October 10, 20215 yr I have an old lead water pipe which I am looking to replace with MDPE. My supplier (Southern Water) state: "If you have lead pipes and you decide to replace these, we will also replace our part of the pipe that connects your pipe to our main (known as the communication pipe) free of charge if this is also lead" My part of this is to bring the MDPE to the boundary which in this case is the pavement. The question is could I bring the pipe to the gate shown in the image below by the blue arrow rather than use the existing shown by the red arrow? Would the water supplier then trench to the street stop cock? Clearly this assumes a trench dug to the correct depth etc. We're renovating the property and in future would make more sense to enter at this point as we are moving the boiler to the building on the right side of the gate.
October 10, 20215 yr They will likely charge for doing a new connection there normally I take such pipes only to the property boundary nearest to the existing stopcock
October 10, 20215 yr Author 1 minute ago, tonyshouse said: They will likely charge for doing a new connection there normally I take such pipes only to the property boundary nearest to the existing stopcock Thanks Tony. In that case once the water pipe is inside the property, assuming I can take it under the floorboards to the more convenient place without having to dig down to the 750mm I would need outside?
October 10, 20215 yr Yes, would be best to insulate it with thick walled pipe lagging to avoid getting caught out by the water company and fix or duct it so it can’t move.
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