Im thankful you dont edit out your mistakes. Your humility is evident. I know your goal with these videos is to teach and inform me and all of the other people watching. Thank you.
It's one thing that I think most people take for granted, running water. Try going a few days without it, it's tough to lug water. Thanks for the video.
I'm a small farmer and 52. I don't have water on a farm I rent and carry water every day to 40 hogs in five gallon buckets. I'll be so happy when I go to my next farm and dig a well that I can't even tell you. Running water world over is a miracle.
I learned a lot about these when we had a leak in our water line under the yard. Fortunately my dad is a bit of an “essential craftsmen” himself and we were able to straighten everything out. Great videos!
Absolutely fascinated by this series. Can 't believe how much work you put into it and filiming it at the same time. I'm in the final stages of completing a build, and this resource has been invaluable to me. Thank you! And keep up the good work...
Wow! I love the videos from essential craftsman! I have a lot of construction knowledge for a layman but I ALWAYS learn something from your videos. Thanks for producing and sharing them with us!!
You guys have inspired me to start my own contracting business. Thank you for producing such excellent videos and congratulations on your channel's success!
JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY THANKSGIVING SIR CANT GET ENOUGH OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE VERY THANKFUL WHEN I PUT IT IN ACTION, STILL CANT CUT STRING WITH MY HAND BUT ILL KEEP TRYING NONETHELESS.!!
Spot on information. perfectly said. And that is tracer wire around the angle valve , or curb cock . I love your videos . Keep them coming. I learn alot from you.
All of the cost associated with the project are on their Patreon page. Donate a buck or two a month and you'll have access. Not only that, but you'll help them to keep growing the channel and produce more awesome content.
Wow, I've never seen such a cool, useful and modern water valve here in Argentina. Maybe, just MAYBE we have some of these in the coastal areas, where water costs are charged to you by the cubic meter, but in the rest of the areas it's a fixed ammount of money for any ammount of water you consume, so there's no real way of telling just how much you (or rather, me haha) consume!
The district installed digital meters in our district never had metered water before they just billed a flat rate per month. One thing that is nice to have is a yard hydrant that has city pressure to it, my parents have it I'm going to do it on my house project. Having water main pressure for your garden hose is nice when your washing your vehicles etc, you may have to put a check valve in for back flow protection.
If you pull water from a hydrant, for temporary use, there is another type of water meter that attaches to it and there is a special "key" that will tighten the ring to the arm and turn the hydrant on. you can use a pipe wrench, but this will deface and deform the hydrant. you should also note that the hose size for a hydrant varies, but most common are 2.5,~4"-4.5",7" this will seem to mach up with your 3",5", and 8" discharge hoses but will not connect and has a different thread. the water meters usual come with a converter for a 2" pipe that you can build temporary systems off of, once we built a tree with 5: 3/4" hoses coming off of it by fusing poly pipe( the same kind as seen above) and a few converters for 3/4" pipe. as a side note, if you want you can build a temporary retention pond and pump the water you need on site from the pond or from an existing body of water. do check with 811 and make sure the water isn't owned by like the army corps of engineers, as this is a federal offense, possibly a felony to in anyway modify a body of water they own. to modify anything owned by the army corps of engineers, you will have to submit a plan of what you want to modify and hope they send you a permit, usually if all you are doing is redirecting the water on your property they are pretty chill. even if you pump potable water into a non-potable water container, DO NOT DRINK FROM IT, the non-potable water container often can have anything from toxins, petrol, poisons, deadly chemicals, and bacteria from its previous user or use. as an example on a job in Texas we had an issue getting water on site so we borrowed holding tanks used for storing ground water pumped out from oil well heads, the tanks were not cleaned, because it wasn't necessary for non-potable and so they had oil residue all in them.
The city should always have to install a ball valve for homeowners. I’ve fixed so many homes with water damage that could’ve been prevented with an easy turn valve. There’s way too many people who don’t own a key or don’t even know about a meter around here. The way the city hear treats their customers is disgusting though. I can’t even get them to replace a meter valve that won’t shut off half the time. I’ve had numerous thoughts about going at it until the valve breaks & settling anything that ya know…. Hurt me… when the valve broke 😉😂
If emergency strikes, always take a picture of the state in which their property was before you perform the act of repair, then, a picture after. It seems like a weird thing to do, when water is running some place, but unless you happen to have the nicest representatives of the office in your town, you'll get in trouble, and this, will save you of it. Applies to any utility and border.
