Can some one please let me know what the recommended depth for plastic mains
water pipe should in the ground and what is the normal O/Dfor this pipe?

Ian Brown wrote:
Can some one please let me know what the recommended depth for plastic mains
water pipe should in the ground

We put ours 1m down. I think the minimum is something like 900mm.

and what is the normal O/Dfor this pipe?

Depends what it's supplying. For a single house 32mm is fine.

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"Ian Brown" wrote in message
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Can some one please let me know what the recommended depth for plastic
mains
water pipe should in the ground and what is the normal O/Dfor this pipe?



From top of pipe to finished ground level
Not less than 750mm.
Not more than 1350mm

Grunff wrote:

Ian Brown wrote:

Can some one please let me know what the recommended depth for plastic
mains
water pipe should in the ground

Contact your local water authority, they all have slightly different
rules, but will happily tell you what diam. pipe and depth. If you are
replacing lead then they will do their connection free of charge.

You do however need to go through their procedures.

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On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:52:44 +0100, "Ian Brown"
wrote:

Can some one please let me know what the recommended depth for plastic mains
water pipe should in the ground and what is the normal O/Dfor this pipe?


2 foot 6 inches

Rick

"Broadback" wrote in message
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Grunff wrote:

Ian Brown wrote:

Can some one please let me know what the recommended depth for plastic
mains
water pipe should in the ground

Contact your local water authority, they all have slightly different
rules, but will happily tell you what diam. pipe and depth. If you are
replacing lead then they will do their connection free of charge.

You do however need to go through their procedures.

Pretty well 700mm all over, but check.

Broadback wrote:

You do however need to go through their procedures.

I didn't. We're on a private supply.

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Grunff

We were told 750 mm and they suggested 25mm MDPE
when I re-did ours from a new tapping off the street main, which they did FOC and moled it
across the road (if we were to go on a meter, which was fine by us)
Mid -Southern Water Co

Nick