On 19/06/2019 23:39, Tim+ wrote:
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From a local FB group....

When Jane (name changed to protect the innocent)and I moved into Church
House 3 ish years ago we found we were paying a huge 1/4 bill for water,
we are on a meter. Having settled in we contacted Southern water and
questioned it. We went through a process of "Do you have a water mill"
"No" "Do you have a swimming pool" "No" "Do you have 10 children" "NO".
Ok you have a leak ! I said Ok can you come and have a look. They said
"Yes". But they never came, I contacted them weeks later and said "When
are you coming" Their reply was aggressive and unnecessary "We are not
coming the leak is on your property it's down to you" end of story. Well
no, not quite. After saving up a lot of money for a local company
(Excellent local company) to put a new water main in, we had it completed
this weekend. Great 👍🏼 No 👎🏼 we have cut off our next door neighbours
water supply. She had been paying water rates whilst her water had come
through our meter. What leak ? I leave you to make your own conclusions.
Southern Water ??!!??


Hmm, the branch to the neighbour must have been *after* the meter so
where
did the new water main get connected?

At the meter, which is usually co-located with the in-street stop-cock.

where else would you put it?

tim


That occurred to me after I posted. The only domestic water meter Ive seen
was in a basement.

Last property I rented had it under the sink near the mains stopcock

Tim



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