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Friday, June 11th 2010, 8:26am
by HooKooDooKu
If your still needing help, the best thing to do is go down to lowes and by what is called a "Gator Bite" fitting. these are great for homeowner with out a lot of experience with copper. the just push together and your done. They hold great. as far as getting the old one off all you have to do is cut the up right pipe on the discxharge side and spin that peice of copper off, after that hold the male adapter at the house with channel locks and spin the backflow off. That easy
Thursday, June 10th 2010, 2:06pm
by DESERTGUY
Thursday, June 10th 2010, 12:27pm
by HooKooDooKu
Thursday, June 10th 2010, 8:56am
by wumpus
I further queried the local companies about high cost of replacing the unit. Turns out the county where I live (St. Louis County) requires that backflow devices be installed by licensed plumbers and that a permit from the county is required to perform the work. Sounds like a scam to me but each of them gave me the same excuse reason.Local companies want ~$625 to provide and install the unit.
Monday, June 7th 2010, 3:28pm
by HooKooDooKu
RPZs were never that low. Copper became an expensive commodity and device prices jumped up. And there are also the energy costs involved in fabricating brass backflow preventers.
On a side note, why are these things so expensive. While it wasn't the Febco's I was looking at, when I was installing my irrigation system a few years ago, I was looking as Watts equipment at my local Lowe's. I don't recall exact prices, but it seems like a Watts 3/4" Double Check back flow was about $75 and an RPZ was about $85.
Monday, June 7th 2010, 9:03am
by Wet_Boots
RPZs were never that low. Copper became an expensive commodity and device prices jumped up. And there are also the energy costs involved in fabricating brass backflow preventers.
On a side note, why are these things so expensive. While it wasn't the Febco's I was looking at, when I was installing my irrigation system a few years ago, I was looking as Watts equipment at my local Lowe's. I don't recall exact prices, but it seems like a Watts 3/4" Double Check back flow was about $75 and an RPZ was about $85.
Sunday, June 6th 2010, 10:56pm
by HooKooDooKu
Saturday, June 5th 2010, 6:05am
by Wet_Boots
Friday, June 4th 2010, 10:52pm
by mrfixit
Friday, June 4th 2010, 9:03pm
by wumpus