Our neighbours have a leak somewhere under their house between the stopcock
in the street and their internal stop tap.

Insurance company want to internally sleeve the main (which is black
plastic) presumably with another plastic pipe, and hopefully join
everything up at the internal stop-tap. A complication is that because of
extensive modifications, this stop tap arises in the middle of the kitchen
so a considerable amount of wooden flooring will have to be lifted.

Anyhow, Im wondering (just as a nosy neighbour) how much this is going to
harm their water flow. Theyre talking about using a 20mm pipe as a sleeve
but whether thats internal or external I dont know.

I must admit if it were my house I think Id prefer a new main laid from
the street than a sleeved down one, especially if my insurance was paying
for it.

What do you think?

Tim


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On 19/06/2018 18:31, Tim+ wrote:

What do you think?


For the little it's worth:

We run everything straight off the mains. There's no storage tank. So, I
thought we should have a decent size mains pipe. The plastic pipe is
around 22mm or so, and the connection off the water main is 3/4". I pay
extra for that, rather than 1/2". We have a very good flow of water, but
I resent paying the extra without knowing whether it's really necessary.

Conclusion, if any, is that a 20mm pipe is probably fine. Particularly
if the mains connection is only 1/2", as seems likely.

"Tim+" wrote in message
...
Our neighbours have a leak somewhere under their house between the
stopcock
in the street and their internal stop tap.

Insurance company want to internally sleeve the main (which is black
plastic) presumably with another plastic pipe, and hopefully join
everything up at the internal stop-tap. A complication is that because of
extensive modifications, this stop tap arises in the middle of the kitchen
so a considerable amount of wooden flooring will have to be lifted.

Anyhow, Im wondering (just as a nosy neighbour) how much this is going to
harm their water flow. Theyre talking about using a 20mm pipe as a sleeve
but whether thats internal or external I dont know.

I must admit if it were my house I think Id prefer a new main laid from
the street than a sleeved down one, especially if my insurance was paying
for it.

What do you think?

I agree on the new main, but there isnt any way to force the
insurance company to do that if they refuse to do it that way.

In message
,
Tim+ writes
Our neighbours have a leak somewhere under their house between the stopcock
in the street and their internal stop tap.

Insurance company want to internally sleeve the main (which is black
plastic) presumably with another plastic pipe, and hopefully join
everything up at the internal stop-tap. A complication is that because of
extensive modifications, this stop tap arises in the middle of the kitchen
so a considerable amount of wooden flooring will have to be lifted.

Anyhow, Im wondering (just as a nosy neighbour) how much this is going to
harm their water flow. Theyre talking about using a 20mm pipe as a sleeve
but whether thats internal or external I dont know.

I must admit if it were my house I think Id prefer a new main laid from
the street than a sleeved down one, especially if my insurance was paying
for it.

What do you think?

Pity it is not steel pipe. They could pull the new pipe in as they draw
the old one out.

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On 19/06/2018 18:59, GB wrote:

We run everything straight off the mains. There's no storage tank. So, I
thought we should have a decent size mains pipe. The plastic pipe is
around 22mm or so, and the connection off the water main is 3/4". I pay
extra for that, rather than 1/2". We have a very good flow of water, but
I resent paying the extra without knowing whether it's really necessary.


Is this for non-household premises? If not then it must vary by area as
I think Thames charge both metered and unmetered households the same
whatever the pipe size. It's only non-household accounts who pay for
the ability to take a bigger peak flow.

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On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:16:36 +1000, cantankerous geezer Rot Speed blabbered,
again:


I must admit if it were my house I think I¢d prefer a new main laid from
the street than a sleeved down one, especially if my insurance was paying
for it.

What do you think?

I agree on the new main,

He must be ever so glad to have your approval, you "argumentative asshole"!
BG

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Are we sure its even possible to put a new one in if it has to connect to
pipework inside like the meter or is that in the street?

Brian

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"Tim+" wrote in message
...
Our neighbours have a leak somewhere under their house between the
stopcock
in the street and their internal stop tap.

Insurance company want to internally sleeve the main (which is black
plastic) presumably with another plastic pipe, and hopefully join
everything up at the internal stop-tap. A complication is that because of
extensive modifications, this stop tap arises in the middle of the kitchen
so a considerable amount of wooden flooring will have to be lifted.

Anyhow, I'm wondering (just as a nosy neighbour) how much this is going to
harm their water flow. They're talking about using a 20mm pipe as a sleeve
but whether that's internal or external I don't know.

I must admit if it were my house I think I'd prefer a new main laid from
the street than a sleeved down one, especially if my insurance was paying
for it.

What do you think?

Tim


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