Russell griffiths Posted June 26, 2018 Posted June 26, 2018 Hi all after a previous question I thought it best to carry out a flow test on our new water main so i couldn’t think of any more professional way to carry this out apart from get a big bucket and see how long it took to fill it up so I filled a 1000ltr ibc tank up from our main pipe in……………………minutes would anybody have any educated guesses on how long it should take to fill up with the pipe going flat out. Cheers russ.
ProDave Posted June 26, 2018 Posted June 26, 2018 our supply would have done that in less than 30 minutes
Russell griffiths Posted June 26, 2018 Author Posted June 26, 2018 Any thoughts @JSHarris I believe you did a bit of testing on your bore hole supply.
Mr Punter Posted June 27, 2018 Posted June 27, 2018 Not sure of your supply pipe. We have a sprinkler system at mains pressure and achieved over 100l / min at the inlet valve, so <10 mins for your tank. A couple of months ago before the pipework was properly secured and boxed in one of the kid's friends opened the front door and the handle hit part of the valveset and caused a fitting to come apart. It took about 2 minutes to shut off, by which time the ground floor of the house had about 5-10 mm of water throughout.
Russell griffiths Posted June 27, 2018 Author Posted June 27, 2018 So to put you all out of your misery as your probably on the edge of your seats waiting for the result i filled a 1000 litre tank in 16 minutes so looking at all your guesses that seems very good maybe one less thing to worry about. 1
Russell griffiths Posted June 27, 2018 Author Posted June 27, 2018 32mm coming of a 50mm test was carried out 200mm from the metre 100m of 50mm that reduces to 32mmfor the next hundred
Nickfromwales Posted June 27, 2018 Posted June 27, 2018 200m of pipe after the boundary stopcock ? Most houses have 20m or less from street to stopcock so 10x more than the average.
dpmiller Posted June 28, 2018 Posted June 28, 2018 you did say the "big long lane" tho, that'll be me then. Just under 1100m of 32mm... 1
vivienz Posted June 28, 2018 Posted June 28, 2018 I'd say that we have about 200m between the mains stopcock and where the supply enters the property. It comes in via a lane, then under a neighbouring property then through a field.
Nickfromwales Posted June 28, 2018 Posted June 28, 2018 2 hours ago, dpmiller said: you did say the "big long lane" tho, that'll be me then. Just under 1100m of 32mm... Ill try and keep up Thats some lane lol. !
dpmiller Posted June 28, 2018 Posted June 28, 2018 37 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said: Ill try and keep up Thats some lane lol. ! Yup, I'm just glad someone else put the pipe in.
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