doublejj's BIG 2015 adventure.....

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treemansbuds said:
I installed PEX "A" in my house addition. I had to take a 4hr class to become certified to install it. There are different grades of PEX pipe, with grade "A" as the highest quality (Lowes sells PEX "C").
At the class I asked about the "rat chewing" through the piping and the instructor said in all the years of teaching/selling PEX that he has never seen it happen. Impressive stuff that PEX and easy to install.
Good Luck,
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This is a good way to go.
The rat thing was the old gray that used mostly in mobiles.
 
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doublejj said:
I'm holding my breath until they install the meter. If (& I mean IF) it doesn't leak I'm good to go. But if it does leak (most likely), I need to be prepared to act quickly....
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Has the water been off for a long time?
Could air test ahead of time that way you don't have to clean up water later.
20 years plumbing.
 
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The city should be around some time next week to install meter.
The water is on now (& leaking), but the pipes are very old & once they cut into it at one end I kinda know where it will eventually end up...
 
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doublejj said:
The city should be around some time next week to install meter.
The water is on now (& leaking), but the pipes are very old & once they cut into it at one end I kinda know where it will eventually end up...
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Yeah old galvanized doesn't like being messed with.

You think the leak is on the pipe going into the house? Or else where?

That age would be nice to replace.

Pvc is good for the underground in. I like pex for inside.
There are several ways to do the joints.
 
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You think the leak is on the pipe going into the house? Or else where?

That age would be nice to replace.

Pvc is good for the underground in. I like pex for inside.
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Yeah, years ago I found a leaky shut off valve in the far corner of my backyard in the landscaping. I covered it with a plastic utility cover & forgot about it. I assumed it was for an old sprinkler system or something. It wasn't until they marked my lines for a new fence I was installing that I realized my water doesn't come in from the front like all the other homes in my neighborhood, it comes in thru the back & the leaky valve is in direct line to the location they marked.....
 
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doublejj said:
Yeah, years ago I found a leaky shuff valve in the corner of my backyard in the landscaping. I covered it with a plastic utility cover & forgot about it. It wasn't until they marked my lines for a new fence I was installing that I realized my water doesn't come in from the front like all the other homes in my neighborhood, it comes in thru the back & the leaky valve is in direct line to the location they marked.....
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Ahhh
Great you know where it is.
Sometimes the biggest hurdle can be just finding it
 
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