Marple water point

[IanD]

Is this the slowest water point in the world? Took over an hour to fill up a tank that was probably only half empty, I reckon it was taking about a minute per gallon...

[MHS]

Dobson’s lock water point on the Leeds Liverpool. So slow we gave up!

[matty40s]

Stonebridge Lock on the River Lee Navgation.

I used to have to fill in installments over 2 or 3 evenings.

If someone in the house ran a tap, or someone had a shower in the facility block, then add another evening.

[frangar]

58 minutes ago, IanD said:

Is this the slowest water point in the world? Took over an hour to fill up a tank that was probably only half empty, I reckon it was taking about a minute per gallon...

I gave up a few weeks ago....then there was a queue at Poynton.....ended up at the CRT yard at Macclesfield which isn’t much better! Considering both of them are quite close to civilisation I’ve no idea why they are so slow....I even looked for any stopcocks at Marple. 

[TheBiscuits]

53 minutes ago, MHS said:

Dobson’s lock water point on the Leeds Liverpool. So slow we gave up!

Yes, that's the slowest one I have ever used.  A mate started filling up there and I pinched his hose to fill a 10 litre Jerry can.  It took six minutes to fill it partway, probably 8 litres.

 

We all gave up at that point!

[pearley]

2 hours ago, MHS said:

Dobson’s lock water point on the Leeds Liverpool. So slow we gave up!

I left the boat filling whilst I took a hire car back. Was still filling when I got back.

 

Added to say why do other boaters insist on saying "are you going to be long"

Edited September 3, 2019 by pearley

[Cheshire cat]

It's the altitude!

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

4 hours ago, frangar said:

I gave up a few weeks ago....then there was a queue at Poynton.....ended up at the CRT yard at Macclesfield which isn’t much better! Considering both of them are quite close to civilisation I’ve no idea why they are so slow....I even looked for any stopcocks at Marple. 

I found the tap at the top of the Bosley flight is one of the fastest I’ve every used. 

( There’s also a tap behind the service block which I failed to notice first time I came up that flight)

 

Thanks for heads up on slow Marple tap, I’ll make sure I fill up at Bugsworth before going back down the Macc. 

 

 

[ditchcrawler]

Which is worse, sitting waiting for your tank to fill with someone waiting to use it or sitting watching someone else fill there tank while you wait to use it?

[Midnight]

Hebden Bridge has got to be the slowest in the world

[TheBiscuits]

28 minutes ago, Midnight said:

Hebden Bridge has got to be the slowest in the world

Nah.  Try Dobson's Lock as suggested above.  Hebden Bridge is fine, and you can get an empty and diesel and gas while you are waiting! 

[mayalld]

11 hours ago, Goliath said:

I found the tap at the top of the Bosley flight is one of the fastest I’ve every used. 

( There’s also a tap behind the service block which I failed to notice first time I came up that flight)

 

Thanks for heads up on slow Marple tap, I’ll make sure I fill up at Bugsworth before going back down the Macc. 

 

 

the tap at the back of the service block at Bosley is for the pump-out.

 

I wouldn't want to fill the water tank from it!

16 hours ago, frangar said:

I gave up a few weeks ago....then there was a queue at Poynton.....ended up at the CRT yard at Macclesfield which isn’t much better! Considering both of them are quite close to civilisation I’ve no idea why they are so slow....I even looked for any stopcocks at Marple. 

Basically, the water pressure round there is pants.

 

I believe that there is a flow restrictor in the line, because without it the neighbouring houses were suffering complete loss of water when the WP was used

[nipper]

All the taps at Fradley Junction were very slow last year for a short while, because some bod at CRT decided in his or hers wisdom, that turning down the water pressure would save water!

 

Ended up with lots of boats waiting to fill their tanks.

 

Question! Does a tank full of water at low pressure take less water than a tank full at a higher pressure?

 

Nipper

[frangar]

59 minutes ago, mayalld said:

 

 

I believe that there is a flow restrictor in the line, because without it the neighbouring houses were suffering complete loss of water when the WP was used

A situation probably not helped by the new build houses. Sounds like a problem to put back to the water board. 

 

I found this online. 

 

Water suppliers’ statutory service standard level of mains water pressure is 10 metres/head (or one bar). This means there is enough force/pressure to push the water to a height of 10m.

This is measured at the point where the water leaves the water suppliers pipework and enters yours (usually the outside stop valve or property boundary).

As a guide, if you have a suitable single service pipe, the first tap in the home (this is usually the kitchen tap) should be able to fill a 4.5 litre (one gallon) bucket in 30 seconds, with all other taps and appliances turned off. Another way of putting it is enough water pressure to fill a cold water storage cistern in a two storey house roofspace.

Edited September 4, 2019 by frangar
To add info

[Machpoint005]

17 hours ago, pearley said:

why do other boaters insist on saying "are you going to be long"

 

My response to that is "about 48 and a half feet" but yours might be different.

[mayalld]

1 hour ago, frangar said:

A situation probably not helped by the new build houses. Sounds like a problem to put back to the water board. 

 

I found this online. 

 

Water suppliers’ statutory service standard level of mains water pressure is 10 metres/head (or one bar). This means there is enough force/pressure to push the water to a height of 10m.

This is measured at the point where the water leaves the water suppliers pipework and enters yours (usually the outside stop valve or property boundary).

As a guide, if you have a suitable single service pipe, the first tap in the home (this is usually the kitchen tap) should be able to fill a 4.5 litre (one gallon) bucket in 30 seconds, with all other taps and appliances turned off. Another way of putting it is enough water pressure to fill a cold water storage cistern in a two storey house roofspace.

The situation was long before the new houses, but it is entirely possible that the new houses resulted in an improvement, and that CRT simply haven't removed the restrictor

[Dave123]

And the taps on the upper Thames have to be amongst the fastest anywhere. The lockie at Shifford actually warned me not to turn it on fully!

[Señor Chris]

Isn't there a second tap at Marple? I've seen someone moor next to the lock and run a hose across the road into the CRT yard. Would need a long hose though.

 

[StarUKKiwi]

18 hours ago, mayalld said:

 

I believe that there is a flow restrictor in the line, because without it the neighbouring houses were suffering complete loss of water when the WP was used

Then the planning application for six houses resubmitted by CRT will make it even slower then