[AT] County/City Water Connection: What size meter to use?

[Cecil R Bearden]

Al:
We are 1/4 mile from the meter here.  I ran a 2 inch line and am hooked 
to a 5/8 inch meter.  Our fee here is now $2500.   I would not run any 
water line smaller than 1 inch.    Might I suggest you find a subsoiler 
to go behind your IH.  You can hook a pipe puller connector for 1 inch 
pipe (found at a plumbing supply) and pull the pipe in behind the 
Subsoiler.  It works faster digging out all the dirt in the trench.   
Then just run over the trench with the tires to compact it.  It works 
really well if you connect a 2 inch pipe torpedo in front of the pipe 
puller to make a tunnel for the pipe to follow in.   The Black plastic 
rolled pipe works fine for this.... If you use the black plastic, you 
can use a male adapter and a pipe coupling welded to a chain for a 
puller.   Just be sure to make a torpedo to follow the subsoiler and go 
in front of the pipe.   Hope this makes sense.   I have pulled over 2000 
ft this way in 500 ft  lingths.   We just dug a hole to start it and end it.

Cecil in OKla


On 1/2/2013 5:06 PM, Al Jones wrote:
> WARNING: OFF TOPIC!
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> My wife and I are building a house, and it’s time to put the water meter down out at the highway.  This is my first experience with “county water,” as I have always lived in a house on its own well.  I am hoping that the convenience of not maintaining a pump will be worth it in  the long run.  Plus, we will be living in the town ETJ, and I expect “one of these days” they will run a municipal sewer line and we’ll have to connect anyway.
>
> I have a choice of a meter with a 3/4" hookup, pretty much the standard deal around here, or a 1” hookup.  The 1” meter is $170 more than the 3/4" meter, but the highway robbery, uh, I mean “impact fee” is $1600 more for the 1” meter.  Our house is between 800 and 900 feet from the road and where the meter will be.  Should I bite the bullet and go for the 1” connection or will a 3/4" line give acceptable pressure and flow?  My contractor suggests the 1” meter, and I have had others advise either one will work.  One even suggested just installing the 3/4" meter but run a 1" pipe to the house.
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> We won't be doing anything fancy, just water needs for a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath house.  No lawn irrigation other than filling up a watering can when I plant marigolds or something.
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> When the meter goes in, I intend to run the line to the house myself.  If so, I will be using the 424 IH with a middlebuster to dig the trench (if it will go deep enough) and the Super A with IH Fast Hitch blade to backfill.....
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> thanks,
> Al
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