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A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable surface such as tarmac, concrete, cobblestone or brick. Portions may also be smoothed with asphalt, embedded with rails, or otherwise prepared to accommodate non-pedestrian traffic.
Originally, the word street simply meant a paved road (Latin: via strata). The word street is still sometimes used informally as a synonym for road, for example in connection with the ancient Watling Street, but city residents and urban planners draw a crucial modern distinction: a road's main function is transportation, while streets facilitate public interaction. Examples of streets include pedestrian streets, alleys, and city-centre streets too crowded for road vehicles to pass. Conversely, highways and motorways are types of roads, but few would refer to them as streets.

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    Valve in street inaccessible - water company obliged to fix?

    Hi! Our main stopcock is weeping. I phoned the water company, first-person thought it was their problem as it was on the 'outside' of the water meter. Then another person called me to schedule a visit and they told me that its not their problem as both the water meter and the leaky stopcock are...
  2. H

    Water in main street valve

    Just moved into a house and I was going to install a new shower. I went to turn off the water on the street there was water in the drain, should I be concerned about this
  3. B

    Water surge up through toilet after water company did routine street cleanse

    SevernTrent's subcontractor carried out a routine drains cleanse at the bottom of the street about 20 houses away. We were in our house and heard lots of noises coming up the pipes. Water then poured out of the 1st floor toilet flooding the floor. It stopped after a few minutes. While my...
  4. D

    Can Faulty Gate Valve On Street Cause House Leak?

    Hi. We discovered a leak in our house's kitchen. It was coming up through the floor in the corner and was about half a bucket of clear water an hour. The kitchen sits 2 steps lower than the front of the house which is on the street. Long story short, the plumber found the gate valve...
  5. M

    Van scratched...

    Parked near my place, on the street, as it has been pretty much every night for the past 2 1/2 years, yet last night some scumbag decided to key my van right along one side of it. Long and deep. I am fecking FUMING! Jealous POS in one second ruined a van I worked my bum off to buy, kept...
  6. T

    Old lead pipe leading into house

    Dear all Need some advice regarding old lead water piping. About 2 years ago the water pipe that leads into my house sprang a leak and initially it looked like it could be a massive repair job, what with it being an old lead pipe coming into the house from the street, under my front door and...
  7. U

    John Street

    When we run hot water off and the cold water tank in the loft fills up we get a horrible vibrating from the shaft on the ball cock which doesn't subside until the tank has refilled. Does anyone out there know the solution to the problem as the noise is driving my wife and crazy! Thank you.
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    Vaillant Combi Boiler Question?

    Hey guys, just wondering, can you bend 22mm 90's up into the valves or is there not enough pipe left? I know you can with 15 but I've always used elbows, I've never tried it and I'm not sure when I'll get the chance to give it a a go Thanks
    • ApprenticeTom
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    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  9. S

    Street fittings

    Hi Sorry this might be a silly question, I'm only a DIY'er. I bought some 22mm elbows by mistake that are 'street fittings' I will be able to use them but it seems to mean using a straight connector as well. What are they normally used for? Thanks for your help. Sticky
  10. D

    Lead pipe please help

    have a lead pipe coming into my back toilet it is not our supply of water so we cant turn it off. Its beemn cut off and is still leaking ive cramp it with plyers but isn't doing the trick. Anyone please advice thanks in advance
  11. jaydebruyne

    Lead Pipe & Faulty Stopcock

    Went to a property today and had to cap off an old lead pipe going to an outside basin. Trouble is, when I turned the water back on by the Stopcock on this picture, packing gland bust and sprayed water. Couldn't undo the gland nut or the body to repair it and the lead pipe it's attached to is...
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    Simple service became problem for whole street!

    Hi all, Serviced a customers combi boiler this evening pretty straight forward, until checking op pressure! 16 mbar standing at boiler and 8.9 operating?!? Checked at meter, 17 standing and 10 operating?!? Fired up the rings on the range on low flame, ran the hot tap and pulled two of the...
  13. E

    low water presure

    Hello I have recently moved in to property (ex-council) which was built around 1958 I note water presure seems very low e.g. garden hose pipe very low, and the gas central heating boiler has a presure indicator on it wich reads at best 0.7 bar what can be done about this issue was I...
  14. W

    stopcock

    hi to all, neebie on this forum and would appreciate some advice if possible please, main stopcock in house wont shut off properly and dosent seem very practical to change it. the house as built before the 1950's and loos like the only way to change it is to switch off the water In the...
  15. Kewat66

    Street Stop Tap

    Hi All, i am looking for clarification on the problem of a seized street stop tap. I have a customer with an internal leaking stop tap that needs replacing. There is no room and no way of isolating the water supply to this other than by switching the water of in the street. I have had my long...
  16. R

    Overflow street elbow

    Been on a few installs over the years where I've thought a overflow street would come in so handy. Do they exist? Has anyone here come across one?
  17. P

    Street. M/f overflow bends

    Can you get them ??!
  18. A

    air activation valve install

    i have in my house a soil vent pipe that vent straight out the roof i am redoing the bathroom at the moment and want to ideally remove the top part of the vent and install a air admittance valve about half way up the wall above the highest u bend in the sink we have 7 or 8 houses on my side of...
  19. E

    Befits street

    Really is this the future? Sorry no tabs no kids and no more booze. I just paid hmrc a lot of money for these lazy scroungers. I'm going on a social cleansing spree. Basically going to block flues and let co do the world a favour. These people cannot be allowed to have children and ruin there...
  20. W

    The Wolf of Wall Street

    Just watched The Wolf of Wall Street. I.M.H.O. it's the best of this years new batch. DICAPRIO's performance is stunning. Highly entertaining, but not one to watch in front of the kids..for sure. Coming in at number two: Lone Survivor. The rest I've seen: 12 Years a Slave,for me, was a bore...
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