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Post by Mel on Oct 14, 2020 13:52:12 GMT -5
We had something like this at our rental house; renters got a $1300 water bill one month (usually like $100 at worst). Argued with the city for two weeks. Finally took a video; flushed a toilet and taped the meter going up, up, up. I recall it was something ridiculous, like a 500 gallons or something dumb. They still argued! So then the meter repair guy came out, saw our super powered toilet, and agreed with us. Apparently a fin that was used to measure flow broke off inside somewhere. Maybe it's something like that. Film the meter while someone flushes at toilet. Here's hoping mohs!
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Post by knave on Oct 14, 2020 14:28:21 GMT -5
500 gal that’s a real toilet
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Post by mohs on Oct 14, 2020 14:30:56 GMT -5
corpo certified
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JBe
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Post by JBe on Oct 14, 2020 14:42:14 GMT -5
If you have not checked the over pressure valve on your water heater that could be a possibility as well. Depending on where the water heater is located it may discharge through an exterior wall to the ground outside or it could be routed to discharge down a drain. If it's leaking and going down a drain you would probably never notice it unless you're specifically looking for it.
It's good practice to crack the valves open once a year to make sure they don't end up stuck shut when you need them. Sometimes there is enough crud accumulated in them that when they are opened they don't seal properly again and result in a slow leak. They can also just go bad plain and simple. They are normally relatively easy to replace depending on how the drain outlet is configured.
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Post by mohs on Oct 14, 2020 14:52:36 GMT -5
That excellent advice JBe And talking about cracking valves to keep them functional; On new lapidary equipment -especially cabbing machines- It may be wise to loosen the the bearing/ arbor fittings occasionally That way when you need to replace the bearings in 5 years loosening those nuts may not be so locked up w/ grit. Might also be wise practice on a new Genie machine to keep the wheels free to remove ...
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Post by parfive on Oct 14, 2020 15:03:52 GMT -5
500 gal that’s a real toilet That oughta shut the maggot up, no?
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Post by mohs on Oct 14, 2020 15:53:16 GMT -5
found the leak its in the worst place possible concrete- middle of the house- bearing wall ect...
piping reroute w/ shark bite fittings...
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Post by Mel on Oct 14, 2020 16:54:32 GMT -5
500 gal that’s a real toilet Unfortunately still not strong enough to flush away some of the people in the city's utility department. mohs - As for centre of the house....well that does not sound like fun at all.... fingers crossed it's on the cheaper side of expensive.
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Post by knave on Oct 14, 2020 17:00:30 GMT -5
Shark bites are good, mostly. Make sure the piping is clean.
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Post by mohs on Oct 14, 2020 17:55:51 GMT -5
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JBe
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Post by JBe on Oct 15, 2020 14:48:38 GMT -5
found the leak its in the worst place possible concrete- middle of the house- bearing wall ect... piping reroute w/ shark bite fittings... Ugh. That's a bummer but at least you found it and can work on a plan to fix it now. Hopefully you don't have too much water damage to deal with in addition to the leak itself.
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Post by mohs on Oct 15, 2020 14:55:23 GMT -5
Thanks JBe !
seems like all the water got sponged up by the dry Arizona soil
its hard to see the leak only by a small hole punched out at the baseboard can we detect it and it about 4 feet down
this is an old decrepit house its freaking amazing
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