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I forgot to mention it does have a strainer built into the prv but it always appeared clean. Also I use about 5000 gallons Of water per month.

I have had my PRV fail twice in a 2 year period. I believe it is a Wilkins 1 inch 600xl. My question....is there something that is causing premature failure? Is this typical or perhaps I got a lemon? Rebuild kit has fixed it both times. My thoughts are perhaps debris since new houses are going...

I am planning on installing a yard hydrant that will be tied into a new irrigation system on a separate water meter. The system will use 1 inch poly with a 200 psi rating. My concern is that most yard hydrants don't recommend a high psi and the psi from the street is 150 psi. Are there any yard...

Also I'm not sure my water softener would handle 120 psi which may pose a problem Code only allows 80 PSI

Fullysprinklered, Sounds like a good idea to maximize the 120 psi from the main. Do you think doing the split to hot and cold would be better for all the showers?

I can adjust the PRV to get a PSI up to 90-100ish. It is a 1 inch Zurn 1-600XL Where would the expansion tank go? After the PRV, before the water softener? Any link to them? Thank you guys for the reply

I just had a 5 bed/bathroom two story plus basement home built and have a question about my water line size. Originally they installed a 1 inch poly line which was damaged.....after the fact I realized they replaced it with a 3/4 in line (and of course my builder/excavator both assured me it was...