TK3000
New Member
I removed an old water meter yoke whereon the valve was leaking, and it is all out now:
Everything seemed simple and familiar until I faced the black plastic water line pipe:
The previous leaking valve was held in place by the fitting making contact with flanges built into the black pipe (shown above).
It seems that the black plastic water line pipe is Polybutylene or maybe Metal with coated with black Polyurethene. And I would imagine that it requires some special tool recreate a flare/flange in order to connect the meter valve.
The new valve would also need such flanges, as shown below:
Everything seemed simple and familiar until I faced the black plastic water line pipe:
The previous leaking valve was held in place by the fitting making contact with flanges built into the black pipe (shown above).
It seems that the black plastic water line pipe is Polybutylene or maybe Metal with coated with black Polyurethene. And I would imagine that it requires some special tool recreate a flare/flange in order to connect the meter valve.
The new valve would also need such flanges, as shown below:
