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But I can't brush my Teeth !!!!
awemawson:
Well it appears that the saga isn't quite over :bugeye:
This morning I was trundling the bin out for collection Monday morning when I heard an odd whooshing sound - what - from where - a mystery. :scratch:
Until I looked at the Stand Pipe that they had left installed months ago so we could water the new turf. A nice 'fan' of water gushing out of the meter head of the Stand Pipe. Obviously last night's frost (minus 4 here last night) had frozen and cracked it, and having thawed a bit we had the gushing water fan.
They'd said they'd recover it after a month - that was a long time back and I confess I'd forgotten it.
Reported to SE Water and 'a man is on the way' allegedly - hope he gets here before the front garden is fully under water :med:
It's a simple job, and if I had the correct tapered square key I'd turn it off myself underground at the hydrant cock, but I don't have one !
AdeV:
--- Quote from: awemawson on December 17, 2017, 06:53:56 AM ---It's a simple job, and if I had the correct tapered square key I'd turn it off myself underground at the hydrant cock, but I don't have one !
--- End quote ---
Would a pair of pliers, or plumber's adjustable wrench not suffice? Or is it a female square & you need a square headed tool - in which case shirly 10 minutes in the workshop would have something bodged up?
Fingers crossed for no floods! it's balmy up here - double-digits nearly.
awemawson:
Ade,
It's about 1" square but tapered top to bottom and at the bottom of a hole two foot deep that's full of water :bugeye:
However SE Water have turned up trumps and Alan the water man has been round and turned it off - impressively fast turn out :thumbup:
Brass_Machine:
Been cold over there Andy?
Eric
modeng200023:
Andrew, are you going to get one of the keys so you can still use the hydrant?
John
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