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I apparently don't have a whole house water shut off I can use. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is an odd one. The only whole house shut off is on the city side of my meter and the person from public works I talked to said only the city could operate it and if it were to break while I operated it I could be held financially liable.

Does anyone know of a ballpark price to get a plumber to install on my side of the meter?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Crazy thing is, one of the methods plumbers use to install a shutoff valve if they can’t turn off the city point is to freeze the pipe before where the new shutoff valve is to be installed. I always thought that was wild.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's Cool

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ice cold

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Freeze seals are legit. They're insanely common in the nuclear world, so as to minimize the downtime on coolant systems.