bluebinky
DIY Senior Member

I thought 3/0 copper service required #4 GEC. I'm probably reading the wrong table again, though...

As a DIYer: - for the big stuff I vote for any decent hand saw, as they do the job in a few seconds once you get the hang of it. A chop saw is nice,...

For the irrigation, unless you have a large lot, adding a circuit or two to reduce the flow may be cheaper and easier than bothering with the meter....

Correct, of course. Here (in northern California) the "irrigation systems" are usually protected only by the control valves being mounted up a...

Something like this. Some seem to be check valves and others vacuum breakers. I never paid much attention to them. You can also just get the proper...

Don't know about the LA area, but here in the bay area residential backflow prevention seems to be usually done in two ways. 1) An in-line...

There is a common belief out there that the building codes are overly convoluted, bureaucratic, archaic, novels meant to keep the elite few in...