Brass 'knuckle' (shaped like letter S) on my side of the water meter corroded completely where is was attached to 50 year old galvanized pipe.
Water service is now back as I've repaired the brass section with new brass fittings on my side and want to abandon the old 3/4" galvanized pipe and install a new Schedule 80 pipe with a couple 90 degree turns that will connect on side of house where the galvanized pipe connects to a copper line (this is all outside). The new brass parts are a series short parts and threaded pipes with a 90-degree check valve and couple elbows with a compression collar over old galvanized pipe. No leaks for now but am on borrowed time as that old galvanized pipe is severely rusted on inside.
My plan was/is to use 1" grey pvc Schedule 80 but am unsure where/what other parts are best. Here is my shopping list and if you happen to know easier parts to use, please suggest away.
1. A 60 foot long Schedule 80 PVC (Lowes online appears to have 20 foot sections for under $30)
2. I need to connect the 1 inch pipe to my new 3/4 inch brass fitting 90-degree elbow at about a depth of 12 inches.
3. Two 90-degree elbows, one to make initial turn toward house exterior wall from a 40 foot long section off water meter, another to connect to copper (3/4) line.
What are best couplings to use and what is the easiest connector to do the final connection from the 1 inch pipe to the 3/4 inch copper line on exterior wall ?
Where the old galvanized line meets the exterior wall copper line, it gently bends into the ground and goes down under a concrete pad. My plan was to come up at level ground and make a rigid 90-degree connection from the 1 inch pipe with reducing compression collar for the 3/4 inch copper line.
Water service is now back as I've repaired the brass section with new brass fittings on my side and want to abandon the old 3/4" galvanized pipe and install a new Schedule 80 pipe with a couple 90 degree turns that will connect on side of house where the galvanized pipe connects to a copper line (this is all outside). The new brass parts are a series short parts and threaded pipes with a 90-degree check valve and couple elbows with a compression collar over old galvanized pipe. No leaks for now but am on borrowed time as that old galvanized pipe is severely rusted on inside.
My plan was/is to use 1" grey pvc Schedule 80 but am unsure where/what other parts are best. Here is my shopping list and if you happen to know easier parts to use, please suggest away.
1. A 60 foot long Schedule 80 PVC (Lowes online appears to have 20 foot sections for under $30)
2. I need to connect the 1 inch pipe to my new 3/4 inch brass fitting 90-degree elbow at about a depth of 12 inches.
3. Two 90-degree elbows, one to make initial turn toward house exterior wall from a 40 foot long section off water meter, another to connect to copper (3/4) line.
What are best couplings to use and what is the easiest connector to do the final connection from the 1 inch pipe to the 3/4 inch copper line on exterior wall ?
Where the old galvanized line meets the exterior wall copper line, it gently bends into the ground and goes down under a concrete pad. My plan was to come up at level ground and make a rigid 90-degree connection from the 1 inch pipe with reducing compression collar for the 3/4 inch copper line.