Thoroughly pi$$ed off

[slobodan]

I am going to work next week
I like everything to be sorted before I go, all the vehicles are in good order, house, garden, sorted as much as poss.
Man came to read the water meter today and told me I've used about 4 months water in one month.
I shut off the lines into the house and the meter is still spinning. That means I have a leak between the meter and the house.
Because of the frost table, all pipes are 6' underground

There goes my restful week, time to get the shovels out.

[madmanc]

Ouch man thats got to hurt.

Hope you find it soon so not too much digging

[slobodan]

Ouch man thats got to hurt.

Hope you find it soon so not too much digging

I've just had a tradesman around to have a look. He said it's pointless to find and repair it because it will probably go again somewhere else. So it's a complete new install in plastic pipe. I'm so annoyed because it means digging up a block pathway that I have just spent ages laying. Plus right across the driveway.

Oh well, that's the money spent that I was going to earn

[Brummie]

Thats typical. You work your roe off to get things how you want them and just as you start to think you're wiining Murphy's Law opperates and you are back where you started

[greecysurf]

I've just had a tradesman around to have a look. He said it's pointless to find and repair it because it will probably go again somewhere else. So it's a complete new install in plastic pipe. I'm so annoyed because it means digging up a block pathway that I have just spent ages laying. Plus right across the driveway.

Oh well, that's the money spent that I was going to earn

Hey mate, are you sure it's not like Greece, where you buy the meter from the water company, and its then your responsability, because if it is, i would check the meter first, because they are crap and always go wrong, if you lost that much water from the meter onwards, you should have a big soggy patch somewhere, very soft earth, or if under the block paving,subsidence.
Or if some of the plants are doing fantastically well, need i say more, good luck.

[slobodan]

Hey mate, are you sure it's not like Greece, where you buy the meter from the water company, and its then your responsability, because if it is, i would check the meter first, because they are crap and always go wrong, if you lost that much water from the meter onwards, you should have a big soggy patch somewhere, very soft earth, or if under the block paving,subsidence.
Or if some of the plants are doing fantastically well, need i say more, good luck.

Oh yeah, I can be down the manhole watching the meter spinning around with both the stopcocks at the house off.
I have an idea where the leak is... but if i dig down there and fix that one, I'll probably get another further along, it happened to a neighbour and he fixed 3 leaks before biting the bullet and renewing everything.
I can't even blame NATO because these pipes were put down after the bombing.

[evildwarf]

Slobo's turning welsh all he is doing is singing and digging holes
get some moles to loosen it up first

[slobodan]

Slobo's turning welsh all he is doing is singing and digging holes
get some moles to loosen it up first

I'll see you Jimmy. (scots accent)

Next week hopefully