Replacing Galvanized Water Service

DAVESOLEAU

what is the best way to replace a galvanized water sevice from the street to exsisting house with least amount of digging or disturbing landscaping?

Ron The Plumber

Use of a Vactor.

ragstoriches

black polly pipe and a trencher job done in half day

Ron The Plumber

I'd use pex over black poly myself, but thats your decision.

ragstoriches

blck polly is sized for inner demention and pex for the outer so you loose volume with pex of equal sizing

Ron The Plumber

I like it when plumbers generate work for other plumbers, thats what keeps us happy.

22rifle

smack!

22rifle

What is the OD (outside DIMENSION) of 1" PEX?

Don't anyone else answer me. I want rags to answer.

Grumpyplumber

I you look around your codebook, you'll find the facts to back up the answer despite acts of redicule, regardless of how anyone depicts you.

boman47k

I thought black poly was banned for water supplies. Maybe I am thinking of something else. Anyway, what is wrong with schedule 40 pvc/cpvc, whatever?

rbsremodeling

around here the guys use copper. They have a machine they refer to as a mole and it shoots the copper underground till it pops up next to the house dig around the base of the house and pull it inside and connect it on both sides

Or its hand dug depending on the plumber or circumstances

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threaderman

I have no problem using cpvc,copper or pex .Those are my preferred methods though I have seen pvc and pe that have bein in the ground for a long time and done a great job.

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Double-A

Horizontal boring or pulling the new service in behind a bursting head while pulling out the old works if you can't pull inside the old service (assuming it can be done for whatever reason). Digging will be required at both ends.

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Ron The Plumber

I'm seeing Doubles on here, what else can you expect from Double-A

Double-A

Never trust a smiling moderator. It means we have no clue what we're doing. lol, at least, I don't.

I trashed the double post, reported myself, and sent myself a warning PM. I'm waiting on my response now. If I'm not contrite, I'm gonna recommend Nathan ban my a55.

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rbsremodeling

I thought I said that??

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mickeyco

By a pet mole, train him for a few months, then he'll be able to trench out the hole without disturbing the soil above, when finished, skin the mole and put him in the crock pot overnight, tastes like chicken, deeelicious.

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rbsremodeling

I like your thinking kill two moles with one stone our something like that

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genecarp

copper is expensive, just bury a HD GARDEN HOSE.

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rbsremodeling

Never thought about the garden hose method probably wont have to bury it either??

I have seen a basement apartment with duct work connected to a 10000 btu window unit for central ac. I swear on my mama

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