Hi,
I have a new home with water softener loop in the garage ahead of the rest of the house (except outdoor spigots). Yesterday I installed a whole-house filter before the softener. I cut the main incoming water line and created a "manifold" of sorts so that the water would come into the garage (first stop for the water softener loop) then go to a series of valves that would allow optionally bypassing the filter, then onward to a series of valves that would allow optionally bypassing the water softener. That part all works fine and is leak free.
However, just for kicks, I checked the water meter outside the house after I was done and the small arrow is moving, albeit very slowly. It moves for about 5 seconds, then stops for about 5 seconds, and so on -- it's fairly consistent in this activity. I know for a fact about a month ago that the meter was not moving when everything in the the house was turned off. I checked all the faucets, etc. and nothing is running.
I tried bypassing my filter and the softener so water comes into the garage and goes straight on into the rest of the house, and it still moves even though nothing is on inside or outside.
I tried turning off the valve to the entire house, and then the meter remains stopped, so something after the main line into the garage is using water. It seems coincidental that I just did this modification and the meter is running now, but I can see all the work I touched -- it's completely open and visible on the wall of the garage.
Is there something else I might be overlooking that could cause this type of action at the meter (slowly moving on and off, over and over) that would NOT be a leak?
Thanks for any input anyone can provide.
-- Vinnie
I have a new home with water softener loop in the garage ahead of the rest of the house (except outdoor spigots). Yesterday I installed a whole-house filter before the softener. I cut the main incoming water line and created a "manifold" of sorts so that the water would come into the garage (first stop for the water softener loop) then go to a series of valves that would allow optionally bypassing the filter, then onward to a series of valves that would allow optionally bypassing the water softener. That part all works fine and is leak free.
However, just for kicks, I checked the water meter outside the house after I was done and the small arrow is moving, albeit very slowly. It moves for about 5 seconds, then stops for about 5 seconds, and so on -- it's fairly consistent in this activity. I know for a fact about a month ago that the meter was not moving when everything in the the house was turned off. I checked all the faucets, etc. and nothing is running.
I tried bypassing my filter and the softener so water comes into the garage and goes straight on into the rest of the house, and it still moves even though nothing is on inside or outside.
I tried turning off the valve to the entire house, and then the meter remains stopped, so something after the main line into the garage is using water. It seems coincidental that I just did this modification and the meter is running now, but I can see all the work I touched -- it's completely open and visible on the wall of the garage.
Is there something else I might be overlooking that could cause this type of action at the meter (slowly moving on and off, over and over) that would NOT be a leak?
Thanks for any input anyone can provide.
-- Vinnie