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Reading your Water Meter.

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  • 01-10-2014 7:47pm
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    danjo-xx
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    Tried to read mine today but this is as far as I got.....afraid to try anything else, should I twist or turn or pull at either of those two white yokes.


    [IMG][/img]DSC01078_zps323bee67.jpg


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    Sully
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    There was a spokes person on TodayFM today for Irish Water and she said you 'remove the frosted glass' to read the dial. I don't see any frosted glass on your photo?


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    wellboytoo
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    There is no meter in that box. It has not been fitted


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    Poor Uncle Tom
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    No meter there yet.


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    danjo-xx
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    wellboytoo wrote: »
    There is no meter in that box. It has not been fitted

    Thought there was something funny about it all right:D:

    Box has been fitted since last year though.


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    Hoffmans
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    danjo-xx wrote: »
    Tried to read mine today but this is as far as I got.....afraid to try anything else, should I twist or turn or pull at either of those two white yokes.


    [IMG][/img]DSC01078_zps323bee67.jpg

    Fill it in with a bucket of cement may be a good option


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    wellboytoo
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    Hoffmans wrote: »
    Fill it in with a bucket of cement may be a good option

    Concrete, cement is a raw material concrete is the finished product, now:-)


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    Poor Uncle Tom
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    Hoffmans wrote: »
    Fill it in with a bucket of cement may be a good option

    You better hope you never need to turn off your water so......:D


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    danjo-xx
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    When they fit a meter to this it will be only around a foot or maybe less below path level.

    I thought they were to be 15"-18" below ground to prevent freezing.

    Is there anyway we could read meters ourselves with our mobiles, as their based on gsm signals instead of having oap's like me lying prostrate :D on the public footpath trying to take a reading every 3 months.

    They promised me life gets easier as you get older...yeah right:(


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    Sully
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    danjo-xx wrote: »
    When they fit a meter to this it will be only around a foot or maybe less below path level.

    I thought they were to be 15"-18" below ground to prevent freezing.

    Is there anyway we could read meters ourselves with our mobiles, as their based on gsm signals instead of having oap's like me lying prostrate :D on the public footpath trying to take a reading every 3 months.

    They promised me life gets easier as you get older...yeah right:(

    Hopefully in the future they will produce something like this!


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    HeidiHeidi
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    Sully wrote: »
    There was a spokes person on TodayFM today for Irish Water and she said you 'remove the frosted glass' to read the dial. I don't see any frosted glass on your photo?

    You misheard.

    It's a frost cover they were talking about - like a shaped bit of styrofoam that fits into the hole and covers the meter. (No idea what it's actually made of, have just seen it).


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    danjo-xx
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    You misheard.

    It's a frost cover they were talking about - like a shaped bit of styrofoam that fits into the hole and covers the meter. (No idea what it's actually made of, have just seen it).



    Looks like polystyrene about 50mm or 75mm thick and fits the full width of the pipe, I have that but no meter yet, hopefully never:D


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