jerrybob
Elite Member
We have about 6 acres with two homes and a shop. I did not build the structures nor ran the water lines. Couple of years ago.......we developed a water leak. Trouble shooting has been really tough....since many of my lines run under asphalt driveway and under lots of landscaping. Over the past year......have put in several isolation valves and found one leak at a T junction which was plastic. Thought the problem was fixed a few months ago until we started seeing our water bill climb again. We went from about 3500 gallons per month to almost 20,000 gallons. Well.....we isolated the problem to the last long run of under driveway line. Yesterday.....we punched a pipe under my driveway.......used a 4 wheel drive trencher (that machine is a beast) and ran 300 ft of new water line. The good news....make that great news.......the leak has been fixed and our meter no longer has a slow spin. Talked to the city a little while ago......they will adjust my last two bills based on average water use the previous three months. Today I have clean up to do.........we had to remove a tree......tear up part of a lower deck to get to house connection and lots of raking where we trenched. Life is good!!!!!