John May
New Member
So long story short I have a 1" supply line thats about 500 hundred feet long (rural property). It goes to my detached garage first where its hooked to a water softener, then travels another 50 feet to the house. I'm replacing a dead water softener and noticed the previous plumber (me) was kind of a moron and rather than getting a 1" flex pipe to install the softener, he reduced it to 3/4 and used water heater hoses. It's been like this for years and the house pressure and flow rates seem very good. But I see this as an opportunity to make it better by going with 1" this time. It will require a little bit of plumbing alterations so I'm wondering if you guys think its worth it or not. You probably need more information about flow rates and PSI which I don't have unfortunately. Anyways, would you take the time to do it right or call it good?