Sure, but he is likely allocated 10 minutes for the job and needs to do
20 more meter swaps that day. If you need to do maintenance why not coordinate it with the utility?When you signed up for service you granted the utility the explicit right to maintain their equipment.
Ummm... Nope, no leverage at all... They are there under the authority of the water department...
The only thing you could do is refuse the upgrade, however that would likely get you hit with a fine and then having to pay to have them do it sometime in the near future...
~~ Evan
actually, if the valve is shut off, you can replace the packing on THAT valve also.
Good point.
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