Afternoon all, I've had a quote to connect to the sewer which includes one chamber and 7m of pipework, it will involve digging up a path and part of the road although as it's at the end of the road it wont require traffic lights etc. Quote came back and it's just over £8k! 

 

I'm stunned it's that expensive does it sound reasonable?

Edited May 12, 20224 yr by Water

The other option is to spend £3000 on a treatment plant 

£5000 to install it £1000 to get power to it, £200 every 2-3 years to empty it, 

i had a quote of £17,000 to fit my treatment plant, I would happily pay £8000 to get connected to the main sewer. 

Fair enough. Why is everything always double what you expect. 

it's either twice as much or takes twice as long. that should be 'rule 1' of self-building. 

Sounds very expensive - get more quotes.  You will find a list of approved contractors on you local water board's website.  With no traffic management etc I would be expecting nearer to £2 - 3k for that unless the sewer was really deep.

Does any part of that include digging on your land? If so, it will be much cheaper for your builder/you  to do it up to that point

Edited May 12, 20224 yr by Jilly

Ours is a bit funny, we have a septic tank and a connection to mains sewerage already on our land. We were quoted £2,500 to backfill the septic tank and connect everything to the existing mains sewerage via a new manhole on our land. When we get around to it, I'll be doing it myself for the cost of a mini digger hire for the weekend.

Was this quote direct from the water company? When we did ours I found their pipe-laying rates were, probably deliberately, way over the odds.  I think they have to offer the service but don't really want to do it, and would prefer you use a self-lay provider.

 

I found ours by simply googling "sewer connection contractors" and getting a few quotes.  Obviously the road and traffic management may push the price significantly.