What did you do today....other than work on your car!?

[YY1]

Must not frost there too often, either.

 

[Cranky]

Must not frost there too often, either.

I'm ESE of Houston about 9 miles from Galveston Bay....we do get mild freezes and the occasional hard freeze like what happened 2 years ago that pretty much crippled the whole dang state for a few days.

 

[toolmanmike]

When I bought this house, it was just a house only on an undeveloped 1/2 acre lot. Had to bring in 40 truck loads of dirt just to get things decent and somewhat level. Even the city 'required' minimum driveway (10' x 40' for this size lot) had to be jackhammered and hauled off because it was too low and slanted towards the house and would have held water had I added 10' beside it. Wanted a double width driven. Also, the step down from the front porch to the ground (no walk ways anywhere) was a good 18". Add to that over the years another 6-8" of mulch, dirt etc that my wife wanted to add for flowers beds 'curb appeal' bs, the piping that needed to be dug up was 30" down. iirc, city code is no less than 18" deep for inlet water service and that's about where the water meter is.

Yup, most cities have a code....(see above), mine is much deeper because of all the dirt that needed to be brought in so the yard wouldn't hold water for days after a hard rain. This area still had open ditches back in 84 and even with that, the front yard didn't drain. The water meter is about 18" deep but the ground was higher where the line in is than the rest of the front. Also there were no trees here at all except for one that a storm half way blew over and no one tried to stand it back up so it got cut down shortly after buying the place.

Interesting, our water meters are inside. Ours is in the basement and if you have a house built on a slab, it is in the utility room. A dozen years back, they installed a remote reader on the outside of the house. Now days it is Wireless and can be read by a Waterworks employee driving down the street.

 

[Cranky]

Interesting, our water meters are inside. Ours is in the basement and if you have a house built on a slab, it is in the utility room. A dozen years back, they installed a remote reader on the outside of the house. Now days it is Wireless and can be read by a Waterworks employee driving down the street.

On a slab and meter out front near the street....wireless now too. Wish my breaker panel was inside the garage like my old house was but now they want them outside so the fire department can kill the power during a fire. 47 year old panel looks like crap inside and surprised that no breakers have gone bad yet but I'm sure it'll happen soon since I just mentioned that lol

 

[toolmanmike]

On a slab and meter out front near the street....wireless now too. Wish my breaker panel was inside the garage like my old house was but now they went them outside so the fire department can kill the power during a fire. 47 year old panel looks like crap inside and surprised that no breakers have gone bad yet but I'm sure it'll happen soon since I just mentioned that lol

You jinxed it now.

 

[440 4 speed]

Must not frost there too often, either.

Our water lines are deeper than 8 feet. In fact we are about 9 feet deep at the lake where 8 cabins share a common system.

 

[moparsaver]

Took some out of state family to Freedom Tower and the 9/11 Memorials. Incredibly sombering.

 

[YY1]

Our water lines are deeper than 8 feet. In fact we are about 9 feet deep at the lake where 8 cabins share a common system.

Could not find the "WHOA" smiley, but perhaps you can envision one.

 

[YY1]

In OH, the meters for almost everything except electricity are in the basement.

One a month there'd be a knock at the door and a yell of "meter reader".

If they tried 2 or 3 times, they left a card for you to do it yourself.
...and it that happened 2 or 3 times you'd get a card to make an appointment, because thy thought you were under-reporting.

 

[440 4 speed]

In OH, the meters for almost everything except electricity are in the basement.

One a month there'd be a knock at the door and a yell of "meter reader".

If they tried 2 or 3 times, they left a card for you to do it yourself.
...and it that happened 2 or 3 times you'd get a card to make an appointment, because thy thought you were under-reporting.

Our water meters are read outside, gas are read remotely.

 

[patrick66]

Gas meter is by the street, electric meter is attached to the outside of the house. No water meter - well water is a wonderful commodity to have.

 

[Triplegreen500]

well water is a wonderful commodity to have.

AMEN.

And it tastes better.

I'm well, with city sewer. My rental apartment (half a mile away) is city water and sewer. The rental has a water meter in-ground at the valve for the building (shoulder of the road), and they "calculate" sewer based on water. My house....they just do "a bill". I asked one day on the phone when I was sorting something for the rental, "so hey, when the bill doesn't get paid at the rental you guys shut off the water....what happens here at my house, with well watter, if I don't pay my sewer bill - do you guys have a valve you turn off or something and my drains back up?"

"Uh...no, we don't."

"Ah. So I'm paying this quarterly bill because....I'm a nice honest guy. Got it."

Silence.

 

[Fran Blacker]

I'm 185' off the road so they had to put a "vault" in for the meter. All it is a 5/6 foot cone upside down with a manhole to get at the meter. I'd get stuck if I tried to go in!

 

[Cranky]

Just torqued a ring gear onto a spool. Working on another rear end for someone....8 3/4 this time. Narrowed the Moser Fab housing and shortened the axles over a year ago to fit the car he has which is a Mustang. Can't remember the year but it's a Fox body and looking at pics, it's a pile of sheet. Don't know if I mentioned it here or not. Think this is the last customer job I'm taking in and concentrate on my own junk from here on out. Yeah, said that before too....

 

[T2R9]

Got the slab for the carport poured this morning.

 

[YY1]

We have a well but you'd not want to drink the rusty water.

The water service we pay for also has 2 local wells. They must be deep.

$45 a month so not terrible.

 

[dadsbee]

Today's project brought to you by... bad backs! Making the Henry Express a bit more ergonomically friendly for Granma and Granddaughter trips down the road to Uncle Daryl's. Used an old tent pole and then quick pinned the handle so that you can change it's orientation for each hand.

 

[kiwigtx]

t WAS about 40 inches down. Not sure why.

Depth takes tree roots into consideration also.....and takes away harm from uninformed digging of the area.

 

[kiwigtx]

I'm 185' off the road so they had to put a "vault" in for the meter.

Our house is 984 inches from the road, but our water meter is a mere 0.0508 of a yard from the street boundary.

 

[Cranky]

Our house is 984 inches from the road, but our water meter is a mere 0.0508 of a yard from the street boundary.