General question

[Migos123]

Good Day everyone,

Not sure if this is the right place to post.
I live in an apartment, there are two apartments on this compound.
Two tanks, one for each of us.
However, our tank always runs dry and the neighbor's own is always full.
Any idea what might be causing this?

 

[Scott_D]

Any pictures of the tanks?

 

[Migos123]

Are these pics fine ?

 

[Aire]

If your tank runs dry, and your neighbours doesn't, I'd be looking at what's filling your tank.

 

[rpm]

How do the tanks know when they are full? Any valves inside the tanks?

 

[Migos123]

Any pictures of the tanks?

Honestly not sure how the tanks know when they are full. Not sure if valves are inside the tank.
I just see those valves in the picture i posted

The tanks are connected to a line that runs from our compound straight onto the road

 

[rpm]

Is your neighbour simply using less water, are there less of them living next door?

 

[Migos123]

Is your neighbour simply using less water, are there less of them living next door?

Thats the thing, its more of them next door
In my apartment it's just two of us.
Next door its 5 of them.
Yet, everytime my tank is empty and i check their own.
Its full all the way to the top.

 

[gmartine]

When yours runs dry, what do you do to refill it?

 

[Migos123]

When yours runs dry, what do you do to refill it?

When it runs dry, the water company would send more eventually.
They send water about twice a week.
Same thing with my neighbor.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

are you sure yours is just connected to your property and not your neighbors as well?

 

[WC1]

Maybe stating the obvious but have you checked carefully for leaks?

 

[Aire]

Set up a camera at night, I suspect your neighbours are steeling your water.

 

[firemant]

When it runs dry, the water company would send more eventually.
They send water about twice a week.
Same thing with my neighbor.

Where are you located

 

[centralheatking]

Where are you located

Yorkshire !!! they are advanced there centralheatking

 

[Scott_D]

Shut the valve when you are not useing any water

 

[Gasmk1]

do you have to pay for the water, if you do you need to get it checked as obviously piped incorrectly

 

[SimonG]

Fill some pans, jugs and buckets then turn off the water at your tank. If the neighbours come to complain then there's your answer.

 

[centralheatking]

Yorkshire !!! they are advanced there centralheatking

This post was meant to spark up the Yorkshire lot..obviously
they missed it....and Yorkshire Fittings were produced in Merseyside
for years because they could not find any skilled labour over there
centralheatking

 

[Migos123]

Are these pics fine ?

any idea how I can fill this tank with a hose I have outside ? Not sure how to get an opening

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Where’s the hose fed from eg supply the tank ??

 

[Lou]

Keep it on topic guys! I'll deal with you Yorkshire haters later.

 

[Migos123]

The hose I'm gonna use is connected to the neighbor's tank
So I was just going to use that to fill my tank.
They're allowing me, because I think we figured out that their tank is taking my water somehow

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Do you have any access holes / panels in the top ?

 

[Chuck]

So I was just going to use that to fill my tank.

That's going to be a very time-consuming process. I think you will soon want to get a plumber to fix the pipework so that each tank feeds the correct dwelling. It should be a relatively quick and easy job for someone who knows what they are doing.