Great video. Looks like you are using a gate type valve. Just a suggestion but, my experience has been that ball valves are more reliable and you should use a ball valve in your application.
I am convinced that the water going down is worse than no electric. We still water here at the greenhouse with a well and when the water goes down it's reason to panic.
Pismolvr 805, both’ll work; the ball valve easier to operate - with a 90 degree throw, the gate valve will require a couple of turns to full on or full off. Be sure not to try to regulate with either. Also, cycle them periodically. And if you do use a gate valve, when opening be sure to turn the handle about 1/16th off of fully open. Never leave it against the stop.
Ahh, E.C.! You had to go and tell OUR(plumbers) little secret. Now you've done it. Actually, the most common small leak turns out to be a ballcock valve in a toilet tank. Always check those first.
Anytime I start a job I go straight to the city and rent me a water meter that taps into a fire hydrant. Mason's need it, concrete guys need it, drywall contractor , painters, etc......
Must be warm there. I have never seen a meter so shallow! Also, is that an ERT'ed meter? We have to have a separate antenna, but maybe that is just due to the depth.
These water meters can be really expensive to install. We're gonna need one for our property and it can cost upwards to $20,000 in California. It might be cheaper to dig a water well instead.
Hi! These videos are so great! I jumped on your Patreon 👍🏼but I don't see the cost for the water hookup on there. Was that cost lumped up with another line item?
Daniel Puterbaugh On third look that is a stop valve which is restrictive. Better to add a good quality, American made ball valve. If there is a drain built into the stop then a ball valve may be purchased with a waste or drain or purchase a separate capped drain. Restriction will show up in the irrigation system lacking volume. Hope this helps.
In Winchester around the corner from where your building, they took out my meter cause I wasn't using it, now they want to charge me again because I want to use it again, hey I already paid once now they want to charge me twice
You might choke on your californian drought and overall lack of water kellerballer50. I'll keep my 6 ft+ frost line and feet of snow in winter and leave you to dry.
centrel vallery where all the farms are we got enough water this year way to much, where it was flooding, and not all califonia is snow free senora is like a hour to hour and1/2 away and that where we get some of water,
I know mine doesn't leak, and it's old. I've seen every inch of it, and replaced several feet due to freezing or upgrades, but if it leaks it's because there's an issue needing fixed.
The utility sends an electrical signal down the wire, and they use a sensor to detect the magnetic field around the wire, the sensor gives off a tone that gets louder as you get closer, they then mark it's location so you don't dig it up.
Not just there, basically anywhere utilities are buried, note: there are different methods depending on the utility. This site gives a nice simple explanation. sitescan.net/utility-location/
Why use a compression valve rather than a ball cock valve on your side of the meter? I think ball cocks last longer, are more reliable, and are easier to operate.
Talks too much about his project and advertising his business. The feed is labeled Water Meter Hook Up, stick to the subject. I will be moving on to a better example.
Im thankful you dont edit out your mistakes. Your humility is evident. I know your goal with these videos is to teach and inform me and all of the other people watching. Thank you.
excellent tip about the spinning triangle.
It's one thing that I think most people take for granted, running water. Try going a few days without it, it's tough to lug water. Thanks for the video.
I'm a small farmer and 52. I don't have water on a farm I rent and carry water every day to 40 hogs in five gallon buckets. I'll be so happy when I go to my next farm and dig a well that I can't even tell you. Running water world over is a miracle.
The dog was super happy about being on the work site.... very happy guy.
I didn't know about the little triangle thing on the meter, I'll have to check mine out.
I learned a lot about these when we had a leak in our water line under the yard. Fortunately my dad is a bit of an “essential craftsmen” himself and we were able to straighten everything out. Great videos!
Absolutely fascinated by this series. Can 't believe how much work you put into it and filiming it at the same time. I'm in the final stages of completing a build, and this resource has been invaluable to me. Thank you! And keep up the good work...
That look like a gate valve. You should replace it with a ball valve. I have had gate valves freeze in the closed position when I had to use them.
Wow! I love the videos from essential craftsman! I have a lot of construction knowledge for a layman but I ALWAYS learn something from your videos. Thanks for producing and sharing them with us!!
You guys have inspired me to start my own contracting business. Thank you for producing such excellent videos and congratulations on your channel's success!
