the nothing ,anything ,everything thread

[opmania]

This is a thread with no particular

Topic so no one can be off topic 🙂

So if anyone out there has something 

To say about anything you like now

Is your chance

Keep it clean 

And be nice 

See how long that lasts

Can we keep politics and religion out 

Of the conversation 

[ecar3483]

🙂

[domino-710]

Good for gathering or Vodka shots.

[twyngwyn]

Too bad if you need to walk anywhere 😃

[ambercat16]

Congratulations on the HUGE snipe ecar......10,000 posts in this thread

[ecar3483]

I thought about the snipe a couple of weeks ago, and then promptly forgot about it, ha ha...

10,000 posts, that's not bad at all....

🙂

[tasfleur]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!  10,000, we made it!!

[lyndal1838]

If the mains tap cannot be turned off properly you can ring your supplier and request that they change the washer.

They may try and fob you off and tell you to get a plumber.....do not fall for it.....it is their responsibility.

[ecar3483]

That's a good idea, Lyndal, Thanks...

There was a burst water main further up the street, a couple of years ago....

The work crew turned up and repaired it very efficiently and very professionally.

But they forgot to tell those of us who lived down the street that they had to turn the mains water off...

Imagine that... turning a tap and Nothing happens... And you don't know why...

I think if I engage their services I'll get a day/date, time and estimate of how long the job will take so I can let my neighbours know, so they're not left in the dry, or would that be left in the dark? ha ha...

🙂

[domino-710]

Without knowing/advised the mains were going to be turned off - momentarily.

Ensuite - upstairs has an semi recessed basin.

They don't make em like they used to.

Taking a glass to fill & drink - turned on the tap - the force from having been turned off - blew the glass out of my hand - into the basin - cracking it - the basin - I mean.

Didn't take much to have the basin replaced - at their expense.

The Leda Vasque - pretty fragile - same as this.

[lyndal1838]

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@ecar3483 wrote:

That's a good idea, Lyndal, Thanks...

There was a burst water main further up the street, a couple of years ago....

The work crew turned up and repaired it very efficiently and very professionally.

But they forgot to tell those of us who lived down the street that they had to turn the mains water off...

Imagine that... turning a tap and Nothing happens... And you don't know why...

I think if I engage their services I'll get a day/date, time and estimate of how long the job will take so I can let my neighbours know, so they're not left in the dry, or would that be left in the dark? ha ha...

🙂

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I am in Sydney and my supplier is Sydney Water.

All I do is advise them that the mains tap is leaking.   If it is urgent they will do the job in 24-48 hours, otherwise it is done within 5 days.

They definitely will not give you a strict day/date/time and the job takes about 30 seconds.

I recently had a split in the pipe from the mains (my water bill was horrific) and when the plumber arrived he mentioned that the washer needed replacing.  I rang Sydney Water and placed the order......I have no odea when the job was done and only knew it had been done when my OH turned the tap off to check.

As far as I know none of the neighbours have been inconvenienced and I have never been inconvenienced when they have had work done.

A burst water main is a different kettle of fish but on th few occasions it has happened in our area the repair crews door knock the immediate area.  We used to have a problem with dirty water when the mains had to be flushed.   It was very obvious and fixed quickly.  If you had a load of washing on you could get some liquid to remove the dirt for free from Sydney Water.

Those were the days.....problems fixed within hours, not days.