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thelegges 09-09-2025 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by sjmoore (Post 2459788)
Turned off the water at irrigation meter, leak stopped. Call placed to several repairmen. Thanks for all replys.

OP has found the solution, and placed calls to repair. Problem solved

villagetinker 09-09-2025 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2459891)
You're welcome to come over and look at my WHITE Irrigation Pipes, anytime you'd like.

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Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2459891)

PINK pipe, is "furniture grade" pipe, and typically used for "decorative" purposes. It is not a standard color for irrigation or anything else.

PVC or Polyethylene both have "color codes" and should only be used for their designated purpose.

Anyone who uses the phrase "in all of The Villages ....", needs to get some more experience in TV. Things change all the time. Construction, materials, restrictions, etc.

There are some locations in TV that use POTABLE water for irrigation, and I ASSUME that they would use the WHITE pipes since this is potable water. The other possibility is that a previous owner used the wrong pipes for repairs or changes to the system.

MSchad 09-10-2025 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2459891)
You're welcome to come over and look at my WHITE Irrigation Pipes, anytime you'd like.

PINK pipe, is "furniture grade" pipe, and typically used for "decorative" purposes. It is not a standard color for irrigation or anything else.

PVC or Polyethylene both have "color codes" and should only be used for their designated purpose.

Anyone who uses the phrase "in all of The Villages ....", needs to get some more experience in TV. Things change all the time. Construction, materials, restrictions, etc.

Purple/pink pipe is used by the villages for recycled non-potable irrigation water.

La lamy 09-10-2025 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by defrey12 (Post 2459880)
Pink PVC is used for all irrigation in TV...white is used for potable water.

Nope. My irrigation pipes are white. But obviously some homes have pink irrigation pipes.

retiredguy123 09-10-2025 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by La lamy (Post 2460079)
Nope. My irrigation pipes are white. But obviously some homes have pink irrigation pipes.

From AI:

"In Florida, pipes carrying reclaimed, recycled, or other non-potable water for irrigation are required to be purple. The purple color standard is a critical safety measure to prevent accidental cross-connections with the potable (drinking) water supply.

Florida's purple pipe identification rules:
Color coding: All non-potable distribution piping must be purple. The Florida Building Code specifies that the color purple (Pantone 522C) shall be used to identify reclaimed, rain, and gray water distribution systems."

I have seen contractors install an irrigation system filter aboveground using white pipe. This may be a violation of the Florida code.

jrref 09-10-2025 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by MSchad (Post 2460073)
Purple/pink pipe is used by the villages for recycled non-potable irrigation water.

Correct. If you have white irrigation pipes then you either are up North and have pottable water for irrigation or somewhere along the line your irrigation system was changed and the plumber or irrigation person used white PVC.

The only reason for the pink PVC is to indicate non-pottable water so a plumber, irrigation person or anyone else doesn't mix them up.

Either way, I've seen a few homes where the irrigation joints failed over time because when they build these homes, sometimes they rush and mess up the joints.

If they fail you will definetly notice it.


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