silver pigeon69 Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 Hi do any of these signs indicate where the water meter is? i have been told it’s next to the fire hydrant. So far I have found 9 fire hydrant hatches!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) the water meter should be on your property......round black plastic hatch (new).....square metal hatch (old) is it a property you are buying ? not all dwellings have water metres Edited October 7, 2020 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon69 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 Just now, ditchman said: the water meter should be on your property......round black plastic hatch (new).....square metal hatch (old) Apparently not! This is across the road. I believe this hedge used to be part of the farm? the location has been supplied by the water company! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 Blue spray looks promising, that's how they mark them up here prior to works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon69 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 38 minutes ago, Teal said: Blue spray looks promising, that's how they mark them up here prior to works. The blue is the colour of some of the hydrant covers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 Ah didn't realise from the photo, good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 From what little I know on these things I have never seen one with a marker post, all those are for main service valves and the hydrant, it should be a small about 4-6” cover no doubt well overgrown and without a map showing the pipe run then you might need a metal detector to find it! at work they built a boules court over the stop taps which was helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 1 hour ago, silver pigeon69 said: Hi do any of these signs indicate where the water meter is? i have been told it’s next to the fire hydrant. So far I have found 9 fire hydrant hatches!! Do you live on a fire hydrant farm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon69 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Do you live on a fire hydrant farm? Feels like it! 11 minutes ago, rovercoupe said: From what little I know on these things I have never seen one with a marker post, all those are for main service valves and the hydrant, it should be a small about 4-6” cover no doubt well overgrown and without a map showing the pipe run then you might need a metal detector to find it! at work they built a boules court over the stop taps which was helpful. Will the meter be in line with the service valves pipe or will it come off at 90’ to the main pipe? The meter is a commercial supply to the farm. thanks 14 minutes ago, rovercoupe said: From what little I know on these things I have never seen one with a marker post, all those are for main service valves and the hydrant, it should be a small about 4-6” cover no doubt well overgrown and without a map showing the pipe run then you might need a metal detector to find it! at work they built a boules court over the stop taps which was helpful. Do you know which sign is for the hydrant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon69 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 Is it the big yellow H? And will the hydrant be directly in front of the sign? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 Yellow one marked H, it should have 2 numbers on it one is the pipe size the other is the distance from the marker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon69 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, rovercoupe said: Yellow one marked H, it should have 2 numbers on it one is the pipe size the other is the distance from the marker. Great thanks. I presume SV sign stands for service valve? What does WO sign stand for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 9 minutes ago, silver pigeon69 said: Great thanks. I presume SV sign stands for service valve? What does WO sign stand for? Water ole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody walloper Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 wash out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon69 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 Thanks for all the replies, i'll spend some more time trying to locate it tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon69 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 If the water company say "its to the right of the hydrant", i presume that Is to the right as you are looking at the sign? Like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 Should be, if you still cannot find it then you could try asking them for a copy of the map with its location on it, you never know they might give it to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon69 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 46 minutes ago, rovercoupe said: Should be, if you still cannot find it then you could try asking them for a copy of the map with its location on it, you never know they might give it to you! Thank you. This has been going on for months! The "current" supplier will come out and "find" the meter and show me where it is but only if i sign up to them for a year. I cannot sign up to the new supplier without a final reading and settling any moneys owed, if owed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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