[quote=harvey]How much would a plumber charge to do this?[/quote]
I think about $300-400, according to one plumber I contacted, not including parts.
The regulator is about $110, the valve about $20, and brass fittings/pipe coupler about $30. So about $160….That’s assuming you source your own parts. Plumbers markup the parts they source.
The difference is just the fittings at the ends… The one I’m buying online has two unions sweat connectors like my current regulator. The home depot version has a FPT threaded union on one side, and fixed FPT threaded on the other.
For future serviceability, I think I want to have one with a union on both sides.
It’s threaded on both sides but I’m thinking of adding this union on the side connected to the inflow pipe…..
And then on the outflow side, use a sweat to threaded male NPT adapter to connect the valve to the regulator.
I wish they had a 1″ valve with a union at the end, so I wouldn’t need to attach a separate union…
So there will be 3 union. One between the ground pipe and the valve. And two on both sides of the regulator… This should allow me to remove both the valve and the regulator in the future without needing to resolder…
The problem i see is that if I put everything together, I think the length will be longer than currently the distance between the inflow pipe and the one that goes into the wall….So I might need to get creative and run the valve horizontally to the left, the regulator vertical, and a pipe at the top back to the right into the wall, like half a rectangle….
I’m actually excited about doing this now. I get to learn something new…
I’m sick of working on my car after it caught on fire, lol.
