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Laundry/Mud room is right off my garage, separated by an exterior(metal) door. Utility sink which is connected to the water softener, is right inside the door from garage to the laundry/mud room. Looking for a way to be able to feed the hose through the interior door once I connect it to the utility sink, so I can wash my car with softened water with my power washer. Needs to be able to "close" and not just look like a hole in the door when not in use. I don't want to just leave the door open because of all the bugs and also let any A/C out. Last time I took the deadbolt off and ran the hose through the hole. Any ideas?
 

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My softener is in the garage so I just soldered a hose bibb to it during the install.

I wouldn't mess with going thru the door. Run a pipe along the mud room wall and then turn it and go thru the garage wall. Will be much easier to seal and then you will have a hose bibb mounted on the wall in the garage. You could do this without having to remud the walls. Just run a 2x4 between 2 studs on the outside of the sheetrock. Lag screw that to mount it and then mount the bibb to the 2x4. Similar to how I mounted my water filter below.

If you are hell bent on going thru the door. Then I would just install a small dog door and run your hose thru that.
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My softener is in the garage so I just soldered a hose bibb to it during the install.

I wouldn't mess with going thru the door. Run a pipe along the mud room wall and then turn it and go thru the garage wall. Will be much easier to seal and then you will have a hose bibb mounted on the wall in the garage. You could do this without having to remud the walls. Just run a 2x4 between 2 studs on the outside of the sheetrock. Lag screw that to mount it and then mount the bibb to the 2x4. Similar to how I mounted my water filter below.

If you are hell bent on going thru the door. Then I would just install a small dog door and run your hose thru that.
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This on all accounts.

Spigot through the wall or dog door.
 

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My softener is in the garage so I just soldered a hose bibb to it during the install.

I wouldn't mess with going thru the door. Run a pipe along the mud room wall and then turn it and go thru the garage wall. Will be much easier to seal and then you will have a hose bibb mounted on the wall in the garage. You could do this without having to remud the walls. Just run a 2x4 between 2 studs on the outside of the sheetrock. Lag screw that to mount it and then mount the bibb to the 2x4. Similar to how I mounted my water filter below.

If you are hell bent on going thru the door. Then I would just install a small dog door and run your hose thru that.
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Yep this...
 

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If you really want it through the door, install a bulkhead fitting. If you want to get really fancy, you can plumb it up with push-to-connect fittings. SMC sells some really nice ones (S-Couplers). Just make sure the flow-rate makes sense for any couplers/fittings since many of them have integral check valves.
 

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I would definitely do it the "right way" and plumb a spiket to the garage for hot and cold water from the softner. Might turn into a little project but it will be nice to have a spiket in the garage. Eventually down the road your needs will change and you'll be stuck with a hole in the door.
 

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My softener is in the garage so I just soldered a hose bibb to it during the install.

I wouldn't mess with going thru the door. Run a pipe along the mud room wall and then turn it and go thru the garage wall. Will be much easier to seal and then you will have a hose bibb mounted on the wall in the garage. You could do this without having to remud the walls. Just run a 2x4 between 2 studs on the outside of the sheetrock. Lag screw that to mount it and then mount the bibb to the 2x4. Similar to how I mounted my water filter below.

If you are hell bent on going thru the door. Then I would just install a small dog door and run your hose thru that.
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Good post I agree. Been thinking of installing a pipe through the wall for a dehumidifier hose so it can drain outside.
 

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I understand the spicket in the garage would look the best, but I’m just connecting the hose to this faucet on this sink with a hose adaptor. Door leads to garage, whole house water softener is to the right of the utility sink.
 
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Copper or CPVC are your friends. Not hard to pipe a hose bib in the garage. I actually put a second set tub in the garage so I didn’t have to trash the laundry room. You could also do what I did. I put a whole house filter outside where the water supply comes in.
 

