On Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 4:22:27 PM UTC-5, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 15:05:55 -0600, Ken wrote:

I live in the mid south, and most water pressure regulators are
installed in front of the home and buried in the ground. After 10-15
years, they often fail and need to be replaced. That means finding them
and digging up so they can be replaced. My question is this: Why don't
they put a clay pipe or something similar around them and put a cover
over it? Water meters are installed that way. It seems burying it
makes replacement much more costly and difficult.

IDK the answer. My water pressure regulator is in the garage, mounted
along they wall so it is easy to adjust if necessary.
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None of the homes I've lived in have had a pressure regulator.
But if I had one, I don't know why in the world it would be buried
outside, unless it was owned by and the responsibility of the utility.
The supply line has to come into the house, and somewhere near there
is the logical place to put it.