Gary Slusser
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Yes many plumbing problems are due to installer error, always have been and always will be...
You can't lay PVC on rocks without causing problems at some point either, so take the time saved by using PE and make sure there are no sharp edged rocks in the trench and in the fill dirt as you dig the trench. Then roll the PE into the ditch as you walk along the ditch, letting it meander from side to side as it wants to.
Then buy one and follow the directions for using a T handled hose clamp torque wrench (plus a 1/2 to 3/4 turn) for the SS (only, including the screw) hose clamps and double oppose clamp each fitting. I.E. screws 180* from each other pointing in the opposite direction from each other. Wait to tighhten the clamps until the tubing is air temp instead of sucking them tight when it's hot or warm and having them contract to leak later.
Use SS insert fittings underground, not brass or plastic. DO NOT over heat the end of the tubing to get it on the insert fittings. If you start to kink the end while putting it on a fitting, cut the end off far enough back to where there was no heat applied and redo it. PE will save you about 85+% of the time 20' or 10' sections of PVC will take to install. And one guy can do it with PE; 2-3 for PVC.
So spend some of that saved time to do it right and your system will last decades and give you the lest pressure loss of any other material. It will also be the lowest cost you can find. I'd suggest 3 500' rolls plus a 100 or 300' roll for any under estimate of distance and zig-zagging in the trench.
You can use an inexpensive CSV and the 'normal' 20 gal nominal (XT-202 or V60) type pressure tank. And take the family on a vacation for what you'll save compared to the price of those tanks those guys are suggesting. And you'll enjoy a constant pressure system and what you'll eventually save on pump repair/replacements over the years.
You can't lay PVC on rocks without causing problems at some point either, so take the time saved by using PE and make sure there are no sharp edged rocks in the trench and in the fill dirt as you dig the trench. Then roll the PE into the ditch as you walk along the ditch, letting it meander from side to side as it wants to.
Then buy one and follow the directions for using a T handled hose clamp torque wrench (plus a 1/2 to 3/4 turn) for the SS (only, including the screw) hose clamps and double oppose clamp each fitting. I.E. screws 180* from each other pointing in the opposite direction from each other. Wait to tighhten the clamps until the tubing is air temp instead of sucking them tight when it's hot or warm and having them contract to leak later.
Use SS insert fittings underground, not brass or plastic. DO NOT over heat the end of the tubing to get it on the insert fittings. If you start to kink the end while putting it on a fitting, cut the end off far enough back to where there was no heat applied and redo it. PE will save you about 85+% of the time 20' or 10' sections of PVC will take to install. And one guy can do it with PE; 2-3 for PVC.
So spend some of that saved time to do it right and your system will last decades and give you the lest pressure loss of any other material. It will also be the lowest cost you can find. I'd suggest 3 500' rolls plus a 100 or 300' roll for any under estimate of distance and zig-zagging in the trench.
You can use an inexpensive CSV and the 'normal' 20 gal nominal (XT-202 or V60) type pressure tank. And take the family on a vacation for what you'll save compared to the price of those tanks those guys are suggesting. And you'll enjoy a constant pressure system and what you'll eventually save on pump repair/replacements over the years.