"Gavin Gillespie" wrote in message
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"Mike Hibbert" wrote in message
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We dug up a portion of the garage floor (5 inches of concrete with
1/4 inch
steel reinforcing mesh!) and have now found that the water pipe
splits just
past the edge of the inspection chanber. It travels north (just
pretend
bearings so you get the picture - not even I am sad enough to
measure
that!!) and then veers off north west away from the house. The other
one
goes east adn enters the house. This will be my rising main.

My sort of question is that why on earth would I have a split like
this? I
can only assume that the house may have had an outside toilet at
some time,
but would it get fed like this?
I'm also guessing that the leak is most likely at the end of the
north west
branch whjere they have capped it off badly.

Does it sound like I am on the right track?


If it was me, (and I was sure the 'branch' was not feeding anywhere
else), I would cut out the garage stop cock and branch section, and
replace with a straight pipe, joining the incoming and house feed.
Leave the existing cut out section in place though, just in case, so
it would be possible to replace it if necessary.
--
Gavin Gillespie
Giltbrook
Nottingham UK


I was hoping someone else would say that, because I was thinking that
myself. What is the point of having 3 stopcocks?