James L Gayhart
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I just repaired a leak on the water line coming off the water meter box. One PVC junction had blown out. Possibly due to the prior plumber not doing the PVC weld right or it could be from the extreme drought were currently having here in Texas causing soil shifting. However in getting the line repaired, I noticed that the line was only about 5-6 inches below soil level where the junction leak occurred.
The water line starts out at about 10-12 inches below ground (3/4 inch pipe) at the meter, but they then did a junction and raised the pipe up 5-6 inches and connected it into a 1 inch pipe. This 1 inch pipe runs about 16 feet before then being turned down with a junction and then another short 1 inch junction into a 2 inch PVC pipe. In researching the line buried depth may be okay since the SW Texas Freeze line for the Hill Country is estimated around 5-10 inches.
However, would there be anything I would need to consider if I attempt to eliminate all the junctions that raise the pipe and just connect from the water meter straight horizontally from the water meter to the 2 inch pipe? I'm assuming that the 3/4 inch PVC coming out of the meter and then connected to a 1 inch PVC and then connected to a 2 inch PVC pipe is arranged that way to account for water pressure???
The water line starts out at about 10-12 inches below ground (3/4 inch pipe) at the meter, but they then did a junction and raised the pipe up 5-6 inches and connected it into a 1 inch pipe. This 1 inch pipe runs about 16 feet before then being turned down with a junction and then another short 1 inch junction into a 2 inch PVC pipe. In researching the line buried depth may be okay since the SW Texas Freeze line for the Hill Country is estimated around 5-10 inches.
However, would there be anything I would need to consider if I attempt to eliminate all the junctions that raise the pipe and just connect from the water meter straight horizontally from the water meter to the 2 inch pipe? I'm assuming that the 3/4 inch PVC coming out of the meter and then connected to a 1 inch PVC and then connected to a 2 inch PVC pipe is arranged that way to account for water pressure???