Water Line Size

[Hemmjo]

As other have mentioned, flow rate is most definitely a very important consideration. In addition water hammer, that you get when you suddenly stop the flow of water. The inertia of the flowing wants to continue, but it has no where to go, so there is a big pressure spike. Just closing a faucet is much slower than having the solenoid valve in your washing machine INSTANTLY shut off the flow. Consider that if you have 1100ft of 2" pipe, that contains about 180 gallons of water which weighs 1500 pounds. At 10 gallons per minute that means the water is moving a 1ft per second. Imagine having a 1500 pound object hit you while moving at that speed. It is not that fast, but it is a lot of force.

One option I have not seen mentioned is a pressure storage tank at the house. This would be like a well pressure tank. It would help with the flow rate issue and prevent that 1100 for 1500 pound column of water from damaging your plumbing system.

 

[used red MN]

Hemmjo, this is from “old post city” just keep an eye out on the dates. I am not opposed to you adding information to old posts, what you added is very helpful. But just incase you didn’t mean to reply to a nearly 2 year old post I thought I would add this reminder and hopefully end an ongoing string of new replies.

 

[Hemmjo]

Ah my mistake. Opps

 

[Fritz Maurer]

Going larger than the city tap will gain nothing! But lose money in the larger pipe!
I would spend the money on the well. The city will raise the price for water every year and if you forget to shut off the water, you can end up with a thousand or two water bill!

We don’t charge for water in the East the way you westerners do.