My water meter is leaking !!

return guide

Opened the lid of our meter today to check the readings as per another thread.
Found the duct filled with water as far as a drain hole just below the lid.
Could not even see the meter let alone check the reading.
The irony ..

snubbleste

Put a nappy on it

my3cents

Could be leaking on your side and running along the pipe to the meter pit.

I learnt long ago that you don't go digging for leaky water pipes where you see water coming out without some further investigation first. Obviously could be the meter or the joints with it but I won't assume the obvious.

Bail the water out and see if you can see where fresh water is coming in from.

solomafioso

return guide wrote: »

The irony ..

Nope.

dodderangler

Excellent
Hope mine leaks too. Sounds like your having fun

Its Only Ray Parlour

My was leaking too. We got a phone number from uisce.ie and they came out to fix it yesterday.

return guide

solomafioso wrote: »

Nope.

Yep

Absoluvely

I would suggest mixing about 40kg of cold-set custard powder to the water.

allthedoyles

Mix a bucket of concrete and pour it into the hole .............should fix it

Sunnyisland

For some strange reason this thread reminded me of this old children's song,

There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole.

Then mend it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Then mend it, dear Henry, dear Henry, mend it.

With what shall I mend it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I mend it, dear Liza, with what?

With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, with a straw.

The straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The straw is too long, dear Liza, too long,

Then cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Then cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, cut it.

With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, with what?

With a knife, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With a knife, dear Henry, dear Henry, with an knife.

The knife is too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The knife is too dull, dear Liza, too dull.

Then sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry
Then sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, sharpen it.

On what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
On what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, on what?

On a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
On a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, a stone.

The stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry.

Well wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Well wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, wet it.

With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, with what?

Try water, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Try water, dear Henry, dear Henry, water.

In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, in what?

In a bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
In a bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, a bucket.

There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,
There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, a hole.

Use your head, then! dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Use your head, then! dear Henry, dear Henry, use your head!

biko

Ring Irish Water Joe

PizzamanIRL

return guide wrote: »

Yep

What's ironic about your meter leaking and water meters measuring how much water you use?

0byme75341jo28

Feck sake Realies, the fourth class memories come flooding back..

ScumLord

Unacceptable, switch providers.. Oh wait.

return guide

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

What's ironic about your meter leaking and water meters measuring how much water you use?

Meters are installed to help make our usage of water more efficient
This efficiency measure causes an an inefficiency

Simples

recylingbin

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

What's ironic about your meter leaking and water meters measuring how much water you use?

It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a different radio station.

Timberrrrrrrr

return guide wrote: »

Meters are installed to help make our usage of water more efficient
This efficiency measure causes an an inefficiency

Simples

How do you know the meter (installation) caused the leak ?

markpb

ScumLord wrote: »

Unacceptable, switch providers.. Oh wait.

All those people on group water schemes and who won't be paying irish water bills are imagining it?

return guide

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

How do you know the meter (installation) caused the leak ?

There was never water in it before

Timberrrrrrrr

return guide wrote: »

There was never water in it before

Really?

You regularly checked for water leaks before the meter was installed?

:rolleyes:

shruikan2553

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Really?

You regularly checked for water leaks before the meter was installed?

:rolleyes:

Irish water will put the meters underwater?

return guide

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Really?

You regularly checked for water leaks before the meter was installed?

:rolleyes:

never checked but often turned the water off at the mains.

and it was never full of water before the meter was fitted.::P:P:P:P

c_man

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Really?

You regularly checked for water leaks before the meter was installed?

:rolleyes:

Yep, I'm sure you know more about the situation at the OP's house than him.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Oh for goodness sake! Just call Irish water and they will arrange to repair it.

kneemos

My tap started leaking after they put in the meter,should I give them a ring?

return guide

Skye White Quarrel wrote: »

Oh for goodness sake! Just call Irish water and they will arrange to repair it.

Thanks, but I think I will let them figure it out. After all they would not tell me where the leak was if it was on my side of the meter.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

return guide wrote: »

Thanks, but I think I will let them figure it out. After all they would not tell me where the leak was if it was on my side of the meter.

The leak may well be on your side of the meter and they will repair all leaks free of charge for the first six months if they are on your side. Ignore this and you may well end up paying for that water.

return guide

Skye White Quarrel wrote: »

The leak may well be on your side of the meter and they will repair all leaks free of charge for the first six months if they are on your side. Ignore this and you may well end up paying for that water.

thanks, but there was no leak prior to install.

also they will not fix leaks on customers side, its here in black and white on their website

http://www.water.ie/help-centre/questions-and-answers/what-do-i-do-if-i-have-a-water-leak-on-my-property/

return guide

return guide wrote: »

thanks, but there was no leak prior to install.

also they will not fix leaks on customers side, its here in black and white on their website

http://www.water.ie/help-centre/questions-and-answers/what-do-i-do-if-i-have-a-water-leak-on-my-property/

Just call them and tell them to uninstall the leak, or try this :P

Phoebas

ScumLord wrote: »

Unacceptable, switch providers.. Oh wait.

