Has anyone ever seen 2 or 3 water lines coming into the house. public water. 1 is copper, and 2 are pex.
2 of the lines run right next to each other and they are piped in a way that both are supplying the house with water. the 3rd pipe is in the crawl space and go’s into the ceiling/floor.
. i’ll post pics up later. just never seen this. *(have seen where they have public water on one side of house, then a old well for the outside water)
house is in a city, build 2003
Are all 3 going through the meter?
Also, look for another meter. Some homes have two meters, one for potable water, and one for irrigation water.
I’ve seen city water piped from the next door neighbor. Maybe piping going out to something?
Two lines are going to the meter one is not
Just a guess, but the pex leaving the floor in your first pic might be the same line coming out of the floor in the crawlspace. Were the other two in a basement? Hard to say too much without more info. What was above the crawl that the line there might be feeding?
Possibly some type of geothermal system?
I see an isolation valve at the main line which to me indicates that it’s pressurizing that part of whatever system it is if needed.
Did you close that isolation valve and see if any of the plumbing was affected?
Was plumbed to an outside spigot.
At first I thought they were trying to bypass the water meter but it still clocked it .
Basically, it’s just a distribution line to whatever. You probably have that figured out by now, but the sketch below might help if not…
no clue why they would go back under the slab. .. but that makes sense how you drew it up … Thanks Ryan.
Did this home have a basement and a crawl? Might have something to do with how they wanted to route the water from one to the other if so.
yes, had a basement, and a crawl.
My first thought is that it was originally piped for two meters. After they decided to not pay the extra meter charge for irrigation, they piped it to one meter.
How many civic addresses?
Is the home in a rural setting with septic field?
Is there a well?
Is the plastic line the potable domestic water supply or for other purposes?
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Could have originally meant to be a separate meter for irrigation. However, the reason for the separate meter is so you don’t pay sewer charges for irrigation water. So not sure why they would change their mind.
I inspect in a couple of sub-divisions were all of the homes were built with dual meters. The minimum meter charge for the second meter is around $35.00 per month and billed all 12 months of the year. The savings for the waste fees does not make up for the meter charge. Especially when people only really need to water 4-5 months out of the year.
EDIT: That is why a lot of people have eliminated the second meter.
That makes sense. Dang, those meter fees are high, lol. I haven’t lived in city limits for over 20 years, so not up to speed on city charges. I always laugh though, because people say us rural folk get free water and sewer. And I have to tell them “no, we just pay for it in a lump sum when putting in a well and/or septic.”
My wife grew up on a farm. Whenever there was a concern about the well going dry, humans took second to the livestock. From stories, this happened on a somewhat regular basis. You add the cancer rates where she grew up and in many rural areas are pretty high. Because of this, my wife refuses to ever live somewhere where we would need a well.
