On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:44:56 -0700, someone wrote:

.....only a single 2" line was run under
the road before the trench was filled and the road paved.

The owners told the developer that a single 2" line would not be able
to supply pressurized water to three houses.

How do the Owners know this? A 2" water supply line is pretty big if
not being used for fire hydrants or irrigation. I have seen camp
colonies that ran far more than only three houses off 2" water lines.

If everyone wants to stick to their guns, if there were documents
(plans, specs) that said there were supposed to be three separate
lines and a fixed price to do it, then tough **** on the contractor,
they can cut the road lay the lines then patch the road.

But if you are all paying time & materials anyway, then try it as-is
and see. I don't see that it is so obvious that a 2" line can't do
it. What does an actual engineer's analysis say?


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