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$11,000 Water Bill
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daugen
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nice job on article, except for you west coast guys, it's Carolina 
a close friend had exactly this same thing happen this month when a fitting on her boat dock water line broke and she pumped
city water into the Pamlico River for quite some time. They told her to write a letter and they would consider it one time.
a close friend had exactly this same thing happen this month when a fitting on her boat dock water line broke and she pumped
city water into the Pamlico River for quite some time. They told her to write a letter and they would consider it one time.
nice job on article, except for you west coast guys, it's Carolina
a close friend had exactly this same thing happen this month when a fitting on her boat dock water line broke and she pumped
city water into the Pamlico River for quite some time. They told her to write a letter and they would consider it one time.
I knew there had to be a typo in there somewhere. Thanks for catching that!
EddieWalker
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Quote from your article
"Turns out the plumber who ran the pipe used DWV pipe, which stands for Drain Waist Vent and is not intended for use in 50psi pressure lines. "
On post #23 there is a picture of the pipe used. While DWV is marked on the pipe, that is just one of many rating on the pipe. I'm at a loss why so many people focused on that marking, but ignored where its rated for 280 psi and the ASTM D1785 stamp that means it's used for pressurized liquids. This pipe can be used for BOTH drinking water and DWV lines.
If the run had been shorter, and the cement applied perfectly, there would never have been a problem.
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Do you have any what size the pipe will be? As big as the original? He has to make his money up somehow so my instinct is he will use 1" and maybe 1-1/4" at the most. So with the profit he made on the 2" original pipe he will still come out in good shape.
I really think you are better off using a smaller pipe with a higher pressure anyway because that way if you have a leak or a crack you should notice it in the house faster. That is the stuff I would put in regardless and should hold up for a long long time, as long as you don't live in Texas.
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Glad it got resolved, was trying to figure out a rural area that has public water though?
None of that where I'm from? Doesn't seem too rural if it does.
None of that where I'm from? Doesn't seem too rural if it does.
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So it's a town water supply? or one big well and holding tank supplying multiple homes??
Sounds more like a neighborhood than "rural"
Hope they have natural gas like that too! HEck we can't even get high speed internet
Sounds more like a neighborhood than "rural"
Hope they have natural gas like that too! HEck we can't even get high speed internet
dodge man
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I'm on rural water here. It covers a big area, water mains, a water tower and all.
Streetcar
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My water main went in a couple of years after they paved the gravel road
