[AT] Water Lines

[Cecil R Bearden]

Lowe's has a lot of it at a reasonable price.  I used to buy a lot of 
pipe at Pumpco Supply, I think they also had a store in Tulsa.  Locke 
Supply will give a pretty god discount to the end user.  You can also 
use the 1 inch 200 psi PVC glued joint.   I have pulled that pipe in a 
ripped trench also.  I have 3000 ft of pipe  6 ft deep for my heat 
exchanger here.  It is 2 inch 160 psi.   The black plastic pipe connects 
with barbed connections and hose clamps.  Contrary to this list opinion, 
I have had very good success with plastic Hose barbs.  The galvanized 
ones rust.  The olastic ones I have used were the same size as schedule 
40 PVC.  The new PEX pipe that used copper crimp rings is really great.  
I have used it and had good success.  The 1 inch pex uses brass barbs.

If I was to build a new heat and air system, I would use a ground source 
heat pump for my air conditioning and water heating, then an outdoor 
boiler for heating the house, water, dryer, and stock tank heat.

Cecil in OKla


On 1/3/2013 10:58 PM, moscowengnr at yahoo.com wrote:
> The posts on water lines were really informative. I am getting ready to install 500 to 600 feet of water line to connect a new cabin I am building on back of property where house in front burned down with Oklahoma wildfires.
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> Where can you purchase the rolled plastic pipe that was mentioned in some of the posts??
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> Is this similar to what is used for some gas lines??
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> Does it do joints by heating and pressing together??  if so does this work well?? where do you get tools for this??
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> This may be interesting for water lines, but I also want to try some experimenting with ground heat exchangers for heat and air. Having a long roll of plastic pipe would help with a few trial projects both in Oklahoma, and also here in Texas for my shop here.
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> Thanks,
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> Dennis
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