On Sun, 15 May 2005 13:57:13 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 15 May 2005 06:49:44 -0700, Dick LeadWinger wrote:

On Sun, 15 May 2005 13:22:51 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


"JimL" wrote in message
None of the 5000 homes in my division have shutfoff valves except at
the street water meter. 1980 to 2005.

Many of the communities require calling the city utility company to
shut off the water. Then they started charging a fee, so lots of
people like yourself installed their own shutoff.

I just cannot imagine NOT having one when an emergency problem arises. The
cost of installing one when the house was build would probably have been $20
or so. That puts $100,000 in the hands of the builder. You can be sure I'd
put one in.


I don't see it as any big deal. I bought a long sprinkler shut-off
tool from Home Depot. If I need to turn off the water, I just pop off
the meter box cover near the street and turn the water off. Would
take me just as long if the shut-off were next to the house.


Try doing it quickly when a pipe breaks in your house and it's below
zero outside with 3 feet of snow over the meter box. I'd shut the
thing off NOW and spend the $10 for a valve and install it whereever
the water enters the house.

Actually, I can turn off everything except the outside faucets which
are freeze-proof. The water from the meter goes first to our water
softener which feeds all house faucets. I can turn it off there. Not
perfect, but better than nothing.