Tesco.

Sir Arthur Daley

Hire out a mini digger in the morning, really easy to drive put the blade and the track motors to the back of the machine and just easy joysticks then, break up the path and fix the leak.

Phoebas

return guide wrote: »

Thanks, but I think I will let them figure it out. After all they would not tell me where the leak was if it was on my side of the meter.

You have a water leak but instead of telling IW, you choose to give out about it on social media.
MORONIC!

washman3

return guide wrote: »

Opened the lid of our meter today to check the readings as per another thread.
Found the duct filled with water as far as a drain hole just below the lid.
Could not even see the meter let alone check the reading.
The irony ..

Just make sure you vote for FG/LAB again at the next election and all promises will be honoured.....:D

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

return guide wrote: »

thanks, but there was no leak prior to install.

also they will not fix leaks on customers side, its here in black and white on their website

http://www.water.ie/help-centre/questions-and-answers/what-do-i-do-if-i-have-a-water-leak-on-my-property/

They announced that they will repair leaks for six months.

return guide

Phoebas wrote: »

You have a water leak but instead of telling IW, you choose to give out about it on social media.
MORONIC!

Thanks for your insight, but I dont think it is MORANIC!
why did you bother?

return guide

Skye White Quarrel wrote: »

They announced that they will repair leaks for six months.

Can you provide a link?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

return guide wrote: »

Can you provide a link?

Do you want me to call them for you????
They have announced the "free fix period" in newspapers and on radio for the past month or so. But look, just let it run away as you say it's not on your side anyway - we'll see when the bill comes in.

Sir Arthur Daley

Skye White Quarrel wrote: »

They announced that they will repair leaks for six months.

Will they fix a faulty ball cock in the attic?

return guide

Skye White Quarrel wrote: »

Do you want me to call them for you????

Thanks, that won't be necessary, if you can just back up your claim with a link to relevant section of IW website?
That would be fine.

Sir Arthur Daley

Can one purchase an extended cover when the 6 months lapse as hiring diggers to fix leaks will get expensive.

Its Only Ray Parlour

return guide wrote: »

Thanks, but I think I will let them figure it out. After all they would not tell me where the leak was if it was on my side of the meter.

This is probably the stupidest thing you could do. You'll risk accumulating extra charges due to your stubbornness. If it's leaking on your property, then it's your problem. If it's leaking on the footpath outside your house, then it's their problem.

The one outside my house was leaking, I knew it's wasn't rainwater because it was leaking during the heatwave during the Summer when it hadn't rained for over a week. We rang Irish Water and they came out the replace a ring or something.

Now, it is fixed. It's as simple as that.

robertpatterson

Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

FloatingVoter

Got my application pack today. Addressed to my mother (deceased for a year now). Using key phrases, I feel "deeply traumatised" by this "callous bureaucracy" and will be seeking compensation. Cash only - I don't do bouncy cheques.

Alice1

Can you tell me please, how to open the whatsit so I can see the meter reading?

Sir Arthur Daley

Alice1 wrote: »

Can you tell me please, how to open the whatsit so I can see the meter reading?

Have you a track machine?

KERSPLAT!

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Have you a track machine?

I've a feeling you work for a hire company with all this talk of machinery

FloatingVoter

Alice1 wrote: »

Can you tell me please, how to open the whatsit so I can see the meter reading?

You're gonna need a hammer, a blowtorch and some pipe-smokin' African Americans.

Sir Arthur Daley

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

I've a feeling you work for a hire company with all this talk of machinery

Haven't a clue what you are on about.

CrazyRabbit

When you ring them, don't mention the leak. Just tell them that the meter is running backwards and that according to the current readings, they owe you €450.

They'll be out within hours.

CrazyRabbit

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

When you ring them, don't mention the leak. Just tell them that the meter is running backwards and that according to the current readings, they owe you €450.

They'll be out within hours.

Knowing the way these things happen, I wonder just how many were installed backwards! :pac:

return guide

Rang IW this morning, they cant send anybody out because I declined to have my data shared with 3rd parties. Girl couldnt say who these parties were and which details would be shared.
Anyway they know there is a leak at the meter outside my house but cant log a call because I declined to share all my details with 3rd parties.