When I see a new video up, I always click on it, asking myself “what can I learn today” and every video there is something
JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY THANKSGIVING SIR CANT GET ENOUGH OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE VERY THANKFUL WHEN I PUT IT IN ACTION, STILL CANT CUT STRING WITH MY HAND BUT ILL KEEP TRYING NONETHELESS.!!
Warning hahaha. More like "Warning you will drop everything to watch my new video"
I'm hooked!
Spot on information. perfectly said. And that is tracer wire around the angle valve , or curb cock . I love your videos . Keep them coming. I learn alot from you.
I love that the plumber showed up with his best friend(dog) in the jobsite
Really enjoy this series. You mention capturing cost info and sharing it, I looked on your website but no luck.
All of the cost associated with the project are on their Patreon page. Donate a buck or two a month and you'll have access. Not only that, but you'll help them to keep growing the channel and produce more awesome content.
Thanks ahead of time.
Thank you for the information.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Very useful information. Simple but good video.
Wow, I've never seen such a cool, useful and modern water valve here in Argentina. Maybe, just MAYBE we have some of these in the coastal areas, where water costs are charged to you by the cubic meter, but in the rest of the areas it's a fixed ammount of money for any ammount of water you consume, so there's no real way of telling just how much you (or rather, me haha) consume!
The district installed digital meters in our district never had metered water before they just billed a flat rate per month. One thing that is nice to have is a yard hydrant that has city pressure to it, my parents have it I'm going to do it on my house project. Having water main pressure for your garden hose is nice when your washing your vehicles etc, you may have to put a check valve in for back flow protection.
Last Wednesday we pour footing for a 3700 sqft house now we got 200 or so form boards to assemble for the foundation
If you pull water from a hydrant, for temporary use, there is another type of water meter that attaches to it and there is a special "key" that will tighten the ring to the arm and turn the hydrant on. you can use a pipe wrench, but this will deface and deform the hydrant. you should also note that the hose size for a hydrant varies, but most common are 2.5,~4"-4.5",7" this will seem to mach up with your 3",5", and 8" discharge hoses but will not connect and has a different thread. the water meters usual come with a converter for a 2" pipe that you can build temporary systems off of, once we built a tree with 5: 3/4" hoses coming off of it by fusing poly pipe( the same kind as seen above) and a few converters for 3/4" pipe.
as a side note, if you want you can build a temporary retention pond and pump the water you need on site from the pond or from an existing body of water. do check with 811 and make sure the water isn't owned by like the army corps of engineers, as this is a federal offense, possibly a felony to in anyway modify a body of water they own. to modify anything owned by the army corps of engineers, you will have to submit a plan of what you want to modify and hope they send you a permit, usually if all you are doing is redirecting the water on your property they are pretty chill.
even if you pump potable water into a non-potable water container, DO NOT DRINK FROM IT, the non-potable water container often can have anything from toxins, petrol, poisons, deadly chemicals, and bacteria from its previous user or use. as an example on a job in Texas we had an issue getting water on site so we borrowed holding tanks used for storing ground water pumped out from oil well heads, the tanks were not cleaned, because it wasn't necessary for non-potable and so they had oil residue all in them.
Love your videos, your attention to detail in everything is exceptional! subscribed and shared...
The city should always have to install a ball valve for homeowners. I’ve fixed so many homes with water damage that could’ve been prevented with an easy turn valve. There’s way too many people who don’t own a key or don’t even know about a meter around here. The way the city hear treats their customers is disgusting though. I can’t even get them to replace a meter valve that won’t shut off half the time. I’ve had numerous thoughts about going at it until the valve breaks & settling anything that ya know…. Hurt me… when the valve broke 😉😂
If emergency strikes, always take a picture of the state in which their property was before you perform the act of repair, then, a picture after. It seems like a weird thing to do, when water is running some place, but unless you happen to have the nicest representatives of the office in your town, you'll get in trouble, and this, will save you of it. Applies to any utility and border.
love your videos great guy, super smart, well put together videos good knowledge!
Great video. Looks like you are using a gate type valve. Just a suggestion but, my experience has been that ball valves are more reliable and you should use a ball valve in your application.
I am convinced that the water going down is worse than no electric. We still water here at the greenhouse with a well and when the water goes down it's reason to panic.
In my area the meter is in the houses. Interesting.
To short!! Need more EC!!!
Much rather have a ball valve than a gate valve. What are your thoughts?
