More about Water

Now we have new line running all the way to the house. In fact, there is no old steel pipe that feeds the cold water in the kitchen. And as was mentioned before, the water pressure is now fantastic in the kitchen! Our standard of living just went up, if only by a little bit.

The picture above shows the new line next to the old one. We roto-hammered a new hole for the new pipe (1" poly-200psi). The old pipe was removed along with the hose bib that was connected to it. We put a valve at the splice for shut-off convenience.

Here are pictures of the hole/trench being bedded with sand (for code) and the valve box for accessing the shut-off valve.

Here is a picture of the galvanized fitting assembly that I had to remove (Hooray for the Sawzall!) from under the house. We tried to take it apart, but it was fused solid. Even the plastic fitting that was connecting the old poly line to the galvanized "T" was fused. The thing just tore apart as I tried to unscrew it, thus the need for new fittings. The brass compression fittings are lifesavers (they connect the new brass nipples to the old galvanized pipe). Otherwise I would have had to either use a tap and die to put new threads on the old galvanized pipe or run all new pipe (which will happen one day, just not right now).

Here are a couple of pictures of the new brass assembly. The one showing the crawlspace of the house is deceiving. The amount of space under the house is a lot less that the picture seems to show.

One final picture, here I am all suited up under the carport (where the crawl space entry is). I wear a painter's pull-over when I go under the house (and, of course a head lamp). Not shown is the head sock I wear, too. There is a lot of crap under there: old cat poop, a dead cat, broken light bulbs, dirt, a corn cob, an old broken (whiskey?) bottle, spiders, tinfoil, abandoned plumbing and electrical lines, etc.