Side-by-Side Wet Taps Completed in Edina

We knocked out a pair of wet taps in Edina on an active water main - back to back, no service interruption, no delays to the broader project schedule. That's the whole point of a wet tap. You get a new connection made to a live line without ever shutting the water off.

What makes this kind of work tricky is that there's zero room for error. You're cutting into a pressurized main and making a connection while water is actively flowing through the pipe. If the equipment isn't right, or the crew doesn't know what they're doing, things go sideways fast. We use ULC-listed tapping hardware and Romac stainless steel tapping sleeves - quality components that hold up and meet spec.

Doing two taps side by side on the same main adds another layer of coordination. Placement has to be precise. The sleeve has to be properly seated and torqued before the tapping valve goes on, and the valve has to be fully operational before the drill ever touches the pipe. We've done enough of these to have a clean, efficient process that keeps the job moving.

Wet taps are one of those things where experience matters more than almost anything else. The right crew gets it done clean and keeps the schedule intact. That's what we showed up to do in Edina, and that's what got done.