James
New Member
Well the PRV to our home failed (pressue spiked to 160 psi in the house), so I searched and found the valve buried in our front yard, next to the water main.
I wasn't comfortable changing it myself, so I called a plumber. After he looked at it, he suggested putting the valve in my garage, next to the main shut off valve. It is common in our neighborhood for the PRV to be in the garage, but for some reason our builder installed it in the front yard, so I said sure and he went ahead and installed it in the garage.
After some thought (or maybe over-thinking), I wondered if that will now affect the life of the pipes between my water main and my garage (since they were running low pressure before, now they are seeing 160 psi all the time)? Should I be worried? Should I go ahead and replace the PRV in the original location, or was that just a poor location to begin with?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I wasn't comfortable changing it myself, so I called a plumber. After he looked at it, he suggested putting the valve in my garage, next to the main shut off valve. It is common in our neighborhood for the PRV to be in the garage, but for some reason our builder installed it in the front yard, so I said sure and he went ahead and installed it in the garage.
After some thought (or maybe over-thinking), I wondered if that will now affect the life of the pipes between my water main and my garage (since they were running low pressure before, now they are seeing 160 psi all the time)? Should I be worried? Should I go ahead and replace the PRV in the original location, or was that just a poor location to begin with?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.