Sprinkus' house install

[Sprinkus]

Up for your critique are pictures of the DCV installation at my house.
I'm doing the work in phases so if you don't see a master valve, or anything else for that matter, it's because I haven't installed it yet.

[Sprinkus]

More pics:

[mitchgo]

jeez..
Nice that you don't even have to dig!

I've never seen a water meter box like that and I'm surprised it doesn't even have a setter on it. Sometimes we run into double or even triple setters.. It's not fun digging 5-6' for a POC.

But anyways nice job. I'm curious why there is an old gate valve on the domestic side there? is there as pit for that?

[Mike Leary]

Where's the unions on the DCVA? Nice shoes.

[mitchgo]

ah . I didn't see the second set of pics.
With no blow out be sure to blow out through TC #4 so you don't melt the plastic checks :)

[Sprinkus]

ah . I didn't see the second set of pics.
With no blow out be sure to blow out through TC #4 so you don't melt the plastic checks :)

What's a "blow-out"?

[Mike Leary]

What's a "blow-out"?

Ho ho, our northern friend thinks everyone winterizes.

[Sprinkus]

Ah, I see.
Yup, there's no freeze line in South Texas. If it's underground here it doesn't freeze.

[Shawn Perkins]

Where is the JUMBO box????? :)

[Sprinkus]

Where is the JUMBO box????? :)

Ummm, at Longhorn? :confused:

[Sprinkus]

Where's the unions on the DCVA? Nice shoes.

I didn't install any unions on the DCV. They're not required and if I ever need to replace the DCV it'll give me a good opportunity to install some.

And thanks for the shoe compliment, I figured I'd get as much shoes as I could into the pics!

[Mike Leary]

I didn't install any unions on the DCV. They're not required and if I ever need to replace the DCV it'll give me a good opportunity to install some.

Trouble is, if you replace the DCVA with another brand, the unions are moot.

[Sprinkus]

Hopefully Febco will be around for a long time!

[DanaMac]

Where is the JUMBO box????? :)

In the fridge holding the jumbo shrimp.

[mitchgo]

Ho ho, our northern friend thinks everyone winterizes.


ha ha.. Woops! :laugh:

[EagleLandscape]

cheapo DCVA, woulda spent $10 more and got the other model...

clean install and cover though.

[unit28]

there's gotta be some gravel down in that DC hole somewhere right?

[Mike Leary]

there's gotta be some gravel down in that DC hole somewhere right?

Good call, we are coded to provide for 8" of separation plus 18" of gravel.

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

You are a brave man Sprinkus

or

a glutton for punishment

Nice turf cleanup.

[Mike Leary]

Nice turf cleanup.

I'll give him that much.

[ARGOS]

It's great character building to be judged by the peers...where's the gravel?

[Mike Leary]

It's great character building to be judged by the peers...where's the gravel?

At least, you're man enough to take the hit from your peers and learn from it; unlike a few on this site.

[unit28]

hey, it's only dirt and worms right?

[Wet_Boots]

No stainless handles?

[Sprinkus]

I'll do the gravel when I have some here, might as well wait until all of the valves are installed. (I knew someone would mention that, along with the unions).
I'm going to try and do the driveway bore next week, if I can find a boring machine or a long pipe and a giant sledgehammer.

[Sprinkus]

cheapo DCVA, woulda spent $10 more and got the other model...


I've had many issues with the check valves getting stuck on the other model (we have extremely hard water here). I didn't want to deal with that at my house.

[Mike Leary]

I've had many issues with the check valves getting stuck on the other model (we have extremely hard water here).

Yup, when they went to smaller top-loading checks, we well folk were screwed. Bring back the 805Y!

[Sprinkus]

And just to throw this off-topic, and keep from getting too roasted, here's a pic of my Stewie pants: :laugh:

[Wet_Boots]

805Y is a flawed design

[Mike Leary]

805Y is a flawed design

Care to share why, in that I prolly had a couple of hundred of them in service and tested them yearly?

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

I'll distract them with this Sprinkus while you go run and put gravel in the box.

[Mike Leary]

Just had another helping of Mowerman's brisket, oh ya!

[DanaMac]

I'll distract them with this Sprinkus while you go run and put gravel in the box.

