Water Tap Size

[Nate25]

Hello.

Building a 3 bedroom 2 bath home. House is 600-700 feet from the street. Trying to decide between a 3/4 water tap vs a 1 inch water meter tap. I would prefer a 3/4 inch as it is 6,000 cheaper but looking to see if I will run into any issues with a 3/4 vs a 1 inch tap.

Thank you

 

[Reach4]

Is the $6000 for the water service and meter, or for the piping to the house?

A 3/4 inch meter with 1inch, or bigger, pipe to the house is often a good choice.

 

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[Nate25]

6 k difference is just the fee to the county not including the piping to house. 4k for the tap and meter for 3/4 inch vs 10k for tap and meter.

 

[Breplum]

The 3/4" meter will be what is generally referred to as a 5/8" water meter. Plumbing codes have recommended charts for sizing and pressure range is one component of that chart, as is distance. So let us know the pressure and elevation up or lower.
of course, if you have potential to want capacity for fire sprinkler or other emergency water, then that sizing comes from the sprinkler design engineers.

 

[Nate25]

As for elevation about 30 feet rise over that 600-700 foot run. Not sure on the pressure aspect of it. No plans for fire sprinkler or any other water.

 

[John Gayewski]

6k difference in price? How? For what?

 

[Nate25]

The county price to tap in. 4 k to tap in with 3/4 inch water meter but 1 inch tap in is 10k

 

[Breplum]

Just for fun, here are our local new main fees for non-fire lines:
Single meter (one meter per lateral) - The installation fee covers the cost of installing a standard service and is based on the service size and whether or not pavement exists.

Lateral size​	Unpaved​	Paved​
1"​	$5,681​	$10,483​
1-1/2"​	$10,635​	$17,317​
2"​	$10,635​	$17,317​
4"​	$25,868​	$37,365​

 

[Jeff H Young]

2 bath with decent pressure and zero info regarding your water needs like irrigation , fire sprinlers etc. 3/4 meter is fine at 600 ft just remember this is a guess based on zero info. also guessing meter is at street