Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Scope Creep...A new water line

It all started with the old water line sticking out too far into the wall space an not wanting to have to box around all of the fittings with the drywall. I should probably move all that stuff so that it resides in the stud bay of the wall. While I am at it, I should just replace the water line since it is probably 50-100 years old and I know 2 other people in Ballard who's iron lines have failed catastrophically in the past few years.
The finished new line connection with a new pressure regulator and drain valve.

Here is what lives in an old iron water pipe...doesn't look too good does it?

The 22' long and 2' deep trench took about 2 hours to dig and 1/2 hour to backfill.

22' of 3/4" copper is now $104 these days. Poly line is now generally used for this and it would have cost $5, but it failed the smell test (it stuck like chemicals and I did not want to drink out of it). It is really hard to tighten 3/4" NPT fitting in the bottom of a 30" deep hole.

Old rusty iron line on right and new copper line on left.

My nemesis flare fitting supplied by the city for connection to the meter. It took 4 tries to get this thing to seal.

Trench and hole drilled in foundation. Original line was 12"-18" deep and new code is 24".

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