Good idea. I did mine when the town dug up our water main.While the pipe is frozen, maybe a good time to sweat in a ball valve main shut off.
Two guys named Nick leaned over into the pit with their cell phone light and said all was good on the Town side.I wonder if that outside water meter is actually frozen, it's the most exposed
You've got a dirty mind. And your grasp of French is fantastic. I'll have the Steak Frites. (I have no idea what you said.)...maybe a good time to sweat in a ball valve main shut off.
Two guys named Nick leaned over into the pit with their cell phone light and said all was good on the Town side.
You've got a dirty mind. And your grasp of French is fantastic. I'll have the Steak Frites. (I have no idea what you said.)
SRSLY, do you think the mains shut off is that five sided nut? Gotta be, right?
Best idea yet.google ballcock when ya get a chance.
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the shutoff at the main is usually under a metal cover, a couple feet down, by the road, and requires a long handled T wrench to shut it off.
T wrench, just like the allen keys to work on your bike, but taller (haha?) - there are a couple different types -
but it is at the start of the run near the main (you know the one that breaks and floods a street.)
run hose from your neighbors hose bib to the hose bib on the side of your house - turn it on so you have water for a couple hours.
while it is still above freezing.
run hose from your neighbors hose bib to the hose bib on the side of your house - turn it on so you have water for a couple hours.
while it is still above freezing.
The pic I'm asking about is a shot of what's under this, which is right where you said it would be.
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I was able to get a water jet out of the lil screw marked below. I think that MAY be to test just this scenario. Flowing freely. At least to there.i'd still like if water is getting to the meter.........
Sadly, this is by the street, 80+ feet from the house. We've filled it with straw on the advice our contractor/neighbor, but it really doesn't seem to be the problem.if I interpret this correctly, the pit with the meter is in the crawlspace or adjacent to the foundation of the house. Why not put an electric space heater in there?
Two things make me think it is:i guess that little nut could be the shut off.
Once/if we get our hands on the Hot Shot, that's exactly the plan. And like all plans, it won't survive contact with the enemy.I would clamp Hot Shot onto pipe coming into the house, since it is only 16"deep and most likely the area that will be prone to freezing. The pit out by the street, I would assume is at least 30" deep.