The current flow meter design states that once a PVC-Lock or Sharkbite connecter is attached it cannot be removed. How about extending the plastic pipes coming out of the flow meter so the connectors CAN be removed. In my application, I cannot move the pipe on either side of where the flow meter is …

After talking with support yesterday I was able to go ahead and made a successful install of my flow meter today. I wound up only needing one union to get enough room so it worked out pretty well. I centered the flow meter in the 22 inch straight pipe I had after the back-flow restrictor. That way I…

Yes, I sure wish there was a way to disconnect the PVC-Lock connector from the flow meter. I spent about 5 hours trying to install the flow meter in a fairly constrained space and already had to cut off and destroy one of the PVC-Lock connectors to get it off. I need to do it again to get another …

I think I found a solution for my installation. PVC-Lock makes a slide connector like Sharkbite’s. Just takes one extra connector and a little more room and I can make an installation I can take apart if needed and I can install without having to move any pipes, etc.

Yeah, I bought one of those thinking it would solve my problem, but it’s pretty long and I don’t have enough space to install it. I realized that in hour 1 of what ended up being a 5 hour aborted project.

[image] rbakerpc: How about extending the plastic pipes coming out of the flow meter so the connectors CAN be removed. @rbakerpc , thanks for the feedback! This would require a mold change, but would be helpful. [image] rbakerpc: PVC-Lock makes a slide connector like Sharkbite’s. Are y…

Yes, that was the fitting I was referring to. I do not have enough room to install it fully extended but I don’t think it could move the pipes before or after. I have my own well, the well line comes into the basement near the floor and there is a T-adapter right inside the wall. From there, a line…

[image] rbakerpc: I do not have enough room to install it fully extended but I don’t think it could move the pipes before or after. I thought the same until we installed the same slide connector on this system and it expanded enough to crack the fitting underground (hence the PVC replacement …

That would be appreciated. I was planning on calling tomorrow to try and get some suggestions. I’m just really afraid of trying to put much pressure on the line coming up from the well to try and get enough room for the flow meter in the line with PVC-Lock connectors. I really don’t want to mess wit…

How about this… What if I used PVC-Lock couplings in both ends of the flow meter, then say a 3 inch piece of 1 inch PVC pipe with that glued to a union and the other end of the union glued to my existing pipes. That way I wouldn’t be gluing anything to the flow meter and I’d have my unions on either…

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