my meter won't stop running, help!

[Kageegirl]

I am ticked off. It started yesterday and has trickled into today. Monday evening around 5pm I went out to water my gardens. When I was done I turned the hose completely off and went inside. The next morning while getting my boys on the bus for school I noticed my backyard was flooded. Upon further inspection I noticed my hose was still running. I tried turning it thinking maybe I left it on but the nossle wouldn't turn any further. I tried turning it back on then turning it off. It still wouldn't shut off. I called my mom to have her come take a look at it. She couldn't get it to shut off either. I call our property manager to see what I should do. They said the would get someone out as soon as they could. That was at 9:30am. I got a call around 2:30pm saying their maintance man would be out end of day. I had nothing else to go with so I agreed and thanked them for getting back to me. 5:30pm the maintance man showed up. My dh and the maintance man spent about 15 minutes chatting. Just as the guy was about to go look at the hose my neighborhoods husband comes over and is talking to the guy. Apparently my neighbor's dh goes to the same bar as the maintance guy. Well after another 10 minutes of chatting he goes and looks at the problem. After a few minutes of messing with it he tells me he's going to put a different hose on it and a spray nozzle. He said that would keep the water from leaking into the yard until he can get a better look and see what's going on. He does that and then leaves. I go out there and look at it after we got back from our walk and it's still pouring out the top of the hose and my yard is still flooded. I feel like I have a meter in my own backyard. Every second is costing me. I called the property manager this morning and she said if he said he would be back today I'd have to assume he's going to be out. They told me if he didn't show up by end of day today or does not fix the problem to call them and they'd get it taken care of. You can tell they are not the ones going to pay my water bill. UGH!

[JLo1486]

Ummm.... Take video for proof and call the city. Make them foot the bill. Note all the times you called and how long it has taken them.

[blue_elephant]

Your pipe for your hose has a metal thing in it that stops the water, you need a new thingy, your stopper is broken. Go out and put a screw on plug on it, should hold it til they fix it.

[Taynhannahsmom]

Can you shut off the main water inside when not in use? I wouldn't want that water bill :(

[christina0607]

Sometimes it's just the screw on the faucet. Try tightening it.

[kansasmom1978]

Sounds like a busted valve

[meparty]

This.

Quoting JLo1486:

Ummm.... Take video for proof and call the city. Make them foot the bill. Note all the times you called and how long it has taken them.

[FooLynRoo]

There should be an inside water valve in your basement or crawl space , not far from where your outside spigot is located

[Justine1123]

Your water bill is gonna be hundreds of dollars.

[MicheleJM]

I dont understand what is so hard about this. I busted a faucet with my mower. My neighbor helped me and it took us a couple of hours. We had to replace part of the pipe at ground level. Lord, tell them they are getting your water bill or you will call a plumber and they can take it off your rent.

[MicheleJM]

I have shut off at the curb and another valve where my garden hose is. Ask the city where yours is.

Quoting FooLynRoo:

There should be an inside water valve in your basement or crawl space , not far from where your outside spigot is located