Timeline for Pumphouse piping preferred material?
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| Aug 22, 2021 at 23:44 | vote | accept | coderjohn | ||
| Aug 2, 2021 at 15:50 | answer | added | Ecnerwal | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 2, 2021 at 12:03 | comment | added | George Anderson | @crip659 Adding air to a tank with a failed bladder is a constant maintenance item...not fun, and if not done often enough, leads to short cycling of the pump which will def. shorten it's life. Also, to the OP, when you replace the tank, clean up the wiring to the pump, individual wires running along a floor are def. not code legal and not safe. | |
| Aug 2, 2021 at 11:28 | comment | added | crip659 | For piping would not use copper or any metal type pipe in places where freezing might be possible. Would stay with one type so do not need to worry about getting the right adapters from one type to another type. If pipes not broken, keep the ones you have now. | |
| Aug 2, 2021 at 1:19 | comment | added | coderjohn | One big difference between CPVC/PVC and PEX is the internal diameter of the fittings. PEX fittings at the same "named" size flow less. | |
| Aug 2, 2021 at 1:04 | comment | added | coderjohn | Yes. It's my understanding that a bladder tank that is waterlogged means the bladder is compromised. I did drain the tank and re-pre-charged it and it is definitely working better (no short cycling). Others have said that it's a matter of time before it gets re-waterlogged. | |
| Aug 1, 2021 at 22:58 | comment | added | crip659 | Is there another reason to replace the tank? With most waterlogged tanks, just need to drain a bit and add air and you have a tank working as new. | |
| Aug 1, 2021 at 22:50 | history | asked | coderjohn | CC BY-SA 4.0 |