Saw this going to a friend’s house- they bagged the fire hydrants….one thought was snow; but this is the first year apparently. And snow has been a mild issue this year compared to most.
Saw this going to a friend’s house- they bagged the fire hydrants….one thought was snow; but this is the first year apparently. And snow has been a mild issue this year compared to most.
Isn’t that what paint’s for? Seems like a lot of unnecessary plastic trash.
Cheaper to do bags than re-paint off-schedule. Usually cities have a schedule for maintenance, and the bag, in this case, is preventative for rust without being off-schedule for painting.
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That seems like chump change for something that probably already costs over $1000, won’t take a gallon of paint, and is meant to last for decades.
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You don’t remove them you strip clean and paint in place.
Lol down votes I’ve painted hydrants. You have obviously never. There would be no reason to remove them. Since you would also be disabling the hydrant to do it and what do you do if there is a fire? Here you dumb bastards.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MJnfpo0YcaI
Thats why you paint it with the correct paint before you install it in the first place.
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Yes we’ll once that wasn’t done 45 years ago the bag trick may work better.
I imagine a fire hydrant is pretty expensive as well. Can’t imagine covering it in salt resistant paint would be that much of a price increase and even if it is I don’t imagine it would be cost prohibitive if it means a 20 year replacement cycle vs. a 10 year cycle.
If anything this may be protecting them from dog piss.
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Well ya, that’s why you put it on when the thing is being installed. Not talking about a Reno/repair.
If they didn’t put salt resistant paint on it when they first installed the thing because it was a few hundred dollars more that would be stupid.
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Paint gets scratches, especially where things turn and rub against each other. You don’t want the turning bits becoming seized and finding out at the worst time
Isn’t the paint also unnecessary plastic trash?
Apparently, the same gets in and corrosion starts. The second article mentions a city that stopped doing it.
Maybe they reuse the bags. Bag up 5th Street, salt it, collect the bags and prep 6th.