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  1. Kr8peace

    50-180 PSI in corroded muni water pipe, what is the solution?

    Muni water supply in small CO mountain town is about 50 PSI now, in winter. It will rise to 180 PSI spikes a lot with spring melt and continue until fall when it again slowly diminishes. Installed a pressure reducer to save fixtures. The incoming 3/4 galvanized pipe is also corroded so volume is...
  2. Tim Othy

    Ooops, there goes my snake

    Happy Holidays! Today I was enjoying a beautiful day golfing and came home to a clogged kitchen sink. I tried to snake (25ft manual) from under the sink, but no luck. No external clean out so went to the roof and sent snake down the air pipe (1 1/2"). Thought it had a stop, but nope, it just...
  3. bbirder

    Connecting drop pipe

    Hi, I am replacing a jet pump on my water well which has 50' of 1" pvc pipe in 2"pvc casing. Original pump had 1-1/4 sched 80 adapter on top of drop pipe screwed into pump adapter. New adapter has 1" threads. What is proper procedure to use to apply threads to 1" pipe to attach to adapter. I am...
  4. WilsonBA

    Building sewer multiple drops

    Thanks for the forum. The bond out for the sewer line from my new house to the septic tank is higher in the wall than it should be. Would like it 30" lower to better accommodate the grading outside the house. Can I exit the house with horizontal pipe, transition to vertical, then back to a...
  5. ropinheels

    DWV drop under joist

    On a 3" horizontal run, can I use a 22.5 fitting to drop under a floor joist and then correct it with another 22.5? Or is this considered changing from horizontal to verticle? The 22.5 degree slope would only be about 7" long but it will carry a bathroom group and kitchen sink with disposal...
  6. Plainview

    Submersible Pump- Voltage Drop

    I have a 1-1/2 hp submersible pump which stopped working. I have voltage to the pressure switch, but when I engage the switch the voltage drops to zero. I then have no voltage at either the switch or at the pump controller. There are only 2 wires running into the pressure switch and I read...
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