In my on-going saga of dealing with an incompetent PB....
I discovered they used Class 200 PVC on the autofill line.
This is an old pic, but somewhat illustrative. The pipe has been cut down closer to the ground and the BFP has been correctly oriented and installed into the water line on the right. I also had them remove some material around where the pipe goes through the concrete to minimize that as a failure point.
However, I stumbled upon the fact that the PVC line going through the concrete, and presumably the rest of the line going to the auto-fill is Class 200 PVC, rather than Schedule 40. How displeased should I be? Even on the pressure side of my irrigation system, I used Sched 40 pipe.
From a max pressure perspective, it's likely fine, but are there any longevity or other concerns I should be weighing here? If the pipe was accessible, I'd have them rip it out and re-do yesterday. Unfortunately it runs under the concrete patio/deck. I have color & stamped concrete that will undoubtably not match if they were to remove the section on top of the pipe.
I'm in Indio, CA, so barring any wild climate change impacts, frost heave shouldn't be an issue. It's SoCal, so earthquakes are definitely a potential. It's under the concrete deck, so no errant gardener's will be able to attack it with a shovel.
I discovered they used Class 200 PVC on the autofill line.
This is an old pic, but somewhat illustrative. The pipe has been cut down closer to the ground and the BFP has been correctly oriented and installed into the water line on the right. I also had them remove some material around where the pipe goes through the concrete to minimize that as a failure point.
However, I stumbled upon the fact that the PVC line going through the concrete, and presumably the rest of the line going to the auto-fill is Class 200 PVC, rather than Schedule 40. How displeased should I be? Even on the pressure side of my irrigation system, I used Sched 40 pipe.
From a max pressure perspective, it's likely fine, but are there any longevity or other concerns I should be weighing here? If the pipe was accessible, I'd have them rip it out and re-do yesterday. Unfortunately it runs under the concrete patio/deck. I have color & stamped concrete that will undoubtably not match if they were to remove the section on top of the pipe.
I'm in Indio, CA, so barring any wild climate change impacts, frost heave shouldn't be an issue. It's SoCal, so earthquakes are definitely a potential. It's under the concrete deck, so no errant gardener's will be able to attack it with a shovel.
