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Old 04-24-2022, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by me4vt View Post
The best thing to do if you’re leaving for a month or more is cut it off at the street. Let me rephrase that for some of you, turn it off at the street. I have a cut off at the house but, I always cut it off at the meter when I’m away.


Change out PVC valve with an Apollo ball valve.
Be careful with that. If you do not have separate drinking water and irrigation water then cutting it off at the street means no watering while you are gone.
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