epsilonGreedy Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 This is a pseudo question I can now answer to save others asking the same dumb question I raised a few weeks ago. In preparation for today's mains water pipe re routing I asked my pro self build neighbour if I could borrow one of those gadgets that reaches down into a roadside mains water shutoff inspection chambers to turn off the master waterboard stopcock for the site. He frowned and asked if this was for my site's water connection installed last summer and then added have you had a look? No I had not looked. It transpires that a modern roadside stopcock/meter installation comes fitted with a type of long-reach raised tap head, this lurks under a custom piece of insulation foam. It is a doddle to turn off the supply, the foam insert even has a diagram showing the open and closed positions. My water meter also had a useful feature in addition the main numerical readout. There is a black rotating cog visible through an inspection window that is very sensitive to any flow, it even registers a tiny flow of water in the reverse direction as the pipe reaches full pressure which I assume is a hydrostatic bounce or reflection. This cog provides immediate assurance any new connections do not have a serious leak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 We want a picture some call it a water stopcock or stopcock T bar ffs how do you take a screenshot on an iPhone... I’m getting ffs frustrated with this new toy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 5 minutes ago, Tennentslager said: how do you take a screenshot on an iPhone Home button and power button simultaneously .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Ah ha ... ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epsilonGreedy Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 @PeterWis that a screenshot of a BuildHub app or does the website reformat particularly well on a small mobile screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Forum works brilliantly on a phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 11 minutes ago, epsilonGreedy said: @PeterWis that a screenshot of a BuildHub app or does the website reformat particularly well on a small mobile screen? BuildHub on Safari on the iPhone - one of the reasons we chose the forum software as it supports dynamic formatting natively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 39 minutes ago, Tennentslager said: We want a picture some call it a water stopcock or stopcock T bar ffs how do you take a screenshot on an iPhone... I’m getting ffs frustrated with this new toy We call it a Toby up here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmiller Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 ^same over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 4 hours ago, epsilonGreedy said: This is a pseudo question [...] In fact its an answer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Think I made my old man's one out of a bit of 32mm (?) conduit... Starrett cutter thru the end then slit so it sat over the "round bar" of the stop cock. Will get a pic / have a measure if up there tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhome Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 5 hours ago, PeterW said: Home button and power button simultaneously .... Not on an iPhone X ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 hour ago, newhome said: Not on an iPhone X ? Don't think that'll worry most people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epsilonGreedy Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 15 hours ago, recoveringacademic said: In fact its an answer.. My favourite software programming Q&A system called StackOverflow has a feature to support posts intended to be self answered, I think the idea is to allow separate Q & A posts to maintain a consistent style and to save others from expending time answering a post that is about to be self answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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