Tracking down a 117 L/hour water leak
Our water bill seems a bit high. Hmm, I’ll check if the water meter shows any movement while we’re not using water overnight. Next morning: Blimey: 117 litres per hour.
I can’t hear any leaks – just the fish pond filter. I’ll try turning that off. There’s still a water sound, coming from under the porch. Can’t see anything in there. Call MEK Plumbing. Matt crawls further under the house, to discover that the pressure release valve from the mains supply has blown. Yeah, that’ll do it.
Now to ask Yarra Valley Water to please discount our bill.
🦸🏻♂️ Heroes of the story:
Helen for pointing out that our bill was much higher than hers.
Francis for coordinating the checking and fix.
Matt for sliding through the mud to fix it.
It was 800lt a day 😲
Lucky we caught it not long after due to meter being above retaining wall.
If bill is excessive we have a letter from plumber