Halcomb Plumbing, Inc.
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Water Lines
Exterior Water Line Services
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Plumbers
Water Line
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Installation
The water main, or also called water service line, runs underground from the water meter near the street to your home or business. It supplies potable (safe to drink) water throughout the home or building and outdoor spigots. Property owners are responsible for their water line from their home to the meter at the street. You may have two water meters and two water lines, with one being used for irrigation / sprinkler systems.
The water that is supplied to you typically has a very high water pressure coming from the street / water meter. For this reason, every property should have a pressure reducing valve to lower the water pressure to a safe range of approximately 60 psi. (pounds per square inch).
Water Line Basics
Types of Water Pipe
There are many types of pipe that have been used over the past 100 years for main water service lines. As the quality of pipe has evolved, older types of pipe are no longer used. Blue polybutylene was commonly used in the 1970s through the 1990s and is known to fail by simply breaking or cracking. Newer, longer lasting pipe that we primarily use is HDPE for High Density Poly-Ethylene. Other types of water pipe used for domestic water lines are copper and pvc, however copper is more expensive than HDPE. HDPE is easier to use because of its flexibility.