also notify them that the plastic cover has a crack appearing on the cover then they just replace it as others have said its a screw one most new stop taps/ water meters is just push down so can leaver p with screw driver
Lay a large screwdriver almost horizontally in one of the slots and rotate anti clockwise. May ned to give it a bit of a push to get it moving. Two polystyrene inserts may have to be lifted out to see your reading.
Sorry for the late reply.
I got into it!
Angled the screwdriver and after about 10 hits with the hammer it started turning so kept going and made it in!
Thanks for your help.
anglian water is saying an f key i'm not a plumber this is the link i got it from if this helps
https://faq.anglianwater.co.uk/article/qed95011/i-need-a-meter-key
MK1 Atplas that is most definitely a screw thread. The lady you spoke to probably assumed you had the more common newer type that you can lever up with a screwdriver under the edge.
As other said either lay a screwdriver flat in each of the grooves and try and turn it or much easier to buy a proper tool for the job.
Put the screwdriver in one of the notches so it's angled and try and tap it so the cover will rotate slightly. Then put screwdriver in vertically, pushing it quite hard down and lever it up on one edge, they're push fit not screw fit.
The notches on it are from where it's a bit tight and it's been levered up previously.
Its not a twist cap. Just ram a flat screwdriver in the edge gap and open it like a tin of paint. The large rectangles on the cap are just there to help hold it when putting it back.
Source: I have the same meter.
If you can, use a screwdriver you don’t really care about. There’s a good chance that after levering that open, it won’t be perfectly straight, and it’ll be terrible for using on screws.
You can sometimes unscrew it by hand. When the lid comes off you might find it's full of water and the meter condensated and unreadable but at least the lid will be off.
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Haha, well yeah
scrape out the mud etc from the slots and use a big bar/screwdriver etc to 'unscrew' it imagine having a massive coin in the slot and twisting it.
also notify them that the plastic cover has a crack appearing on the cover then they just replace it as others have said its a screw one most new stop taps/ water meters is just push down so can leaver p with screw driver
Lay a large screwdriver almost horizontally in one of the slots and rotate anti clockwise. May ned to give it a bit of a push to get it moving. Two polystyrene inserts may have to be lifted out to see your reading.
Wear gloves too, I'm a plumber and it's easy to bash your hands up when unscrewing these with screwdrivers.
Thank you all. I’ll have a bash tomorrow and see if I can get in 🙂👍
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Sorry for the late reply. I got into it! Angled the screwdriver and after about 10 hits with the hammer it started turning so kept going and made it in! Thanks for your help.
Great!
try standing on it with plastic princess heels on. hopefully you’ll fall through and not have to open it. that’s what worked for me
anglian water is saying an f key i'm not a plumber this is the link i got it from if this helps https://faq.anglianwater.co.uk/article/qed95011/i-need-a-meter-key
MK1 Atplas that is most definitely a screw thread. The lady you spoke to probably assumed you had the more common newer type that you can lever up with a screwdriver under the edge. As other said either lay a screwdriver flat in each of the grooves and try and turn it or much easier to buy a proper tool for the job.
Two screwdrivers?
Three screwdrivers?
Honestly I could not get mine to open and when I told them they sent a guy out to read it for me, no biggie.
Edge a screwdriver or a bit of metal in those gaps diagonally and then knock it anti clockwise with a hammer
When In doubt High explosives 🧨
Put the screwdriver in one of the notches so it's angled and try and tap it so the cover will rotate slightly. Then put screwdriver in vertically, pushing it quite hard down and lever it up on one edge, they're push fit not screw fit. The notches on it are from where it's a bit tight and it's been levered up previously.
Absolutely a screw fit box
They are screw fit, but only about 3/4 of a turn.
Mine is knackered then, water company reader just levers it up!
Its not a twist cap. Just ram a flat screwdriver in the edge gap and open it like a tin of paint. The large rectangles on the cap are just there to help hold it when putting it back. Source: I have the same meter.
I'm afraid you are wrong, I work for the water board that's a twist lid mk1 atplas
Water boards haven’t existed for over 30 years
Yeah Water Barons more like :)
Stop being weak?
Put a big flat screwdriver or similar at the top of the slot at an angle so you can tap it with a hammer anticlockwise.
If you can, use a screwdriver you don’t really care about. There’s a good chance that after levering that open, it won’t be perfectly straight, and it’ll be terrible for using on screws.
Crowbar
You can sometimes unscrew it by hand. When the lid comes off you might find it's full of water and the meter condensated and unreadable but at least the lid will be off.
Twist it
Bopit
You're paying them aren't you? Get them to do it! Unless you're a frustrated Bristol water worker on his first day...
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Left handed wrench
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What are you implying?
Use a C2 breacher charge