Pismolvr 805, both’ll work; the ball valve easier to operate - with a 90 degree throw, the gate valve will require a couple of turns to full on or full off. Be sure not to try to regulate with either. Also, cycle them periodically. And if you do use a gate valve, when opening be sure to turn the handle about 1/16th off of fully open. Never leave it against the stop.
I would rather have the ball valve if it was me. Less likely to get debris stuck in it.
Ahh, E.C.! You had to go and tell OUR(plumbers) little secret. Now you've done it. Actually, the most common small leak turns out to be a ballcock valve in a toilet tank. Always check those first.
I had to set and install my meter myself, and install shutoffs on both sides myself.
You will be replacing that cheap gate valve in 2 years. Hope that it is temporary.
In Romania we have stars instead of triangles on the water meters. More like gears actually.
Anytime I start a job I go straight to the city and rent me a water meter that taps into a fire hydrant. Mason's need it, concrete guys need it, drywall contractor , painters, etc......
When you learn something on a video with "Warning: Basic" in the title, you know you clicked on the right video.
Must be warm there. I have never seen a meter so shallow! Also, is that an ERT'ed meter? We have to have a separate antenna, but maybe that is just due to the depth.
These water meters can be really expensive to install. We're gonna need one for our property and it can cost upwards to $20,000 in California. It might be cheaper to dig a water well instead.
Loving the video as usual. I gotta ask, you've used that kind of music a bunch of times in your videos. What is it? I'd love to find more like it.
Nate, what did you do professionally before working on this channel?
Hi! These videos are so great! I jumped on your Patreon 👍🏼but I don't see the cost for the water hookup on there. Was that cost lumped up with another line item?
Is that a gate valve which is the homeowners responsibility?
yes right after the meter is the HO to fix and install
Daniel Puterbaugh On third look that is a stop valve which is restrictive. Better to add a good quality, American made ball valve. If there is a drain built into the stop then a ball valve may be purchased with a waste or drain or purchase a separate capped drain. Restriction will show up in the irrigation system lacking volume. Hope this helps.
Thank!
How far underground does the water line need to be?
In Winchester around the corner from where your building, they took out my meter cause I wasn't using it, now they want to charge me again because I want to use it again, hey I already paid once now they want to charge me twice
Why use a gate valve over a ball valve?
What's your frost line? We're 30" here in southern Ohio. I worked in Montana, theirs is around 72" if I remember right.
Bangor ME, 60", for what it's worth.
I live in sunny California. What's a frost line again? Is that what you run to your freezer so it makes ice for your iced tea?
You might choke on your californian drought and overall lack of water kellerballer50. I'll keep my 6 ft+ frost line and feet of snow in winter and leave you to dry.
centrel vallery where all the farms are we got enough water this year way to much, where it was flooding, and not all califonia is snow free senora is like a hour to hour and1/2 away and that where we get some of water,
42" in Ct I believe.
The city valve is a AMS... Angel Meter Stop.
RedWhite&Blue 78 with wings?
0:35 - "blue sounding wire" ?
I’ve heard that “all water systems leak”. Any thoughts on that?
My thoughts: Don't listen to Jesse from PLFL.
No, Do not listen to him. With everything off, that little triangle should not move at All !
I know mine doesn't leak, and it's old. I've seen every inch of it, and replaced several feet due to freezing or upgrades, but if it leaks it's because there's an issue needing fixed.
NSMike87 I was wondering if someone would make a connection! 😜
NSMike87 😂😂😂 That was my exact thought when I read his comment! That's a line bull from someone that sucks at plumbing.
Sounding wire? Wish you talked more about that...
The utility sends an electrical signal down the wire, and they use a sensor to detect the magnetic field around the wire, the sensor gives off a tone that gets louder as you get closer, they then mark it's location so you don't dig it up.
J-man72 b to find the pipe underground between the meter and house?
Not just there, basically anywhere utilities are buried, note: there are different methods depending on the utility.
This site gives a nice simple explanation. sitescan.net/utility-location/
that skinny pipe delivers all the water to the house ?!??
That's all??? I'm sure there's more to it than that!
Why use a compression valve rather than a ball cock valve on your side of the meter? I think ball cocks last longer, are more reliable, and are easier to operate.
I swear my water meter is 110% efficient.
Foist!
Dogggg
Talks too much about his project and advertising his business. The feed is labeled Water Meter Hook Up, stick to the subject. I will be moving on to a better example.
gate valve? lmao waste of money