Water connection advice

[flanagaj]

I want to get a water connection made to the mains, and my initial plan is to simply run the laid pipe to a temporary standpipe a few meters from the mains connection.  As I am going to lay a conduit as part of the ground floor slab, repurposing of the temporary feed can be done when the build is quite advanced.  The question I have surrounds the use of joints underground.  Repurposing the temporary supply will require the 90 degree elbow to be replaced with a straight joint.  Is it ok to do this. as I currently don't see how I can avoid any joints, unless I get the water company out to remove the original pipe and connect in a new section.  

 

Will they effectively have to do two inspections?

 

 

[Conor]

Yes it's fine. It's normal for the water company to fit a meter box, leave a ~2m tail on the customer side, which you then connect to using a straight coupler.

[flanagaj]

19 minutes ago, Conor said:

Yes it's fine. It's normal for the water company to fit a meter box, leave a ~2m tail on the customer side, which you then connect to using a straight coupler.

Thanks Conor

[nod]

We got a temporary connection about two years ago We took advantage of the rural grant £250 including trafficked light for the road 

No charge for water while we where building Still waiting for a meter 

I simply removed the standpipe and relocated to the house slab 

[Canski]

Not sure if I’m understanding this correctly. I found the local brewery last week. 😀😀Why not coil quite a bit of pipe up that they can connect to at a later date ? If they have to do a road crossing ask if they can mole. It cost me no extra and they finished it all in a day. OK the meter covers looked like a bomb crater but they were quick to correct the mess after one complaint.