Oh that looks yummy. Just made brinner. Breakfast for dinner. French toast and sausage.

I've been eating a TON of fast food. This morning was my last for at least a week. baby steps..... The last year and a half or so, I have eaten more fast food than probably the previous 5-6 combined. Not sure why. Especially breakfast. Carl's Jr's Loaded breakfast burrito is goooood. and close by.

[Wet_Boots]

805Y is a flawed designPoppets jam in their guides. I see it frequently in the RPZ version (825Y) when I winterize them.

[unit28]

I'll distract them with this Sprinkus while you go run and put gravel in the box.

oh my, just had the same thing, home made here too.
My son is alergic to wheat/flour. So his was made with gluten free dough.

By the way, that is a deep dish...nice

[Sprinkus]

Great, now I have the munchies. :rolleyes::laugh:

[ARGOS]

Ever seen supersize it? That helps kick the fast food habit.

Other then money and health fast food takes a lot more time then brown bagging it.

[DanaMac]

Ever seen supersize it? That helps kick the fast food habit.

Other then money and health fast food takes a lot more time then brown bagging it.

Yeah I saw it years ago. pretty disgusting. Guess I need to rent it again. And I think it was "Supersize Me".

[mitchgo]

I have to rent it again too!

[AI Inc]

Piker , you were not even wearing flippers !

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

805Y is a flawed design

I'm in your camp on this. I prefer the DCVAs that can be serviced from the top since ours are always below grade in a box.

[Tom Tom]

Looks good, but

Why not use copper instead of sch80?

[Mike Leary]

I'm in your camp on this. I prefer the DCVAs that can be serviced from the top since ours are always below grade in a box.

That's why we used unions, so the 805Y could be roatated for service. I don't like the extra friction loss of the top loaders or the dinky checks.

[Wet_Boots]

The 805Y flaws made it a problem when the devices weren't inspected regularly. All I had to do was see one cracked casting (not freeze-related) on an 805Y, and it was off the 'good' list.

[Mike Leary]

The 805Y flaws made it a problem when the devices weren't inspected regularly. All I had to do was see one cracked casting (not freeze-related) on an 805Y, and it was off the 'good' list.

We did have a couple of cracked castings, both on premise-isolation units. Out of hundreds, not a bad track record, we did test every year.

[Wet_Boots]

Yeah, but this 805Y unit never saw any sub-freezing temps, and cracks appearing in indoor plumbing is reason for alarm.

[Mike Leary]

Yeah, but this 805Y unit never saw any sub-freezing temps, and cracks appearing in indoor plumbing is reason for alarm.

Yup, the cracks we had were very tiny and also inside the building. Freaked me out trying to figure out why they did not test. :dizzy:

[Wet_Boots]

This crack wasn't tiny, and only some luck kept major flooding from happening. Never installed another one after that.

[Mike Leary]

This crack wasn't tiny, and only some luck kept major flooding from happening. Never installed another one after that.

Wow! Ours were little hairline cracks on the seats; you skated.

[Wet_Boots]

This was a crack through the threads at one of the caps. How close it was to the cap blowing out, I don't think I want to know. If you have an 805Y in a sensitive location, I'd say you need to dismantle the device on an annual basis, and inspect the poppets and guides.

[Mike Leary]

Never used to, but towards the end, we did pull the guts. Good to carry some emory cloth, too.

[Wet_Boots]

And also have a half-inch wire brush made for copper sweat fittings, to ream out the corrosion that could be in the guide. I do this for the 825Y devices I winterize.

[Mike Leary]

Do you test or sub it out?

[Wet_Boots]

No tests and no one cares and no one enforces and it's like everywhere is Suffock County. I do have a Watts test rig at the ready, though.

[Mike Leary]

No tests and no one cares and no one enforces and it's like everywhere is Suffock County.

That line does not exactly make my cross-connection day. :cry: :dizzy:

[Wet_Boots]

Thrills the heck out of me, too. No wonder I like the PVB and AVB - at least gravity has my back.

[Mike Leary]

Thrills the heck out of me, too. No wonder I like the PVB and AVB - at least gravity has my backV

I get your drift, at last.