Tapping Into the Main Line

[@docness7]

I love the music playing in the video.

[@SprinklerWarehouse]

Thank you!

[@paulhamilton9411]

Great video. Thanks for the help!

[@greenEyezAZ]

Great video. Also what is the song..

[@jhogan1960]

Is a PVB adequate backflow prevention?. RPZs are mandatory in our area

[@stefanjairrobalino3066]

What if main line from city is copper ?

[@AlabanzasyAdoración7]

If my line supply is 3/4 my back flow preventer has to be the same or can it be 1"?

[@AlabanzasyAdoración7]

If my line supply is 3/4 do my lines to my zones have to be the same or can they be 1"?

[@logansneed2882]

Makes my skin crawl to see the above ground back flow, I’m a young guy and wasn’t taught like that! That’s the new way.

[@robertlam5507]

Where do you out the backflow?

[@logansneed2882]

@@robertlam5507 Tap it off the water meter and bury it in a box, I dont understand why people put it above the ground on the side of the home.

[@robertlam5507]

Here in Illinois we cannot use PVB’s we have to use RPz backflows. The cannot be buried under ground. They can be out in a basement or a boiler room. If you install a RPz indoors it must have a drain pipe below the dump at least 11/2 times the size of the RPz backflow. We are not allowed to use “douable check valves either. I think every state has it’s own codes.

[@logansneed2882]

@@robertlam5507 Probably so, in some states do you have to have a plumbing license?

[@robertlam5507]

@@logansneed2882 yes. In Illinois it takes a licensed plumber to install and test them. In Missouri I have a license to test and repair them. The unions in Chicago set the rules for Illinois and keep us Irrigation guys from testing.

[@docham]

VERY IMPORTANT to open the downstream Backflow Preventer valve SLOWLY.

[@luernesto74]

Im looking for the shutoff valve to the sprinklers but i can't find it! Where could it be?

[@francej9754]

Where ever the previous owner put it 😂 if they didn’t mark it or put a cover on it just have to back track the sprinkler system and locate it. Big headache

[@Jehucurliss2kings]

Usually by meter or house. Inntx usually underground in box. Usually near water meter (best) or house (amateur).

[@Jehucurliss2kings]

In tx usually underground. Not a pvb but a dca. Usually in a box. Sometimes no backflow preventer at all. When illegal is ok......illegal is what you get.

[@roberturibe2988]

What size pvc they using? 3/4? Schedule 40?

[@keystoneplumber]

They said 1 inch

[@robertlam5507]

Why do you not put unions on the PVB so that they can be taken off for the winter? What a waste of time and money to wrap insulation around the pipes. Also why not put a ball valve on the upleg pipe so you can shut it off at the backflow in case you have to replace it?

[@bygonebob]

I agree with the unions. Exposed pipes (above ground) and capped off will break when the water inside freezes and expands, so it needs to be wrapped. In the video, it showed a shut-off valve was installed right after it teed off the main line in case you've missed it.

[@Jehucurliss2kings]

Ya. Everyone seems to think that 1 inch main is way to go. Many times , if large residential and or low pressure - Good idea to go 1-1/4 inch sometimes. Or even larger depending on meter size. This one size fits all is getting old.

[@noeeon9910]

1" usually does the job, I hardly ever see the reason to go above 11/4" 11/2" hardley improves your pressure but cost more and is harder to work with.

[@Jehucurliss2kings]

@@noeeon9910 Hardly improves your pressure? I've done repairs on hundreds of systems. Bad advice

[@noeeon9910]

@@Jehucurliss2kings I'm a licensed irrigator and licensed backflow tester. You done hundreds? I've done thousands... the amount of friction loss that happens in a 11/2 pipe is not that much of a drop from 11/4 look it up on your pressure loss charts if you know what those are. Therefore the benefits of using 11/2 aren't many...

[@Jehucurliss2kings]

@@noeeon9910 Have you ever designed a commercial system ?

[@Jehucurliss2kings]

I see now that your main point was pressure loss between 1 1/4 and 1 1/2. My main point of disagreement was your statement that 1" usually works. Depends on size of system.

[@Jungla694]

Title of video is not accurate (incomplete).

[@crocpa]

Horrible music

[@docness7]

You don’t know music.