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Just got done running 250' of 3/4" black Poly tubing, after trenching 24" down to the City Water connect at the tap at the end of the driveway. Got tired of the water situation I have been dealing with for the last 8 years.
My two Cousin's and my Nephew own a Paving and excavation Co. They were roughly 2/10 mi. away doing an excavation/paving job. I tapped them a few days ago (while they were in the neighborhood) to do some work for me. Used a small tracked (Bobcat type) front bucket Cat to clear a bunch of old logs etc. that had built up in front of my double door 30'X40' metal building and push some woods back. That was yesterday. Took my Nephew no time at all. Maybe an hour.
Today was trenching the line and running the black Poly tubing and getting all the various connections done. Refilled trench, used the Cat again to smooth it down and pack it flush. Then had their large dump truck deliver and spread a large load of crush and run, again used Cat to spread and flatten.
Everything looks awesome. Been wanting to do this for apprx. 8 years now. Been here 9. Got the friends and Family discount (still not cheap.) Saved $300 by having do work while all their machines and equipment was here.
Woo Hoo!!
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She got a name? 3 -
How far did you run with it? 0 -
Sorry. Posting a New Discussion is a multy step process due to my crappy Internet service. I have to post a few words and then come back and Edit, or it will lock up every single time. On tge back d3ck just now waving my Tablet around for a signal. 😣
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Whipped like a rented mule. 0 -
Exactly what I feel like right now. A "Rented Mule.
Enjoying a cold brewski trying to get a signal to check out you guys. (And get my GBGD fix.)
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got city water here last year. lot of people opposed it and i wasnt too sure because i have a good well. but then they said if you hook up this month we will run the line (about three hundred for me) and make all the connections for $50.00. i said "lets get this done". i still use my well for yard , animal, and garden water. 0 -
That was a Killer deal Varian. I'd have been all over that. I spent (a'hem) considerably more than that.
Yeah, our just got installed about two years ago. Our neighborhood is notorious for having difficult access to water. Super deep wells etc. Some get 0 water/wells on their property after spending $$ to drill deep.
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feels good to get a big, long awaited project done. good for you. 0 -
Congratulations Ken, now you can take a shower. 🥴
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So you can now finally bathe ! 
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dang guys be nice, he has to get running water plumbed in the outhouse first........... 0 -
Yes, I am looking forward to bathing and showering. 😁
Not 100% done yet. Could not get a hold of anyone at the small rural Utility Co. to come complete the connection (by installing a meter between two connections at the tap.)
Consequently I could not cut my existing outflow pipe from my underground cistern and tie in my new supply line to the one that goes underground through a masonary wall and supplies my booster pump/air tank in the basement. We had to leave than connection uncovered so I can make the cut and splice, whenever the Utility Co can make the meter connection at their tap.
Then, I have to go in the basement, disconnect the supply line to the pump and loop it back around and connect to the outflow line that goes back through the wall underground. I wanted to bring it into the basement because I have an on/off valve and a one way backflow valve as well as a whole house filter. This way I can kill the water inside the house without having to go to the tap about 250' away. (And) I have a new washer/dryer that I want to connect to the water supply line in the outside access only basement.
We made a concerted effort not to cut the supply line running back into the house from the basement, and they all wanted to know why we were not tying in to that one. They understood once I explained the above.
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dang guys be nice, he has to get running water plumbed in the outhouse first...........You guys is too good to me. 🤔
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Making progress. Finally got a hold of a live person at the Utility Co. to explain what i needed. Hepefully done with phone tag and unreturned messages. "We will see if we can get out there today." WTH? I was thinking, but didn't say it - it would take someone maybe 20 minutes to install the meter so I can complete my connections and access water. The Utility Co. Is about 5 mi. From my house.
Fingers crossed. Would love to finish it all before rain/mud.
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84, went by "moms" and picked up the trash. You better keep an eye on her. Might even had a man hid somewhere. She was dressed sharp as tack and just back from the salon. Ready for hot date looking. Grins 0 -
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84, went by "moms" and picked up the trash. You better keep an eye on her. Might even had a man hid somewhere. She was dressed sharp as tack and just back from the salon. Ready for hot date looking. Grins
So, you are saying I might have to call you "Dad," in the future? 😮
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Well, I found out once the Utility Co. Came out at the end of day two (yesterday) to install their meter on my tap so I could complete my install and turn on the water, that I have to dig up by their tap again and install my own pressure reducing valve (they run 76 psi) and my own on/off valve.
