Can anyone offer information about water meters please?
My last quarterly bill was over double that of the previuos three months so I decided to look for any leaks. My water meter has a small black cog in the middle under the glass. I pressume that if this continues to go around when nobody in the house is using water, then it means that there is a leak somewhere. When I turn off the house stopcock, then the meter cog also stops going round. So the leak must be in the house somewhere. I have been unable to find any major leaks.
My question: How sensative is the little black meter cog? The movement of the little black cog reminds me of watching the second hand on an electric clock ticking over.
In terms of water loss, what would the movement represent?
My last quarterly bill was over double that of the previuos three months so I decided to look for any leaks. My water meter has a small black cog in the middle under the glass. I pressume that if this continues to go around when nobody in the house is using water, then it means that there is a leak somewhere. When I turn off the house stopcock, then the meter cog also stops going round. So the leak must be in the house somewhere. I have been unable to find any major leaks.
My question: How sensative is the little black meter cog? The movement of the little black cog reminds me of watching the second hand on an electric clock ticking over.
In terms of water loss, what would the movement represent?