Moving water main

[ipjodan]

Hi all, my kitchen has been moved to another room, i want to move the water main from the old kitchen to my new "utility room" which will involve digging up my drive etc. Is there anything i should be looking into before doing this? Im ready for a bit of graft with a spade!

Thanks

 

[bab]

depends what the existing main is made of.

 

[Nige F]

if the main is anything other than plastic or soft copper ,I`d dig it out and renew

 

[noseall]

make sure the road or footpath stop cock is serviceable, so that you can isolate the supply.

 

[keego]

Make sure the pipe is only serving one property before you divert it, sometimes it will tee off for up to 3 of 4 properties.

 

[ipjodan]

Thanks for the replies so far, the pipe is a black plastic one. i've got some of that blue pipe and some push fit fittings. The pipe does feed 2 properties so im going to do as much as i can and leave the final joining to last so minimising the time it will need to be turned off!

 

[Softus]

The pipe does feed 2 properties

In your situation I'd take the opportunity to lay two new pipes and thus separate your supplies.

 

[chrishutt]

You need to talk to your Water Company about separating the shared supply. A good idea to check their general requirements anyway.