I keep getting mail from Thames Water promoting their
"Water Supply Pipe Cover" Policy at a (reduced) annual £11.88
or £2.97 monthly by Direct Debit. Sounds a good idea ....
But is it correct when TW state that the homeowner is
responsible for repairs between the tap in the road all the way
into the house? Covers up to £2000 incl. VAT per claim.
Seems quite low considering the cost of work these days .....
Anyone ever claimed under this policy? I already have plumbing
emergency cover from TW which is sensible in my view.
I am sure it's priced to sell - the above is an introductory rate
(£4 off). Thanks for your comments.
Klaus
High Wycombe

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:11:05 -0000, "Klaus Werner"
wrote:

I keep getting mail from Thames Water promoting their
"Water Supply Pipe Cover" Policy at a (reduced) annual £11.88
or £2.97 monthly by Direct Debit. Sounds a good idea ....
But is it correct when TW state that the homeowner is
responsible for repairs between the tap in the road all the way
into the house? Covers up to £2000 incl. VAT per claim.
Seems quite low considering the cost of work these days .....
Anyone ever claimed under this policy? I already have plumbing
emergency cover from TW which is sensible in my view.
I am sure it's priced to sell - the above is an introductory rate
(£4 off). Thanks for your comments.
Klaus
High Wycombe


Unless the house is pretty old and you have evidence of other
propertied nearby needing supply pipe replacement, a better option is
to set up a monthly standing order into an interest bearing account to
cover unlikely expenditures like this.
The same goes for domestic appliance insuraness.



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..andy

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:11:05 -0000, Klaus Werner wrote:

But is it correct when TW state that the homeowner is responsible for
repairs between the tap in the road all the way into the house?

Yes though I think the actual demarkation point is the property boundary
rather than the actual stop tap. Generally these are at the boundary
though.

Hum, anyone know for sure? Our stop tap is 25yds down the road about
20yds past our boundary...

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Dave. pam is missing e-mail

In message , Klaus Werner
writes
I keep getting mail from Thames Water promoting their
"Water Supply Pipe Cover" Policy at a (reduced) annual £11.88
or £2.97 monthly by Direct Debit. Sounds a good idea ....
But is it correct when TW state that the homeowner is
responsible for repairs between the tap in the road all the way
into the house? Covers up to £2000 incl. VAT per claim.
Seems quite low considering the cost of work these days .....
Anyone ever claimed under this policy? I already have plumbing
emergency cover from TW which is sensible in my view.
I am sure it's priced to sell - the above is an introductory rate
(£4 off). Thanks for your comments.
Klaus
High Wycombe

Klaus - have you EVER heard of anyone having such a thing happen ?

IMO it's another money making scam

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geoff

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:51:14 GMT, raden wrote:

Klaus - have you EVER heard of anyone having such a thing happen ?

Me, well my parents. Joint on "our" side of the street stop cock failed.
Water board came along and replaced stopcock FOC AFAIK. The lead service
pipe/rising main is still in place, presumably orginal 1930's...

MO it's another money making scam

I agree, the failure rate of service pipes is very low always assuming
they are deep enough and not under areas where big heavy trucks may park
and damage them.

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

"raden" wrote in message
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In message , Klaus Werner
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Klaus - have you EVER heard of anyone having such a thing happen ?

IMO it's another money making scam


Not in this area - not from colleagues - I won't bother.
Thames Water also offer a policy for electrical emergencies, but that was
definately OTT with what could conceivably go wrong and the costs involved.
It's all in the same league as extended warranties .....
The best policy in my view is to keep everything in good shape, spot and
cure
problems in their early stages and avoid botch jobs.
Cheers,
Klaus