Gregg check Ramona's farmer here I'm going to show you how to prevent damage to your house and the piping in the yard by installing a water pressure regulator at the meter at the meter as opposed to at the house so that we can also control the water pressure in the yard avoiding the damage to your sprinklers the misting the overspray and all that problem in the yard as well as the house okay here we have a water meter box most houses will have these in either to sidewalk or the curb somewhere like that this one here shows some area dug up in front of it PVC pipe I've got a meter key here I'm going to turn off the water to the meter on the street side with a key now it's usually got a little slotted valve there to turn just like that line up the little padlock holes and you know it's completely in the off position turn off open up a hose bib at the house drain off the water pressure before you cut the PVC because you know it'll spray in the face you know I'm just going to get this pipe out of my way right now so I'm going to make a random cut just to so I can start working in between where that cutter is in the house valve which is the second valve after the meter the first valve after the meter there's two shutoff valves in that meter box there's some water coming back it's minimal because this meter box right here where I'm working is not 20 feet in elevation below the house that would be a problem if if that were the case you'd get more water down in your holder and you'd have to pump it out or bail it out there's the Jones valve there down in the valve box with the lever handle and that's the handle you can shut off if you want to use your hand that's a union right that comes with the regulator that little Union nut and I've already made this piece of copper and brass fittings with with my tools and I've gotten a distance outside the meter box far enough away from it so that I can put a plastic valve box in front of it for the regulator in here I'm wrapping teflon tape as opposed to using a teflon paste on the threads so that the tape seals the the threaded joints the tapered dreaded joints and I'm putting you know four or five wraps on there doing it the right direction screwing the brass coupler on there I'm going to use the one-inch regulator and that's a three quarter inch meter so I've got an increased Bell reducer their most meters aren't bigger than 3/4 inch it's just very common you can get quite a bit of water out with your quarter inch meter you don't need a you don't need a one-inch meter usually anyway this this Jones valve is off and I'm going to screw this little brass or copper connector from the Jones valve to the regulator with that Union nut there and that Union that's got a rubber sealant that seals the the union instead of the tapered pipe threads with tape on them I'm got double unions on this regulator so that later I can just use pair of pliers to change this regulator out and not have to change any pipes move any pipes do anything like that and there's the section of pipe that's going to go into the meter box from the regulator and the other end of the regulator is going to attach to that PVC line go into the house with a compression adapter a PVC compression adapter you'll see that in a second there's a few things you're not seeing in the editing of this video and a couple of them are one is I when I cut the PVC I cone the end of that PVC to deburr it out here so here's an example of PVC or pipe threads and teflon tape going on the correct I'm spinning the tape wrapping it around away from the direction that the fitting will turn into the fitting the the nipple will turn into the pity watch I keep tension on that tape so that it is forced into the the groups of the threads I use my index finger and my middle finger to to restrict the turning of the tape roll it's a learned skill if you don't want to learn that Dori about just use paste use paste it's compatible with PVC and you're good to go not all teflon paste or all pipe dope is compatible with PVC says so on the cam I just prefer tape on a lot of things take your choice but here here I'm going to screw the regulator and that that fitting I've got into the regulator put that that that compression adapter into it so that compression adapter that one in my left hand there that white plastic fitting is going to compress onto the PVC with it and seal with an o-ring and now that plastic fitting uses a tapered thread to screw into the brass but uses an o-ring to seal onto the PVC when you tighten that down you want to make sure that your your your Jones valve there your lever handle is in the right position not rotated off to the side or upside down and there's a union nut inside the meter box on the meter to ensure that you can line that up the way you want it rotationally now there you see the PVCs too long so I'm going to cut that off I'm going to allow enough PVC to stick into that that compression adapter enough to push into it but not enough to get away taking that much off there and then what you don't see is me put the camper tool comb the edge of that PVC to keep the sharp edge off the from tribulation the water and then I just push that compression fitting onto that PVC first the nut and then the stainless steel keeper ring and then the protector of the o-ring protector and then the o-ring there's the stainless steel ring it's kind of directional it pushes on but if you try to pull that off you'll won't work and you push that that stainless steel ring back with this plastic keeper there's that knot keeper it's a protector of the o-ring and then there's the o-ring that is what does the sealing of the fitting to the PVC pipe no solvent needed no dope needed and that union not just screws onto that fitting there I'm pushing on that that threads up hand-tied is fine it like I said that those threads there aren't doing any sealing the instructions usually come with those fittings if you buy them domestic ones and pay a full price for I use domestic plastic whenever possible it's just a higher grade there's the - - Union that's on the regulator they've got rubber seals so that thread there that I'm turning is an ACME thread non tapered it doesn't do the sealing the seal in there does no dope needed pair pliers tightens that Union down seals up those seals and now I can tighten that thing down completely and get my rotation of the the valve body the regulator body you know vertically upright and the Jones valve in the meter box you know vertically you know the way it's supposed to be and study everything up then I'm going to turn off the Jones valve in the Box there and then turn oh right here I'm taking the pressure up a little bit it comes factor set at 55 but you know I'm going to give the house about 65 I'm going to rotate that nut a little the instructions come with the regulator that say you know what direction to turn that and it happens to be backwards from logic by the way all regulators re tighten them down to open them up and you open them up to tighten them down now here I'm going to just close the Jones valve open up the meter curb stop and to test for leaks at the meter Union and as you'll see in a second there's some leaks there I'm going to tighten that Union nut for the meter down seal up that leak and I'm done good to go see the link thanks for watching for more information on free videos on how to do it yourself go to DIY plumbing advice comm can you do it yes you can and I can help