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This is a farmhouse. Supply line from the main is a 1-1/2″ line about 1/2 mile long. At the house, pressure is about 70-75 psi when no water is flowing. Flows at about 7 or 8 gallons per minute through some plumbing and a 3/4″ hose.
Do I dare run that line inside the basement to supply the house? It’s PVC where it would enter the basement. I’d like to do that, then, after a main ball valve shutoff, split it, with a line running through a pressure regulator to a sort of manifold for the house feeds, and another line running to outside hosebibs with no regulation.
My concern is that I’ve seen how much water can come gushing out of a broken 1-1/2″ line (water bill about 8 times the usual amount). The alternative is to neck it down to 3/4″ or maybe 1″ copper before coming through the wall.
No codes apply here, but I attempt to adhere to universal codes.
Any thoughts, warnings, and/or experiences will be appreciated.
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This is a farmhouse. Supply line from the main is a 1-1/2" line about 1/2 mile long. At the house, pressure is about 70-75 psi when no water is flowing. Flows at about 7 or 8 gallons per minute through some plumbing and a 3/4" hose.
Do I dare run that line inside the basement to supply the house? It's PVC where it would enter the basement. I'd like to do that, then, after a main ball valve shutoff, split it, with a line running through a pressure regulator to a sort of manifold for the house feeds, and another line running to outside hosebibs with no regulation.
My concern is that I've seen how much water can come gushing out of a broken 1-1/2" line (water bill about 8 times the usual amount). The alternative is to neck it down to 3/4" or maybe 1" copper before coming through the wall.
No codes apply here, but I attempt to adhere to universal codes.
Any thoughts, warnings, and/or experiences will be appreciated.