boy lives across the street is deployed........

hillbille

heard few car doors slam, looked out it was water company. I knew it was none of my business but I went out and ask the fellow from water company if I could help, told him the boy is deployed overseas, he ask me if I could get in, told him no but had his folks phone number and his brother but both lived out of town about 30 miles away. went and got the numbers for him after he saw I had them he opened up a little and said they had water leak as the meter reading was over double what it should be normal, and even worse since no one was living there at the moment. I told him his folks or brother stop by once a week or so to check on house and he figured one of them had used bathroom and had left with the toilet running. called all 3 of them, mom, dad, brother only got voice mail. left them all the message that something was leaking and should be checked, dad just called back and said he was on the way and could I help him find leak if possible, was gonna go out and do a little hunting, guess that will wait till tomorrow, as I hate to leave after I offered him any tools or such if he needed em. hope they can get some credit from water company also, but doubt they will do that..........

JamesRK

hillbille wrote:

hope they can get some credit from water company also, but doubt they will do that..........

If they are anything like my heating oil company they won't. Yesterday I went down to their office and handed the little girl behind the counter my check. I said I brought you the remnant of my family fortune. She didn't miss a beat. She smiled, took the check and said "We'll take it".

Brookwood

hillbillie, the way houses are insulated and sealed these days I sure hope that when you or someone opens the front door...?. :shock: SPLASH!!

hillbille

I went over and talked to his dad, Ray, when I saw him pull in, they went through the house no puddles, no leaks anywhere, upstairs or downstairs, water heater, washer, dishwasher, they called the water company back while waiting we pulled the manhole in yard and looked at meter, it would run about 10 seconds then stop for 30 or so, then run10 seconds, figured it had to be toilet as everything was turned off. could not see/hear any leak in toilet bowl or resevoir. with the start stop seems like it can't be a underground leak or it would run constant, and no soft spots in yard or water in road. we shut off the faucet at back of toilets and it still seemed to move. the thanked me and said they would wait on meter reader as the water company was gonna have him stop back by, I am still leaning towards one of the toilets leaking hope they find it.....

US Military Guy

Turn off the main shut-off valve to the house. The one between the meter and the house - not the curb stop at the street. This will isolate ALL water usage in the house.

If the meter still runs, you have a leak in the supply line between the meter and the house.

Of course it will be different depending on how your utility installs the meter. For instance, in my house the distance between the meter and the main shut-off valve is about 4 inches - and the meter is in the basement. Any leak I have on "my side" of the meter will be immediately noticed. I will have a flooded basement.