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dickyboy
Joined: 31/12/2008
Posts: 129
Message Posted:
31/12/2008 14:03 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 1 of 9 in Discussion |
| A warning to all, we have a 3 ton watertank underground and we have not been out to Cyprus for 9 months, before leaving we turned of the mains @ the meter and assumed everything was OK. Wrong. Somebody on our site had turned our water back on whilst we were in the UK and the ballcock in the underground tank stuck open, Result was a water bill for £2400 GBP !!
Further investigation reveals that most builders use the cheapest and substandard ballcocks, so be advised to have a good quality one fitted at you earliest conveniance. |
kenny
Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 405
Message Posted:
31/12/2008 14:14 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 2 of 9 in Discussion |
| put a lock on your mains supply. better late than never ! |
sparta
Joined: 24/10/2008
Posts: 226
Message Posted:
31/12/2008 14:18 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 3 of 9 in Discussion |
| lesson here.... always look after your balls.. |
kenny
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31/12/2008 14:36 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 4 of 9 in Discussion |
| OH NO. sparta !!!! |
sparta
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31/12/2008 14:40 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 5 of 9 in Discussion |
| well dickyboy started it.. |
negativenick
Joined: 10/11/2008
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31/12/2008 19:18 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 6 of 9 in Discussion |
| My uncle Percy always used to say "never skip on yer ballcock, young nicholas...."
Nick |
Aussie
Joined: 17/06/2007
Posts: 657
Message Posted:
31/12/2008 20:41 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 7 of 9 in Discussion |
| Pretty standard problem with these Turkish ballcocks (no pun intended). I am often shutting off the water to overflowing water tanks in the complex where I live.
If you added up the collective water loss it would be shocking in such a dry climate and expensive as well
A plumber told me you can get English ones that are much more reliable from a few hardware stores which should fix the problem.
Aussie |
Val44
Joined: 14/11/2008
Posts: 210
Message Posted:
31/12/2008 21:05 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 8 of 9 in Discussion |
| If you change round the first letters you get Tater Bank Wallcocks |
AlsancakJack
Joined: 14/08/2008
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31/12/2008 21:08 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 9 of 9 in Discussion |
| And if you change the first and last letters around of your BB name you get Lav44. |
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