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Post by DIYDafty on Apr 26, 2019 21:54:01 GMT
203 cubic metres of water used in last 6 months! That's more than double last few bills. I'm sure its the mother in law sitting in the kitchen all day washing the pots to make us feel bad (she washes 'em even when they're clean - OCD or something).
Anyway, from a plumbing perspective I think I know how to check we haven't got a leak in the alkathene pipe from the road to the internal stop tap. I'll check it tomorrow or soon. What if we have though? Is it a case of burying mdpe pipe all the way around the house to the tap? But how to connect it to Thames' stop tap in the road? And how deep should the pipe be?
Even if we haven't got a leak I'd still like to know this so that I can feel confident continuing to ignore Homeserves warning letters that that pipe is my responsibility and god help me if I'm not insured....
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Apr 27, 2019 6:29:29 GMT
Sounds like you’ve got OCD!
Don’t worry about things you can’t control, control the mother in law & your life will be gravy..
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Apr 27, 2019 7:48:08 GMT
I had low water pressure a few years ago, Thames water came out, said it was all ok. It wasn’t as the boiler kept shutting off. Anyway I rang them again & another chap called to look, did his checks, next day the meter was dug up & replaced. All ok.
Now I only pay a standing charge every 6 month. My water usage is zero each time. Obviously a faulty meter but the meter is read by Thames water & so no bills are estimated.
Good news for me!!
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Post by DIYDafty on Apr 27, 2019 13:05:50 GMT
Sounds like you’ve got OCD! Don’t worry about things you can’t control, control the mother in law & your life will be gravy.. HAHA - I had to re-read my post. Maybe instead of saying how many cubic metres of water I should have said a bill for £480 for 6 months usage !! Lucky you on your meter. Just make sure they can't land you with a massive bill if they ever twig. Its their fault so hopefully they can't do that. A google search might confirm. Edit: Actually common sense says they could never prove how much water you were using X years ago - they'd surely let it go. |
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Post by DIYDafty on Apr 27, 2019 14:02:02 GMT
Well I've checked it and I think nothing is leaking but I'm sure last time a few years I looked there was a spinner which would turn at the slightest amount of water usage. Can't see it now - pic attached ?
So what I did was to turn off internal tap for 10 minutes and take a reading before and after and saw no difference. Reading goes down to hundredths of cm . I hope that's good enough ?!
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Post by tomplum on Apr 27, 2019 19:36:09 GMT
best way to check for an undergroung leak is by listening, put a screwdriver to your ear and place it on a mains pipe, you'll hear it hissing, You might have seen the water board do this in the street, thet have a long pole and they stick it down to the stoptap in the road and listen,
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