Recent content by Firechickenman

I've had some time to think over all the ideas and I think teeing into the water line would be best in the garage where it enters the house. Easy access to work, accessible in the future if repairs are needed to my connections and biggest of all, not disturbing my trouble free underground water...

My water service comes into the house through the cement basement wall in the garage. It's a split foyer so the basement only 1/2 underground. The wall is 1/2 cement, 1/2 wood frame construction. I could possibly tee into the 3/4 line there but I would have to bore through the cement wall...

Thanks metlmuncher! This seems like a good plan. I appreciate you taking the time to go into detail with the "how and why". I know I'm not the only one who will benefit from this post. I searched and searched for some solid info and just didn't come up with much (which I was surprised about...

Thanks for the ideas so far! No inspections are required, but I definitely want to do this once and be done with it. I have thought about using a slip coupling soldered in with the first pack joint tee I linked. Not sure how well it would solder with the ground pulling the heat away and also the...

Hi everyone! I've been a member here for a while and found some great ideas and information. We have a new 40x50x16 post frame building and now it's time to run water and electric to it. I'm having a little trouble deciding how to tee into my water service line (from meter to house). From the...