How to READ a WATER METER, Check for Leaks and Turn Off Water Supply
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2017
- Hi, this video shows you how to read your water meter, check for leaks on your side of the water meter and how to shut off the water supply into your property so you can repair/replace the main stopcock. The external water meter in the video was submerged in water so I also show you how to empty it out.
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Very informative. ..I read my meter because I often get estimated bills and if you read your own meter you know how much water you use and get correct bills...
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I turned my stopcock off when we went on holiday recently. When I turned it back on I have developed a dripping leak. Great tip about isolating the meter. Got plumber coming today. Hopefully he can fit a lever isolating valve under the sink as I don't have great dexterity in my hands.
Very clear and easy to understand. Thank you.
"Good value"? Water is god given, fair enough paying for the delivery system but nothing more tbh. Helpful video!
If you didn't have a water company I'd like to see you dig a well 🙂 like in other places countries
Nice one thank you for showing me!
Great video, helped me out with a outrageous bill. Turns out had a leak
Excellent video.
The only thing (perhaps) you could have mentioned was the 'spinny thing' that shows if you have water flowing at that moment. It's a useful indicator.
it is good that you mentioned, to turn off the water supply when you go away, for awhile,
especially in the winter, I went to a ground floor maisonette, and there was water coming through the ceiling from above, the water had frozen, and then when it melted, it had burst the water supply pipe above, but the people upstairs had gone away on holiday, so I could not access it, to turn the water supply off. it would have been good to turn the water off, and drained the stored water,,,, or left the heating on, just at 5 degrees, to protect the water, and the people down stairs, who lost thier ceiling etc.
I wish my ground water level was high constantly, and my home would not be subsiding, and cracking up.
thanks for your straight forward info.
Great video sir thank you👍
Nicely done sir.
You think that there isn't much to reading a meter but then you realise there's stuff you didn't know. Thanks
Thanks Vince 👌🏻
Very useful video
Thanks :-)
Thank you : )
🔦= Torch🤣😃🤷🏿First time hearing That....Great Vid though
I take a photo of my meter once a month so I have evidence of the readings; it only takes a minute and prevents misreadings etc. Someone I know had a leak which just flowed into the WC bowl in the spare loo. The meter reading was estimated for months and they got a real shock when they got the bill based on an actual reading. The water company were not interested!
That would be £50 a day so I guess it was for about £6000
some of these modern siphons leak internally into the pan, and overflows should be positioned, so that you are aware of what's going on, so that you will do some thing about it.
great
How do we manage the water which condenses on the lens of the meter
So if I turned off the water from valve outside my path at the meter (external valve) could the meter reading ever increase with that valve turned off completely? Many thanks x
If you had a leak would the white “cog” below the “8” be turning?
Thanku thanku I really appreciate for your effort however I got a question I am with themes water 2017 got a bill of 240 didn't even used a single of water I spoke to them they overfed me to pay 122 OK find paid.
Now they sent me 420 for a whole Yr. I am staying with mum all day and night and my sister house I do flash toilet may be once a month.
No shower no washing machine. No heating or boiler nothing at all. I buy water to drink
But my water meter keep going around number is changing every week is ds how it should be there isn't any leak inside the house and my meter is based under sink
do you mean " Thames water " does Thames Water read your internal meter ? there maybe an external meter you do not know about, have you tried turning off the water supply valve, by the meter, and then leave it for a week, and see if it has changed, you could have a leak, but not know where it is, if watter is going through the meter it must be going some where, some toilet cisterns have internal over flows, so you may not know, with out looking.even a little leak, can use up a lot of water, given time.
Your reading should be entered as 00580 not 580
Hi. can u open the lid of this...mine is so scratched I cant see the reading
Vince, I live in a block of flats and I've noticed my water bill for this year has shot through the roof. I want to take a meter reading, but there are 8 meters outside my property and the serial numbers are illegible on all of them, so I've no idea which is mine and Wessex Water have been fuck all help. Have you got any suggestions as to how I can figure out which one's mine? Cheers!
Mr Thunderwing.........only thing you can do is, turn each stop valve of to you find out which one is yours.
Best to get another person to stay in your flat , turn water tap on, and with you outside turning of the stop valves.
When the water is turned of in the flat, your helper will let you know that it is of. . Problem solved.
At 5:13 Did you turn the stop cock counter clockwise to shut off the water ?
they are quarter ( 90 degrees ) turn valves
God I thought my meter was bit tricky to access (it's quite deep down)...I lucked out with no flooding on top of it
I actually photograph the meter reading to make sure I've got evidence and it can't be misread.
I have a digital water meter. There are NO red numbers (they are all black). The numbers are 000001,653
So do I just write down all the numbers that are BEFORE the comma, like this 000001 ??
are you still selling the cables ,mr telephone site keeps sayin on hols back soon.?
Hi, I am taking a break from it for around another month and then I will reopen it :-)
cheers,i will await that seems as tho you made me aware of the possibilities of faster internet.
GREATdont forget to put all numbers left to right not including the red dials but including the zeros or you might get charged for 58000 cube
I don't use water in the house but. Why my meter number keep changing going up and bill going uo
are they estimated readings ? if it's going in through the meter, it is going some where, you more than likely, have a leak in the pipe under the ground, between the meter and your house, which is your responsibility, if you are the property owner, try turning the water supply off at the meter, and see if it is still rotating through, there a little wheel with spikes on it,, or if you have a toilet cistern which has an internal overflow, which goes through the siphon, straight in to the toilet pan.
My place isn't metered yet I wonder if Id save money or not..I just get a standard bill of £31.67 a month regardless of how much or little I use.
I think most households would save money if less than 4-6 people live in the house and if you don't water your garden constantly. I changed to a meter when I moved because they wanted over £500 annually and I save a couple of hundred pound without even watching my water usage (baths etc.), but my garden is tiny with no need to water anything. It is nice when you are not on a meter to not have to worry about filling a paddling pool and hosing down the car etc. but saving £200 is nicer :-)
It is the most crap meter placement ever, i have the same and i spent a day try to find it
My stopcock, is always in in something wet too.
I got stam in Glasgow I told water 💧 company wave thay told me I have to pay water company ( 150 pounds for her to fixing
Not a good idea to use a sponge to take dirty water out. My occupation is a meter reader and sometimes their can be needles down there discarded by addicts and also water born diseases. Only use a pump to pump water out.
My pavement water meter is full of earth and an ant nest with eggs! I am with Northumbrian Water, what should I do❓🤷
Its not good value, since you have to accept the water they supply you whether you can afford it or not, as they will not turn off your supply and in the uk you have absolutely no alternative, but to just keep paying regardless of whether you are happy with your supplier or not. I might add the boss of thames water earns in excess of 1million a year. and it rises annually along with your bill.
Yes disgusting that 🙄👍
Im a single mum so im the only one that uses water ,im not in my home most of the time .Yhames water meter has charged me a total of £900 just for this year .one bill came as £470 .i phoned them a few times but they said its not there fault n my water says what it says so i have to pay up .
Double check for a leak somewhere. Sometimes toilets overflow into the actual bowl so you may never notice that one is constantly leaking until you start getting a scale build up. Years ago most toilets overflowed outside so you would see the water coming out of a pipe and know something was wrong but newer toilets are designed to leak down the toilet so an overflow pipe is not needed, downside is it can be harder to spot when the water filling up does not stop :-)
Some times they calculate WHICH area u live also how many people live and how many bedroom u have. I remember once they have asked me to pay 350 while it s just me out all day. But my neighbour discovered they were a broken tab outside the communion garden
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