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I live in Southern California with a house on a slab. The original galvanized pipe that feeds the house from the meter has finally broke in an area I can't repair (under the slab). It's been my plan to replace all this piping with PVC underground, copper to go above ground and penetrate the house, and finally PEX inside. I talked with my county as far as the approved materials and they simply specified SCH-40 PVC at a minimum of 12" underground and copper above that depth. I can use PEX inside too.
My questions:
1. Should I add any sort of bedding to the trench before laying the new PVC pipe or does it simply get buried in the dirt without too much fuss?
2. It has been suggested that I first connect to the meter with copper and then go to PVC for the 40' run to the house. This affords them some better pipe strength if the county ever needs to work on the meter. What would be the best way to join the short 2' copper run with the PVC?
Thx guys!
My questions:
1. Should I add any sort of bedding to the trench before laying the new PVC pipe or does it simply get buried in the dirt without too much fuss?
2. It has been suggested that I first connect to the meter with copper and then go to PVC for the 40' run to the house. This affords them some better pipe strength if the county ever needs to work on the meter. What would be the best way to join the short 2' copper run with the PVC?
Thx guys!