Water Main Tapping Services

Water mains municipal and private potable and reclaimed chilled water tapping systems for building heating cooling.

Water main tapping services.

They range from 2. In 1871 hieronymus mueller founder of mueller co invented and patented the first machine for drilling tapping and inserting corporation stops in mains under pressure. Our tapping services include. At flowline tapping services inc we are in the business of tapping fluid piping under pressure.

A water main tap is the valve used to connect a homeowner s water line to the city water main. Water pipe tapping services in the areas that our pipe tapping services are offered our seasoned teams of in house water line tappers can perform both hot and cold taps on 4 inch pipe up to 24 inch pipe on a variety of pipe materials. For all water line services mickie service company is the leading provider of water main hot tapping line stops and insertion valves in the gulf coast region. We provide municipal districts with hot tapping line stops and insertion valves while also providing water meter services for residential and commercial customers.

The tap allows a homeowner to install a new water main without having to affect any of the neighbors. A wet tap is used to connect any domestic water main under 3 to the city water main. When a wet tap is installed on the city main dep drills the tap into the city water main which differs from a wet connection installation. This invention revolutionized the method of making main to service connections under pressure and also established what has proven to be the most successful principle for machines of this type.