hello,
some kids put pea gravel in our curb stop box

any ideas how to remove 5' of pea gravel?

thnx

Shop vac.

Amen on the shop vac

Best Wishes

Call the city. It is their stop box and should have had a cover on it.

Do you know the kids ?
Call the police and have someone charged with destruction of public property.

Wow five FEET deep?

Is it for frost prevention?

Mine is like 6 inches deep.

yes, frost protection

NY would be 4'(feet) MINIMUM

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"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638

Do you realize how cold it gets in Idaho, especially compared to Florida?

I understand that, but didn't think it had to be 5' deep.

So, how long are their curb keys? 8' long? Mine is only 30" long and I can use it standing up.

How do they read the meter with it buried so deep?

Meter in the basement?

my curb key is more than 6 feet long..

It's gravel....I think reform school might be a little excessive.

The meter is NOT in the curb stop box, it is usually in the basement.

First gravel in a curb stop box, then gradually escalating, until it is a bowling ball onto the freeway.

Oh meter in the basement I see.

We have no basement with the water table only a couple feet down so our water meter is actually inside the curb box connected to the stop valve.

as in coastal SC



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"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638

You do NOT have a "curb stop and valve box", because if the meter were inside it the meter would have to be about 2" in diameter. You have a "meter vault" and probably a meter 'yoke' with integral valve.

I don't know the proper name for it, but this is what I got.



If the meter is in the basement, does the water company go inside the basement to read the meter every month?

That is a meter box, used in warm climates such as ours. In colder areas, when the meter is outside it is in a "vault" that extends below the frost level with the meter positioned near the top of it. Many municipalities now have 'remote reading' meters so they do not have to enter the building.

In north Dakota I put curb stops a 11 ft. And still froze sometimes...seen frost down to 13 ft.....how I enjoy my 12 in deep meter box in case...

In Chicago the water lines were 42" deep. When I came out here, one of my first repairs was to a leaking water line. I got my shovel out and prepared to dig. Imagine my surprise when it hit the water line 2" below the surface, and in addition, although it was very hot, a cloud covered the sun while I was working on it.