On 10/20/2016 06:48 AM, TimR wrote:
Where I live, the city utility department owns the meter box.

That means if it is installed wrong, they will tell the builder to fix it.

It also means you are not allowed to mess with it.

In fact they'll tell you you're not supposed to have a shutoff wrench for their valve, but they can't enforce that. In my neighborhood the houses were all built without internal main supply shutoff valves, so we all own that wrench and keep it handy.


I have an old shutoff at my house. This looks like a square iron rod
bent at an angle. It won't turn. A plumber told me I shouldn't try,
since that could break it.

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