On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:58:38 GMT, Adam Preble
wrote:

Adam Preble wrote:
Awhile back I had asked where I might have a water shutoff on my
property. Looking at the hints, the only one I can find is the
municipal one undera manhole cover just off of my property. Of course,
the city doesn't want me to play with it. The only way for me to do
some plumbing improvements is to have the city shut it off, and have
them turn it on a few hours later--and hope everything is OK.

I don't like this idea and was thinking about the work required to
install a shutoff. It sounds like a PITA that isn't cheap to do.
Recently, I had thought about the work that goes into installing a water
softener, and I wonder if I could exploit that to add a shutoff. I
assume I could keep a water main shutoff inside the garage this way,
next to a water softener. It seems like the most convenient way to go
about it, but I wondered if there are some perils in doing this.

OK there's one caveat. While it might be possible to get this in the
main before the external faucets, I figured this would cover the inside
of the house just fine--and that is what matters to me right now.
That's where I have to do the improvements anyways.

After the street meter/shut off, the water main enters my garage via
the foundation. It's easily accessible and has a pressure relief
valve, then a shut off valve. This shuts down the house without going
to the street. At the water heater I added a shut off just for
immediate emergency, since I was in changing out the heater. At the
water softener there is a faucet for soft water to wash the car, but
no shut off valve.

Oren

"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
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