Jimbo
Plumber
Is there a device which can measure water flow through a pipe...without cutting it into the line?
At my condo association, we are seeing larger water bills....up now to the tune of about $8k per month, instead of about $6K. Part of this is due to price increases....household water now costs us $7.31 per hcf....but we see that the usages are up based on the meter readings.
Have tried all the usual.....no wet spots anywhere on the grounds. We have "sneaked" around after dark, trying to listen to pipes outside the buildings, with nothing obvious showing up. In the past, we have found a toilet or faucet running contiunous using this method. But nothing now.
We would like to be able to measure the usage on each building...there are 13 buildings of 8 apts. each.....to see if we can narrow down who is using the water.
SO. I would love to find a "ultrasonic" meter, or something, that we could temporarily measure the gph to each house over a day or week period.
We have access outside the building to the 1½" main coming up to each building, and actually to the individual 3/4" pipe for each apt. But it would be somewhat impractical to cut in a normal meter just for testing.
We have attempted in the past to install individual meters for each apt so everyone would pay their own bill. But in a condo the owners have to approve such changes...and they are "agin' it!"
At my condo association, we are seeing larger water bills....up now to the tune of about $8k per month, instead of about $6K. Part of this is due to price increases....household water now costs us $7.31 per hcf....but we see that the usages are up based on the meter readings.
Have tried all the usual.....no wet spots anywhere on the grounds. We have "sneaked" around after dark, trying to listen to pipes outside the buildings, with nothing obvious showing up. In the past, we have found a toilet or faucet running contiunous using this method. But nothing now.
We would like to be able to measure the usage on each building...there are 13 buildings of 8 apts. each.....to see if we can narrow down who is using the water.
SO. I would love to find a "ultrasonic" meter, or something, that we could temporarily measure the gph to each house over a day or week period.
We have access outside the building to the 1½" main coming up to each building, and actually to the individual 3/4" pipe for each apt. But it would be somewhat impractical to cut in a normal meter just for testing.
We have attempted in the past to install individual meters for each apt so everyone would pay their own bill. But in a condo the owners have to approve such changes...and they are "agin' it!"