Apartment project that I am working on - Page 2 - Plumbing Forum

**Chris** · 01-26-2012, 03:57 AM

Rent for now. With all the new laws going into place in CA it is not worth buying unless you buy new and thats expensive.

**phishfood** · 01-31-2012, 11:28 PM

Slow so far. But here are a couple more pictures from today.

**phishfood** · 01-31-2012, 11:36 PM

The first picture is of the water main tap that the site contractor installed over the weekend.

It is not the clearest. The blue pipe is 4" plastic, then a valve, then it reduces to 2" brass, then a tee with a plastic plug, then another brass nipple, then a threadxslip 2" PVC 90. Chris, is this common? I have had lots and lots of problems with the female PVC fittings splitting when used this way, to the point that I refuse to make up that kind of connection.

Another "interesting" thing to note is that our plans call for a 2 1/2" water main feeding the building, but the site utility plans call for a 2" feed. Makes no sense to me.

Alright, the second picture is of the water main that will be feeding the clubhouse under hydrostatic test. Yes, the gauge is reading right, I don't like leaks later on.

**Chris** · 02-01-2012, 03:15 AM

PVC is never allowed on a city water service. Out here once you transition to PVC you stay PVC until you get to the building then you transition back, you never mix and match parts.

We never transition with a bend. we always use a Female adapter then a 90 if it is neccessary. They are probably over tightening the 90 to the point of cracking it. You only need a few turns to seal it up and hold it on good.

**phishfood** · 03-20-2012, 09:10 AM

A 400+ yard pour this morning.

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**phishfood** · 03-23-2012, 07:12 AM

A picture of the master meter and backflow for the project.

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**havasu** · 03-23-2012, 01:38 PM

Now that the pics are right side up, it looks like a great job. I just wish I understood plumbing better.

**Chris** · 03-23-2012, 02:24 PM

Holy hell that is a crazy contraption.

**johnjh2o** · 03-23-2012, 03:45 PM

Phishfood, is the 2nd feed just to service the device without interrupting the water service? If so we do use a similar setup over on this coast but with a bypass and a 2ND device. Or is the spacer for a 2DN device and meter? Or am I way off base?

John

**phishfood** · 03-23-2012, 09:34 PM

To be honest, that setup was installed by the sitework contractor. We only contract the plumbing in the buildings, including the final tie-in to the sewer and water. So I can't answer with real knowledge, but from what I can tell, the second feed is connected to the main input with a valve underground in between. My guess is that this is to allow water service to the project in the event that the main meter or the backflow device needs to be serviced. I think that this is the finished installation, with no later add-ons planned, so I am guessing that there would be no metering occuring if the bypass was utilized.

I was really hoping that Chris could offer some input on this setup, but he seems as confused as I am.