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Laundry/Mud room is right off my garage, separated by an exterior(metal) door. Utility sink which is connected to the water softener, is right inside the door from garage to the laundry/mud room. Looking for a way to be able to feed the hose through the interior door once I connect it to the utility sink, so I can wash my car with softened water with my power washer. Needs to be able to "close" and not just look like a hole in the door when not in use. I don't want to just leave the door open because of all the bugs and also let any A/C out. Last time I took the deadbolt off and ran the hose through the hole. Any ideas?
Doggie door with a hole cut in it for the hose? When finished, remove hose and install door cover.
 

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Do it right, plum it before the sink with a "T" that then feeds the bib that you will locate in your garage. "shark bite" fittings press on, no soldering, but more importantly, allows you to go from copper to pex (if thats what your house pipes are). Pex is really easy to work with (do get a proper cutter, as the shark bite fittings require a clean square cut).

If you dont want to do that, maybe a garage door exhaust port?

 

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Looking at that pic, looks like it would be very easy to run a line from the sink or water softener straight out to the garage. I like the idea of installing a sink on the other side of the wall in the garage, (if you have a way to drain out there). If not I would definitely run hot and cold water out there. Looks like a fun little project on a day off.
 

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Not sure why anyone would want to run it through a door. Last thing I want to do is lug a hose in and out of my mud room, not to mention the extra strain that puts on the pipe work or fittings for the sink.

Donit right and run a hose off a T fitting through the wall to the garage, install a braced hose bib.

Never cut corners with home projects.
 

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Not sure why anyone would want to run it through a door. Last thing I want to do is lug a hose in and out of my mud room, not to mention the extra strain that puts on the pipe work or fittings for the sink.

Donit right and run a hose off a T fitting through the wall to the garage, install a braced hose bib.

Never cut corners with home projects.
Agreed 100%.
 

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Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I don't want/need another utility sink 3 feet from the existing one. On the other side of the wall, in the garage, is my beer fridge. I'm strapped for room in the garage since I'm a hoarder, so I can't move the fridge without some serious reorganizing. I have a leaking outside water spigot that I need to call a plumber for. Maybe I'll see if he can run another spigot in the garage from the utility sink. I use that same sink with a hose run the opposite direction, out the kitchen window, to fill our spa 1/2 way with softened water every year too. Might just be easier to ask him to run a new spigot to the outside wall from the utility sink. The wall the sink is mounted on it an outside wall with my A/C unit right on the other side.
 

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Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I don't want/need another utility sink 3 feet from the existing one. On the other side of the wall, in the garage, is my beer fridge. I'm strapped for room in the garage since I'm a hoarder, so I can't move the fridge without some serious reorganizing. I have a leaking outside water spigot that I need to call a plumber for. Maybe I'll see if he can run another spigot in the garage from the utility sink. I use that same sink with a hose run the opposite direction, out the kitchen window, to fill our spa 1/2 way with softened water every year too. Might just be easier to ask him to run a new spigot to the outside wall from the utility sink. The wall the sink is mounted on it an outside wall with my A/C unit right on the other side.

You’ll wish you’d done this the first time the hose connection loosens slightly from the sink and sprays water all over the sheet rock in your laundry room......and you don’t notice because you’re at the other end of the hose.
 

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Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I don't want/need another utility sink 3 feet from the existing one. On the other side of the wall, in the garage, is my beer fridge. I'm strapped for room in the garage since I'm a hoarder, so I can't move the fridge without some serious reorganizing. I have a leaking outside water spigot that I need to call a plumber for. Maybe I'll see if he can run another spigot in the garage from the utility sink. I use that same sink with a hose run the opposite direction, out the kitchen window, to fill our spa 1/2 way with softened water every year too. Might just be easier to ask him to run a new spigot to the outside wall from the utility sink. The wall the sink is mounted on it an outside wall with my A/C unit right on the other side.

Where is the exterior hose bib leaking from? Many times it’s the pressure valve in the top of it and you can buy a replacement repair kit for it for less then 5 bucks online.

A hose bib is cake work to install in the garage and like show above if you don’t want to remove Sheetrock to install bracing between the studs in the wall you can simply install over top and screw into them.
 

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