(Even though both are inside the tap lid.) "Oh no, that is our property, you are not allowed to mess with anything in there. Yes you have to dig up your line and install your own about 1-2' from the tap box." Then they recommend you take a 5 gal bucket and cut the bottom off and use that to access "your" on/off and pressure reducing valve. WTH? Just stupid.
Not too happy. I've got to make another trip to the hardware store to buy repetitive stuff that is inside their box, that I can not utilize. (And) have to dig the stuff up again. If they had came out on day one, (or answered their phone) we would have known this and could have done it at that time.
Not very happy.
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"after trenching 24" down to the City Water connect "
Wow, you must be way down South.0 -
Nah, see my sig line. (At 3900' elevation) and get pretty good winters. Lot of ski resorts around Boone, NC. about 33mi. away.
I was kind of surprised at the depth as well. I asked the maintenance guys "What prevents my uninsulated bucket access from freezing?" They said, "Well, we haven't had one freeze yet." I will still lay some insulation over my valves inside the bucket. I can't believe I have to go with this Rube Goldberg set up. Not extremely thrilled.
About two years ago we had a record -14° overnight. Not unusual to get multi nights of 0-10°.
Could be they want to encourage you to keep a small stream of water running overnight on really cold nights as well. (After all we are paying for it.)
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With global warming and all, you don’t have to bury it as deep as you did ten years ago. 0 -
Ken what is the freeze depth in your area? Whatever it is go below that a bit and you should be fine. I would think 2 feet is fine. 0 -
My two Cousins and my Nephew (who do quite a few of these water line installs) were initially talking about only going down 18". (I guess their standard.) I was the one that insisted we go down 24".
The flexible high pressure tube and fitting at the tap/box was only down 18-24".
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Not a chance, she is too fast for me. 0 -
After speaking with several plumber savvy guys, I've decided that I am not going to dig my line back up at the tap/box. I've designed a (mostly threaded w/ 3/4 connector) system coming in to my basement with the pressure reducer where I can get to it. The existing 3/4 poly line we have installed can handle the 76 psi no problem. I just have to reduce it before it hits my 1/2" pvc.
Just finished sketching the system out, identifying the parts I have and what I need. Bought the pressure reducer today. Started looking at my current system in the basement and decided the best way to proceed.
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Ken, what is the actual pressure on the county supply? It might be more then 76 psi & they want you to reduce it before it gets to any of your lines. The line to my first house was 105 psi. Pressure was higher for friends at lower elevations. They had to install reducers prior to the town's meter/valve assembly. 0 -
Going to replace my current on/off valve in basement with a new one, (only smart to do so while system will be dead/no pressure on the transition.) Will be adding two more, at various points to deal with future maintenance issues. Will replace all current nipple hose clamp transitions/connections with threaded 3/4" connections to deal with the higher pressure until it hits my pressure reducer. (From 76 psi down to 45 psi.)
Install a new T connector to run to my new washer/dryer set up. (Currently not hooked up due to no water line connection in basement.) Fixing that so I can run a line to the washer. Old system had more sediment in it than I wanted to wash clothes with, plus repetitive booster pump/pressure tank issues. (Eliminating that system.) Various other things I am improving while I have the system dead.
Will also flush current system prior to/during running the pressurized/clean water in.
Toolman, I asked a lot of questions of the two maintenance guys yesterday. They told me they had just tested my incoming at 76psi. Further down the line has less psi.
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Ken, too bad your pvc can't take the 76 psi. The higher pressure & increased volume makes for a good shower, etc. The pressure reducer also guards against surges in pressure. AL 0 -
Yeah, I hear you. I have about 0 confidence in the 1/2" pvc under the house, (that I can not access.) Whoever plumbed this house was an idiot. I've heard, and it makes sense, that this was a summer getaway for people living on the Coast out Ricci's way. (And) just turned the water off, in the Winter.
Super steep pitched (3 story) Ski Chalet style A-frame. Built in 1972.
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Yes for the shower but your washing machine can't handle that much pressure for very long,unless you still use a wash board. Don't think you rare that far back in the sticks are you?Word of caution. Some of the white CPVC, if that is what you have, can become quite brittle over time.
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They want $250 just to install a water meter at the road these days here. I don't know what it actually might cost, because that was several years ago. 0
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