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hatidua
05-17-2017, 11:33
I live in an old house (built 1904). There isn't a pressure release valve in the house or anywhere after the main city valve at the street, which is currently the only method I have of turning off my water supply. I need a valve installed (presumably in the front yard somewhere as the location the pipe enters the house cannot be located) as the pressure is getting to be more than my pipes/water heater/etc can handle. I was given the name of a company that could do this and yet they are now two weeks past when they were suppposed to show up to do this and they can't be bothered to return my calls now.

If any members here do this kind of work I'd be interested in discussing this project. It'd involve digging down to the water line, installing said valve and a box around it so I can access that valve in the future (sorry for the lay terms in describing it, I realize that's oversimplifying it a bit).

PM if this is down your alley. :)
BushMasterBoy
05-17-2017, 11:37
My pressure regulator is in the house. Idiot builders installed it in the wall, behind an access panel. The water here is so bad, and the brass bodied regulator so poorly constructed it started leaking after 8 years. I reinstalled a new one in the crawl space where it is easily accessible. YMMV
jslo
05-17-2017, 16:34
Don't know your situation (basement, crawlspace) but seems odd service line can't be located. If it's buried behind a wall, seems it would be less expensive and much easier to pull drywall (or whatever). Never had a job I couldn't find the main service lines, yet. Always a first I suppose. Good luck
Jamnanc
05-17-2017, 16:48
Don't know your situation (basement, crawlspace) but seems odd service line can't be located. If it's buried behind a wall, seems it would be less expensive and much easier to pull drywall (or whatever). Never had a job I couldn't find the main service lines, yet. Always a first I suppose. Good luck
This^. The vault would be expensive to put a pressure reducer in the ground. Maybe a meter pit would work. I'd go rent a locate device and figure out where the service comes in to the building. Geoshack should rent them.
earplug
05-17-2017, 18:35
Consider replacing the mainline at this time.
hatidua
05-17-2017, 20:47
There's no crawlspace, no basement, -it's old. Really old.