Well I can't say it was a total waste but at the end of the day (the next day that is) I ended up fixing this my self. I was convince I had a leak in my wall however Stevens and the city insisted otherwise. Stevens left my house by blaming the cities valve however they came and changed that and still had the problem. So the city and another plumber I called told me to check for a pressure reducing valve which I found buried in a mysterious box in my yard a good 2' down. So no leak, 50-$60 Home Depot regulator and problem solved. I called the box mysterious because Stevens just blew it off as if there was nothing in it. Why would they bury an irrigation box and have bricks under/in it for nothing? BTW my main house cut off, yeah somebody decided that was a good place for it as well. Stevens never once mentioned a pressure control valve and the city helped me look for it right on the other side of the cities box. However it was about 5 feet from my house which is where the other plumber told me to look. I told the Stevens guy not to expect this house to be normal. At the end of the day it all worked out and I still probably saved hundreds of dollars. Next time I will do a little more research before calling in the pros. You live, you learn right?
