Gits

[carlseawolf]

If you have kids in the local schools get them to keep there ears out for anyome bragging or if you think it was an inside job then who was on site when you installed the taps and as you have said how did they get over the fence with all those taps , maybe they are in one of the sheds waiting to be moved when things go quiet.

I would go around any car boot sales in the area in the next month and possible take your comunity police officer with you and one other person who fitted the taps for positive ID of them just incase they surface.

Ring around the local scrap merchants and explain the situation to them and say the police have been informed and if they have them can they be returned and offer the scrap value they paid for returning them. I know it's not ideal buying back your own taps but at least it would be cheaper or they would not touch them anyway as they are hot goods and the criminals might even bring them back if there to hot.

And as you said there is 430 plots with people , familys behind them so put up a notice saying what has happened and the quicker the taps are found the faster the water supply will be reinstalled or the rent will have to go up to cover the new taps .

Money always gets people's attention making 430 possible family's looking for the taps.

[rustylady]

Agree 100% with carlseawolf. I hope you have reported it to the police. I can understand people stealing things if they have a need for them or are going to use them but pure vandalism I will never understand.

[petal]

Is there a fanatic on your site who has 20 water butts and frowns at taps because they think its a waste of water(they have a point) - it really does sound like an inside job, you get some real wierdos around.

[NOG]

even better we have contacted the local police dog training site and they are happy to use the site for training runs with the dogs.

[The Doctor]

And just what are they going to do with all those taps?!

You'd be surprised how much 400-odd 'scrap' brass taps would fetch at a scrap metal recyclers.

[allotmentlady]

Just like to say that.

We put the taps back on yesterday. One of the old boys spent the winter, putting new washers on reseating them and giving them a bit of a tarting up. Two of us went round and put them on.....Sack fulls of them. We have 430 is plots and there is one tank with 2 taps per tank for every 4 plots. Gets a call today......"NO TAPS"...some git has gone rount last night and knicked them ALL. Then ripped the roof of one of the sheds.

How much is a second hand tap worth?

Oh god, check the local scrap merchant, the weight is what money they get! I cannot believe that some gits have stolen them all.

Sorry to hear that..........let your l;ocal DIY's stores know, mayeb they will dontate some, let your local paper know aswell.