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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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  1. J

    After a bit of advice re pressure/flow

    Hi, after a bit of advice/what to expect before I call someone out and start spending money. Have lived at my property for almost a year now and the water pressure/flow has never been great, I recently bought a water pressure gauge and screwed this on to my garden tap which is literally...
  2. J

    Gas supply pipe from street?

    Hi we live 100 meters away from the gas main and we have had a supply put in, the pipe is 32mm wide and the standing pressure at the meter box is around 30mbars. We are getting the meter fitted Thursday and I'm just hoping that the working pressure will be right.. So is 32mm supply pipe OK for...
  3. D

    Street elbow

    Excuse me if I seem a little stupid, but can somebody tell me in plain english..... Can I fit compression fittings onto the male part of street elbows? If so do they fit exactly as they would on standard copper tube? I only ask as I'm ordering my first batch of end feed fittings etc and...
  4. T

    low pressure hot water in most of street

    Hi, more help required please, low hot water pressure from customer, went round, got it sorted, two days later same problem, its just trickling out, whilst I was there three of the neighbours came to tell me that they had lost all hot water pressure too, had three more calls this moring from the...
    • Theladyplumber
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    • attach burst hot hot water low pressure pressure problem street water
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  5. S

    High street shops closing

    Comet, Jessops, Hmv now Blockbusters closing due to the Internet. It will be tradesmen next due to people googling and getting all the answers on here!!
  6. N

    Our main drain to the street keep blocking.

    At the top of my driveway just before the pavement we have a big square man hole cover...covering the inspection chamber for the drains that lead to the main drain in the street...there is some kind of what looks like a U bend that always has some water in it, Both mine and the next door...
  7. S

    Coronation Street Carbon Monoxide Plot

    This week on corrie, they will have a plot on the dangers of faulty boiler installation, apparently inspired by a number of recent tragic events. "Coronation Street's Fiz Brown will reportedly end up in a coma after breathing in carbon monoxide fumes from a faulty gas boiler. Viewers will see...
  8. D

    How do I turn water back on in street please?

    Someone turned my water supply off in the street today, it's none of the neighbours. It affects two properties, me and one other. The water board say it's not their problem and we have to turn it back on ourselves. Been without water all day and have a two year old daughter so advice would be...
  9. W

    Coronation street

    Watching the street last night is Tyrone Gas Safe Reg. Or is it a plot and the boiler going to blow up as a storyline
  10. H

    Coronation Street

    Did anyone notice Tyrone(mechanic) fixing Fizz's boiler on this evenings episode? Tut tut BBC.
  11. T

    stopcock in street

    Hi, new here and just a bit of a diyer (oh no!), anyway does anyone know why the stopcock in the pavement outside my place and a few others round here has been marked with a yellow cross, i`m in the Southern Water area, i think they use a contractor as well called RPS water. Thanks.
  12. D

    can anyone off the street take a gas inspector course with no previous training?

    Hi I believe that it is possible for anyone to take a gas inspector course with no previous training? is this so? it seems that they can and just do a basic course then can do a basic test. just what would this be?
  13. W

    Microbore rad pipes to 15 mm valves

    Hi guys, started my nvq 2 this year and a few of my mums rad valves are leaking, will I be able to use a straight speed fit street reducer to convert it to a 15mm valve from a 10mm micro bore? Meaning compressing the 15mm plastic street into the valve. thanks.
  14. R

    How can i impove water pressure in my house?

    Water meter and stopcock are outside of the house(in the street), the first water outlet is about 10 meters away from the stopcock. it comes up from the floor in lead pipe then 15mm copper pipe. 15mm pipes to all water outlet. Will water pressure be improved if i enlarge the pipes to 22mm from...
  15. SimonG

    10mm chrome plated street elbows.

    Looking for 10mm chrome plated street elbows compression or speedfit. Any ideas. Thanks.
  16. P

    whats the word on the street

    been out and about filming chats with fellow members GoAnimate - plumbers chit chat - Watch animation :17:
  17. H

    Stop tap

    I have an external stop tap which consists of a 3/4" steel square : a plumber of 10 years experience says he has not seen one and cant tell me how to turn it - rusted solid , moved slightly with a 2ft Stilson. Internal tap useless : leeking joint : Help. 110 year old house Chesterfield.
  18. J

    Google Street

    Just had the google street camera go round my village , alot of people are not happy about it. my garage was open when the camera went past so not to happy about people being able to have a nose around my garage tbh lol what are your opinions on the new google street map? would you opt to...
  19. G

    customer street

    hi guys i have been with customer street for about three months now and have seen a few peple sl**ing them off, i have had a bit of work through them and the web site (although i ended up designin it myself cause they took there time). But am i making a mistake i would like to hear the probs...
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    • business customer google internet merchants plumbers street tiling web work
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
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