NTL1991
New Member
I'm in the planning process of replacing the original near-meter water piping. The main issues are a frozen, rusted ball valve upstream of the meter, and suspected leaky buried supply pipes downstream of the meter.
What's the best arrangement for the near-meter pipes? I'm all about valves and gauges. Does anyone have any pictures of installations they want to show off for ideas? I'd like to have a ball-valve isolated drain cock to make draining down the system easy if I ever have to. Gauges would be cool to see what's going on as far as pressure goes.
I'm planning on 3/4" copper running up the foundation wall to get the meter out of the pit. At the 1st floor joist level, I'll transition to AquaPEX for the new runs to replace the buried piping.
Any ideas?
This is what I'm dealing with:
3/4" supply from the street, rusty ball valve, meter, then 3/4" line through the basement floor, which tees off to each corner of the house, with the lines running up along the basement walls with old globe valves.
I'm planning on digging that pit out a bit and laying down crushed stone to make it a little nicer.
Nick
What's the best arrangement for the near-meter pipes? I'm all about valves and gauges. Does anyone have any pictures of installations they want to show off for ideas? I'd like to have a ball-valve isolated drain cock to make draining down the system easy if I ever have to. Gauges would be cool to see what's going on as far as pressure goes.
I'm planning on 3/4" copper running up the foundation wall to get the meter out of the pit. At the 1st floor joist level, I'll transition to AquaPEX for the new runs to replace the buried piping.
Any ideas?
This is what I'm dealing with:
3/4" supply from the street, rusty ball valve, meter, then 3/4" line through the basement floor, which tees off to each corner of the house, with the lines running up along the basement walls with old globe valves.
I'm planning on digging that pit out a bit and laying down crushed stone to make it a little nicer.
Nick