doublejj's BIG 2015 adventure.....

doublejj

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I am so glad that prick hasnt polluted this thread ...
Hows things jj ? Bet its all moving fast now huh ?
Some cars are moving slow as f*ck, others are speeding along...the trick is getting this entire train moving at the same time in the same direction. I have a lot of balls in the air at this time, I need them to come down in the right sequence...it could be a month before we can start working on the land.:-|
The city of Sacramento is installing new water meters here next week, so that means I will probably have a plumbing company out to replace my main water line. My house is 100 years old & the pipes are too. There is little chance the new meter won't start a chain reaction of leaks....:roll:
 
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nuggs

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Some cars are moving slow as f*ck, others are speeding along...the trick is getting this entire train moving at the same time in the same direction. I have a lot of balls in the air at this time, I need them to come down in the right sequence...it could be a month before we can start working on the land.:-|
The city of Sacramento is installing new water meters here next week, so that means I will probably have a plumbing company out to replace my main water line. My house is 100 years old & the pipes are too. There is little chance the new meter won't start a chain reaction of leaks....:roll:
I just put in new plumbing in my house 3yrs ago. the copper pipe got eaten away by electrolysis in 28 yrs. my well water is 6.1 out the tap. I'd never use copper again. I put in shark bite. IT's good to 40 below or something crazy like that. they use it around lake Tahoe and truckee . it's easy to install cut and plug. get it at home depot.
 

doublejj

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I just put in new plumbing in my house 3yrs ago. the copper pipe got eaten away by electrolysis in 28 yrs. my well water is 6.1 out the tap. I'd never use copper again. I put in shark bite. IT's good to 40 below or something crazy like that. they use it around lake Tahoe and truckee . it's easy to install cut and plug. get it at home depot.
I'll check it out
 

Mohican

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I was going to suggest PEX but I am always leery about pipe that a rat can chew through.

It does allow some custom installations with load balancing and direct lines with no elbows. Building code doesn't allow it in my town.

Use the thick copper. It is easy to sweat the joints and you can run a whole house pretty quickly. Use the water soluble flux and you won't get any of the acid deterioration the older solder joints had. I use MAP gas. It heats the copper faster and makes it an easy job.

I would also recommend getting an on-demand water heater or two. :)
 

partlycloudy

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I was going to suggest PEX but I am always leery about pipe that a rat can chew through.

It does allow some custom installations with load balancing and direct lines with no elbows. Building code doesn't allow it in my town.

Use the thick copper. It is easy to sweat the joints and you can run a whole house pretty quickly. Use the water soluble flux and you won't get any of the acid deterioration the older solder joints had. I use MAP gas. It heats the copper faster and makes it an easy job.

I would also recommend getting an on-demand water heater or two. :)
On-demand water heaters are awesome definitely worthwhile

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treemansbuds

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I just put in new plumbing in my house 3yrs ago. the copper pipe got eaten away by electrolysis in 28 yrs. my well water is 6.1 out the tap. I'd never use copper again. I put in shark bite. IT's good to 40 below or something crazy like that. they use it around lake Tahoe and truckee . it's easy to install cut and plug. get it at home depot.
I installed PEX "A" in my house addition. I had to take a 4hr class to become certified to install it. There are different grades of PEX pipe, with grade "A" as the highest quality (Lowes sells PEX "C").
At the class I asked about the "rat chewing" through the piping and the instructor said in all the years of teaching/selling PEX that he has never seen it happen. Impressive stuff that PEX and easy to install.
Good Luck,
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