On Thu, 03 May 2012 16:22:51 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Thu, 3 May 2012 11:39:36 -0700 (PDT), Ook wrote:

I have a water leak from an outside pipe. I shut off water going into the house, leaving only the outside plumbing on, and the water meter indicator spins, indicating water being used somewhere.


Make sure the water going inside is really shut off. Did you open
faucets to verify that? Old valves can leak through, though they
appear closed.
You don't want to dig outside if it's really the toilet valve.
REALLY easy to put that one to bed. If the shutoff valve is shut
off and you open a tap in the house you won't get water if the valve
is really shut. If you still get a steady flow of water, the valve is
not closed. If you don't it is. Why is everyone making it more
difficult than it really has to be. When you hear hoofbeats in Oregon
you don't go looking for Zebras, or Unicorns!!!.