Here's my situation: Old line is clogged with deposits. House is about 100 feet from city shutoff. The house is 90 feet long with 4.5 baths, wet bar, dishwasher, washing machine, laundry tub, 2 outdoor spigots, 80 gallon water heater with recirculating pump and the hot water supply line from the water heater in the garage is about 85 feet long and runs through the attic. The hot water system also has a return line. Right now the house has TWO water service lines from the main in the street. We're obviously going to switch to one. Each line is 3/4" and I know to go to one big one I'll need a larger pipe. The city line from the main to the tree lawn will be 1 1/4". They only use 3/4" or 1 1/4". Here's the question: My plumber wants to downsize to 1" after the city shutoff all the way to the meter in the garage. I say go 1 1/4" the whole way from the shutoff to the meter instead of downsizing. What do you think? At the meter there are two lines(each 1 1/4") going into the wall. One goes to the main cold water supply line to the house and the other feeds the water heater. The city has three meter sizes available: 5/8, 3/4, 1" for residential. I say use the 1" meter but the plumber says 3/4". I don't understand that being that the feed to the meter will be 1 1/4" or 1". What would you say to both questions for service line size and meter size? BTW, there are three people living in the house and water bill runs about $65 per month so usage is on the large side. Thanks.

I noticed a drop in water pressure in my kitchen sink and I found a slow leak where the flexible hose joins the pipe. Putting a knob on the valve and shutting it off seemed to stop the leak. What kind of connection is this and how would I seal the leak? [IMG]http://misc.mmb.s3.amazonaws.com/leaky_faucet.jpg[/IMG]