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We use Roundup around the house and gas pipes since we moved into the house. We’ve since found a terracotta flower pot buried in the ground right next to the home. Light of sight, it’s roughly in line with the water meter. I wonder if a previous owner had a water cut off valve and used a flower pot to keep access to the valve? I have some at home vacation in a few weeks. Plan on using a gardening spade to dig the dirt out of the pot to see if there’s a valve. If I hit the bottom of the pot with no valve then I’ll pull out the pot and put the dirt back in to fill in the hole. If there is a valve then I’ll look into a replacement valve cover to replace the flower pot.
A residential water line cut-off/street valve box is always found near the street, in the right away at the edge of the property line. Is this where you uncovered the the flower pot?
If so, the original “valve box” could have sunk or been covered over and if so, you could buy a valve box at Lowes or Home Depot and install it over the valve stem.
The city or water company should be able to easily locate the street shut off valve that is usually located at the edge of the property line.
A residential water line cut-off/street valve box is always found near the street, in the right away at the edge of the property line. Is this where you uncovered the the flower pot?
If so, the original “valve box” could have sunk or been covered over and if so, you could buy a valve box at Lowes or Home Depot and install it over the valve stem.
The city or water company should be able to easily locate the street shut off valve that is usually located at the edge of the property line.
The meter box is in the yard roughly 5 yards from the road and almost 10 yards from the house. I was told there may be a water shut off valve after the meter but never found it. I want to avoid digging up the yard and hiring a plumber. If I don’t find one here at the pot then we may just give up and use the meter box valve. I come from a mobile home in which I had two cut off valves installed after the meter, one for a quick emergency shut off and one just after the meter in case of a ruptured pipe before the emergency cut off. Getting the meter box tool to open the lid is difficult but shutting off the valve at the meter is easy. I have some DIY projects that require the water to be shut off to the whole home.
A residential water line cut-off/street valve box is always found near the street, in the right away at the edge of the property line. Is this where you uncovered the the flower pot?
If so, the original “valve box” could have sunk or been covered over and if so, you could buy a valve box at Lowes or Home Depot and install it over the valve stem.
The city or water company should be able to easily locate the street shut off valve that is usually located at the edge of the property line.
I'm sorry to inform you that you are mistaken about the bolded quote. Our house here in Florida has a shut off valve just about one foot outside the front wall of the house. Another home I had in another state had the same situation.
This shutoff valve is about 20 feet from the meter at our home in Florida. In the other state, it was nearly 100 feet from the meter.
I'm sorry to inform you that you are mistaken about the bolded quote. Our house here in Florida has a shut off valve just about one foot outside the front wall of the house. Another home I had in another state had the same situation.
This shutoff valve is about 20 feet from the meter at our home in Florida. In the other state, it was nearly 100 feet from the meter.
This is correct. I had one that we never could find and plumbers searched diligently. I had to have the house repiped so I marked my shut off valve up next to the house, very carefully, this time.
This is correct. I had one that we never could find and plumbers searched diligently. I had to have the house repiped so I marked my shut off valve up next to the house, very carefully, this time.
I’m very hesitant to dig up my front yard myself because somewhere is a sewage, water, and natural gas pipe and I don’t want to risk damaging any of them since they were installed in 1973.
I'm sorry to inform you that you are mistaken about the bolded quote. Our house here in Florida has a shut off valve just about one foot outside the front wall of the house. Another home I had in another state had the same situation.
This shutoff valve is about 20 feet from the meter at our home in Florida. In the other state, it was nearly 100 feet from the meter.
Okay, so the water companies valve could be closer to he meter in Florida, however in the six plus states I lived and or worked in the municipalities shut off valve was “usually” at the property line but there’s obviously “always” going to be an exception to that case..
So I should have used the word “usually” instead of “always” but thanks for bringing that to my attention!
Last edited by Rickcin; 05-30-2022 at 05:34 AM..
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