoor Water Faucet, Hose Bib or Sillcock – Which Is It?

That’s simple: they are all the same thing (well, sort of)! 

Outdoor water faucets are commonly referred to by several other names.  Hose bib and sillcock are two of the most common names.  But which is which and what is the difference?  Apparently nobody is totally sure exactly how the names originated and how they differ although in the Stanley Complete Plumbing Book they have two pages of material on the subject!

It seems that only one difference is entirely clear: in order to be called a hose bib the outdoor faucet must have threads on it for the attachment of a garden hose.  But, that doesn’t mean that a sillcock or outdoor water faucet don’t also have threads for a hose.  In fact, many do.  Another characteristic that seems to be accepted is that within the name sillcock that “sill” refers to being mounted on a sill member of the structure.  Of course that does not account for the fact that most outdoor water faucets and hose bibs are also mounted as such.  Go figure!

Anyways, one fact that is indisputable is that Woodford Manufacturing Company has been manufacturing high quality outdoor faucets (or is that hose bibs or sillcocks?) since 1963 and yard hydrants all the way back in 1929.  So they know a thing or two about the subject.  They also still manufacture replacement parts for all of the models they have ever sold including the ones that are now obsolete. 

If you are in the market for a new outdoor water faucet or yard hydrant, or would like to repair or upgrade your current model, then check out Eagle Mountain Products.  They are the only authorized online retailer for Woodford Manufacturing.  On their website you will find everything you need to make your purchase of a high quality outdoor water faucet, yard hydrant or repair kit easy including detailed product descriptions and step-by-step installation demonstration videos.  They also have a great staff that can be contacted for exceptional help if you need it. 

 
At Eagle Mountain Products, we are proud to be the official online retailer for Woodford Manufacturing Company.  Purchase with confidence anyone of our selection of durable, high-quality Woodford outdoor faucets or hydrants.

Online Tools Support Customer Ordering Experience

At Eagle Mountain Products, the official online retailer for Woodford Manufacturing, we take pride in making it easy for customers to shop and purchase products when it comes to their needs for outdoor faucets, yard or wall hydrants, and faucet repair kits/parts.  We understand how important it is for our customers to have all the online tools they need to make the proper decision when it comes to ordering the correct products that meet their needs. 


Here is the comprehensive list of resources available to support the customer ordering experience:

The Buyer’s Guide is a great place to start your search for the best product for your project.  You can narrow the search by product category to start and then obtain a complete list of all the products in that category.  Once you decide on the correct product (or perhaps consider several different products), then you can easily look at detailed product specifications, compare products, etc.  There are different options for each product that are clearly explained as well as tech notes to assist.

If you are looking to repair an existing outdoor faucet or hydrant, then there is a specific online tool to help you easily find the repair kit that is just right for your needs.  It is called the Repair Kit Guide.  In this guide all the kits are referenced by the model number of the faucet or hydrant needing a repair which is easily visible on the existing faucet or hydrant.

Another resource that is available are easy to follow, step-by-step video installation demonstrations for many of the products and repair kits.  These are organized in our online Video Library also by product name and are invaluable for actually seeing how an installation takes place.

Finally, please do not hesitate to contact us at the toll free number listed on our website in the event that you have any questions that can’t be answered by our online tools.  We have friendly and knowledgeable staff that can provide a personal touch to our customer ordering experience.

     
At Eagle Mountain Products, we are proud to be the official online retailer for Woodford Manufacturing Company.  Along with offering customers the best outdoor faucets and yard hydrants, we provide information and videos on how to install or repair them. Purchase with confidence a quality Woodford hydrant.