Welcome to Australia's only Vintage Radio and Television discussion forums. You are not logged in. Please log in below, apply for an account or retrieve your password.
Australian Vintage Radio Forums
  Home  ·  About Us  ·  Discussion Forums  ·  Glossary  ·  Outside Links  ·  Policies  ·  Services Directory  ·  Safety Warnings  ·  Tutorials

General Discussion

Forum home - Go back to General discussion

 So Guess who hit the Gas mains with their 1960 Toe cutter mower?
« Back · 1 · 2 · Next »
 Return to top of page · Post #: 16 · Written at 3:08:46 PM on 4 August 2020.
GTC's avatar
 GTC
 Location: Sydney, NSW
 Member since 28 January 2011
 Member #: 823
 Postcount: 6678

We have a water meter conveniently placed in the centre of our front lawn

Brilliant thinking by that installer!

I once owned a 1920 Federation house which had no meter at all. I forget now how we were billed for usage, but I think it was an estimate based on property value or some such ancient process. After a few years a water meter magically appeared.


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 17 · Written at 3:10:19 PM on 4 August 2020.
GTC's avatar
 GTC
 Location: Sydney, NSW
 Member since 28 January 2011
 Member #: 823
 Postcount: 6678

.Pete: maybe create a border of bricks around the gas meter.


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 18 · Written at 3:59:00 PM on 4 August 2020.
Brad's avatar
 Administrator
 Location: Naremburn, NSW
 Member since 15 November 2005
 Member #: 1
 Postcount: 7290

I've worked at a few terraces in Rozelle that did not have water meters at the time. There was probably no such thing when running water was first supplied in the inner suburbs. The customer said he never received an excess water charge, just the standard 'rates' which was naff all at the time. It was an old part of town, with narrow streets built for horses and carts, close to where the Rozelle Interchange is being built for WestConnex.


‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 19 · Written at 4:52:37 PM on 4 August 2020.
STC830's Gravatar
 Location: NSW
 Member since 10 June 2010
 Member #: 681
 Postcount: 1253

The development was only started late '90s and has drive over gutters. There are no cast iron lids; water is indicated by WW impressed in the gutter, gas by impressed G painted yellow. There also impressed arrowheads painted white.

The WW represents I think a pair of 400mm diameter water mains that run across the road so not much use to the residents. The yellow G does not appear in front of every residence so it is not for single residence isolation, maybe area isolation or a road crossing point.


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 20 · Written at 6:44:49 PM on 4 August 2020.
Vintage Pete's avatar
 Location: Albury, NSW
 Member since 1 May 2016
 Member #: 1919
 Postcount: 2048

Gtc , yes mate ,I will. I noted today when looking at it they have used a bright green and yellow striped pipe.!
Actually I feel a bit of a Twit breaking it in the first place.

Pete


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 21 · Written at 9:25:01 PM on 4 August 2020.
Marcc's avatar
 Location: Wangaratta, VIC
 Member since 21 February 2009
 Member #: 438
 Postcount: 5239

I don't have a water meter but there's well over a Km of pipe. Neighbour used to work for a water utility before becoming a fulltime (granny) baby sitter, her opinion was that the best "yellow detector" for underground installations was a Back Hoe. If it was there it would get it.

Having a plumber here to do work is a rare occurrence, for good reason. However, the incompetents that did the plumbing on the new house, took a lot of beating for entertainment. The fact that they were installing to an independent, rather than statutory authority system did not compute. I will never forget the weird look from one, when he turned up to hook the house to supply & the trench carrying power phone & water got filled in and there was a hole with a water pipe waiting to be connected to the house in it.

Phase 2 of amusing me: The septic system. They were told that it was the "Willy Willy" season at times X one would come barrelling through the yard: Do not leave loose paperwork anywhere. Yeh! Here we are mapping out the trench as we go, doing exactly as told not to: Clearly a friend upstairs was also watching. So the mid afternoon "Wiily Willy" was like a mini tornado and their paper work was last seen at 300 feet travelling in a SE direction, whilst they were in a swirling cloud of dust & dirt. The Lord has a sense of humour.

This mob came from Vintage Pete's area. Phase 3. Unbelievable: Diddum's was sent to plumb the HW tank & leak check it, meantime given the water filter unit, the other one still managed to stuff-up pluming it in. Of course when it came to hydrostatic testing: No machine?

I did ask what pressure was needed ? and pointed out that a hose from that tap to it would solve the issue as that's on the supply it was going to get: Alternative the fire pump which could easily produce more pressure than the system could handle. Nope: 2hr trip next day to come back & test it their way.

A week, or so later its connected to Farm line 1 and it leaked like a sieve: Karma again won the day.

The Electrician that managed to run the kitchen's island bench wiring, through the benches' drain, also has to have the achievement recognised. Do call in the professionals to see why you do it yourself.


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 22 · Written at 11:07:32 AM on 5 August 2020.
Irext's avatar
 Location: Werribee South, VIC
 Member since 30 September 2016
 Member #: 1981
 Postcount: 470

When people ask me can I recommend a tradie for various works the answer is " I can't cause I do pretty much everything myself"
For good reason.


 
« Back · 1 · 2 · Next »
 You need to be a member to post comments on this forum.

Sign In

Username:
Password:
 Keep me logged in.
Do not tick box on a computer with public access.