Water line fitting Help!

justjeepin86

justjeepin86

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So, we've been through that I'm putting in a new water main. Pipe is in the ground. I need to replace the 3/4 fitting at meter with a 1" fitting. What the hell do I call it when looking for it? And where can I get it? I've looked around Lowe's and HD and don't see anything similar. I may have to deal with a real plumbing supplier.
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So, it seems that it's just a barbed fitting for 1" line with whatever thread is on it. I don't know what size without taking it apart. I think i can take a measurement and get close.
 
Looks like a union with a NPT to barb fitting threaded into it.

Whaddoo I win?

Also, using a hose clamp in a below-grade situation seems sketchy as shit. It's a good recipe for an unexpected $500 water bill.
 
Warm the stiff pipe with a heat gun. Then clamp. The plastic gives more. Helps guarantee a seal. I like compression fittings on any tube or pipe. Shame the world doesn't make them universal.
 
shawn said:
Looks like a union with a NPT to barb fitting threaded into it.

Whaddoo I win?

Also, using a hose clamp in a below-grade situation seems sketchy as shit. It's a good recipe for an unexpected $500 water bill.
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The clamp seems pretty standard to me on black roll pipe. That one has been in the ground 30 years.

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The Ford System makes many couplings designed to transition from NPT to tubing. That is what was recommended to me when I ran tubing to my shop and barn. Once the transition to tube was done, I then used crimp fittings. The local Ferguson had all of the various stuff, while no big box store had anything remotely close.
 
WARRIORWELDING said:
Warm the stiff pipe with a heat gun. Then clamp. The plastic gives more. Helps guarantee a seal. I like compression fittings on any tube or pipe. Shame the world doesn't make them universal.
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Very common but warm it before clamping like WW said or it will leak.
 
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