Greetings. I've just had a water meter installed and plan on running 1" pvc to the house. I need to know if there is a 'preferred' fitting, for connecting the pvc to the brass meter. Can I use a male pvc connector or should I use some type of 'transition' fitting? Thanks for any input. Roshe
Water meter to pvc connection??
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I am not sure how they do it there, but in most areas you have to use at least 3' of copper tubing at each end of the PVC to make the connections to the house and meter. Normally it is done with male PVC adapters into female copper connectors. The male adapters are quite fragile and have a tendency to crack quite frequently. A schedule 80 PVC nipple with one thread glued into a coupling on the PVC pipe is a better way.
I am not sure how they do it there, but in most areas you have to use at least 3' of copper tubing at each end of the PVC to make the connections to the house and meter. Normally it is done with male PVC adapters into female copper connectors. The male adapters are quite fragile and have a tendency to crack quite frequently. A schedule 80 PVC nipple with one thread glued into a coupling on the PVC pipe is a better way.
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