icatchlarge
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Complicated question here but I’ll start:
we have a well that feeds our Main house, (over 1 inch line, unsure) then goes to 3/4 in the basement, two filters and a neutralizer, then out running 3/4 line 225 ft winding uphill to a cottage. Pressure issue is up there.
a guy dug the whole thing and mistakenly replace the original 1 inch galvanized steel (which connected down from the cottage to the 3/4 filter area in the main) with 3/4 PEX. So he went smaller accidentally.
a plumber told me he put the wrong one in, should have been 1 or even 1 1/4 inch all that way. But, I don’t know if the plumber is taking into account the 3/4 reduced diameter area.
He has agreed to replace the line for free. Remember, the line would pass the filters etc through 3/4 and then go to 1 1/4 inch, replacing the current 3/4 connection to the 3/4 filter area.
So, big to small to big, vs the current big to small to remaining small for 225 feet.
However now I’m wonder:
1) would the size diameter increase after the filter 3/4 area in the main house to 1 1/4 (currently it is 3/4 the whole way remember) area matter at all, due to the reduced size after the well in the filter area? Could it potentially be worse? Or is it still an improvement since there is 200+ feet of bigger pipe? Hard to find this on the net.
remember it’s:
Current: big pipe to small to 225ft small
Vs: big pipe to small to 225ft big
Thank you!!!
we have a well that feeds our Main house, (over 1 inch line, unsure) then goes to 3/4 in the basement, two filters and a neutralizer, then out running 3/4 line 225 ft winding uphill to a cottage. Pressure issue is up there.
a guy dug the whole thing and mistakenly replace the original 1 inch galvanized steel (which connected down from the cottage to the 3/4 filter area in the main) with 3/4 PEX. So he went smaller accidentally.
a plumber told me he put the wrong one in, should have been 1 or even 1 1/4 inch all that way. But, I don’t know if the plumber is taking into account the 3/4 reduced diameter area.
He has agreed to replace the line for free. Remember, the line would pass the filters etc through 3/4 and then go to 1 1/4 inch, replacing the current 3/4 connection to the 3/4 filter area.
So, big to small to big, vs the current big to small to remaining small for 225 feet.
However now I’m wonder:
1) would the size diameter increase after the filter 3/4 area in the main house to 1 1/4 (currently it is 3/4 the whole way remember) area matter at all, due to the reduced size after the well in the filter area? Could it potentially be worse? Or is it still an improvement since there is 200+ feet of bigger pipe? Hard to find this on the net.
remember it’s:
Current: big pipe to small to 225ft small
Vs: big pipe to small to 225ft big
Thank you!!!
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