Hi all,

I've just discovered that Balfour Beatty have dug up the pavement
outside my house. I phoned them up, and discovered that they are fitting
some new stopcocks for Northumbrian Water. Whilst it would have been
nice of them to tell me *before* starting the work, I can't see any
particular reason to object to this. Should I?

Ben.

Whilst it would have been nice of them to tell me *before*
starting the work, I can't see any particular reason to
object to this. Should I?

I wouldn't. It's nice having a new stopcock, however incompetent the
installer is at informing you. Personally, I'd just be grateful that they
were doing it for free.

Christian.

In article ,
Ben Schofield wrote:
I've just discovered that Balfour Beatty have dug up the pavement
outside my house. I phoned them up, and discovered that they are fitting
some new stopcocks for Northumbrian Water. Whilst it would have been
nice of them to tell me *before* starting the work, I can't see any
particular reason to object to this. Should I?

I'm not quite sure why you should object, given that it's not on your
property?

--
*Time is the best teacher; unfortunately it kills all its students.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Christian McArdle wrote:

Whilst it would have been nice of them to tell me *before*
starting the work, I can't see any particular reason to
object to this. Should I?

I wouldn't. It's nice having a new stopcock, however incompetent the
installer is at informing you. Personally, I'd just be grateful that they
were doing it for free.

Yes, I'm inclined to think along similar lines. In that case, I shall
consider myself fortunate and restrict my interference to checking that
they don't nick the old York Stone paving...

Ben.

"Ben Schofield" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

I've just discovered that Balfour Beatty have dug up the pavement
outside my house. I phoned them up, and discovered that they are fitting
some new stopcocks for Northumbrian Water. Whilst it would have been
nice of them to tell me *before* starting the work, I can't see any
particular reason to object to this. Should I?

Ben.

Yorkshire Water recently informed everyone within a large area that they
were going to be doing various works and that they would keep disruption to
a minimum.I've only seen evidence of the work once but I was pleased that
they informed us.

They said there was an obligation to tell customers.

Mary

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:14:04 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Ben Schofield" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

I've just discovered that Balfour Beatty have dug up the pavement
outside my house. I phoned them up, and discovered that they are fitting
some new stopcocks for Northumbrian Water. Whilst it would have been
nice of them to tell me *before* starting the work, I can't see any
particular reason to object to this. Should I?

Ben.

Yorkshire Water recently informed everyone within a large area that they
were going to be doing various works and that they would keep disruption to
a minimum.I've only seen evidence of the work once but I was pleased that
they informed us.

They said there was an obligation to tell customers.

Mary


You have mains running water there now? Whatever next.

Welcome back, BTW :-)



..andy

To email, substitute .nospam with .gl

"Christian McArdle" wrote in message . net...
Whilst it would have been nice of them to tell me *before*
starting the work, I can't see any particular reason to
object to this. Should I?

I wouldn't. It's nice having a new stopcock, however incompetent the
installer is at informing you. Personally, I'd just be grateful that they
were doing it for free.

On a related note, is there a *requirement* for the water co to have
their own stopcock ouside a property? (I posted here a while ago
about wanting to move a redundant internal stopcock on an old water
main; however there is no external stopcock that we can find which is
making life difficult!)

David

"Andy Hall" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:14:04 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:

Yorkshire Water recently informed everyone within a large area that they
were going to be doing various works and that they would keep disruption
to
a minimum.I've only seen evidence of the work once but I was pleased that
they informed us.

They said there was an obligation to tell customers.

Mary


You have mains running water there now? Whatever next.

We're saving hard for a donkey to turn the millstone.

Welcome back, BTW :-)

Why, thank you!

Mary



.andy

To email, substitute .nospam with .gl