RaeEllen
New Member
Anyone have any advice for some plumbing novices?
Our water meter is located about 200 yards (3 blocks from our house) running through two neighbor's yards. We didn't realize the implications of this when we bought the house. There's currently a large leak ($2000/month) worth of water in the service line. (I.e., its not in the meter and when we turn off the water to the house and to the irrigation, the meter is still spinning)
We've brought in a leak detection company who told us it could be several thousand dollars to simply find the leak. If its in the neighbor's property, its unclear if we even have the right to repair without their permission.
Meanwhile, the only water we have for our house is coming from a neighbor's hose, as we cannot afford to have this leak running. (The water company has told us we will not be getting a refund.)
So, our best solutions seems to be to move the meter to the water line directly in front of our house. The city is going to charge us about $2000 to do that. Our first two estimates to connect the meter to our house were $1600 for PVC pipe and $2800 for copper.
The city is going to take about a month to install a new meter. In the meantime, we're trying to chase down the develper to see if there was any logic to where they placed the meter. We're trying to find if there are any actual codes about how a meter should be placed. We're getting severeal more estimates and trying to determine the best way to hook the water up to the house. We're trying to figure out how to map the water lines in front of the house, so they can possiblely be reused to connect the new meter.
Does anyone have any suggestions for getting ourselves out of this mess?
Our water meter is located about 200 yards (3 blocks from our house) running through two neighbor's yards. We didn't realize the implications of this when we bought the house. There's currently a large leak ($2000/month) worth of water in the service line. (I.e., its not in the meter and when we turn off the water to the house and to the irrigation, the meter is still spinning)
We've brought in a leak detection company who told us it could be several thousand dollars to simply find the leak. If its in the neighbor's property, its unclear if we even have the right to repair without their permission.
Meanwhile, the only water we have for our house is coming from a neighbor's hose, as we cannot afford to have this leak running. (The water company has told us we will not be getting a refund.)
So, our best solutions seems to be to move the meter to the water line directly in front of our house. The city is going to charge us about $2000 to do that. Our first two estimates to connect the meter to our house were $1600 for PVC pipe and $2800 for copper.
The city is going to take about a month to install a new meter. In the meantime, we're trying to chase down the develper to see if there was any logic to where they placed the meter. We're trying to find if there are any actual codes about how a meter should be placed. We're getting severeal more estimates and trying to determine the best way to hook the water up to the house. We're trying to figure out how to map the water lines in front of the house, so they can possiblely be reused to connect the new meter.
Does anyone have any suggestions for getting ourselves out of this mess?