It's happened at last - the galavanised iron water supply pipe to my house has finally rusted through after 51 years in my acid soil! Replacing it is not going to be easy as the supply divides into two rising mains, each of which has since been overbuilt by solid-floored extensions, beneath which is the leak. A further problem is that both the kitchen and the bathroom stopcocks are no longer on external walls, so I will have to run the new supply pipe to a new stopcock in the nearest room to the supply meter, and take a feed upstairs (it's only a bungalow) into the existing cold water tank, and also back-feed fresh water across the loft and down to the kitchen sink. Not ideal, but the only way I can think of. It's also the only room that has a suspended floor, so the point of entry will be easier to drill. The old stopcocks will of course be blanked off and a few other alterations made to the plumbing arrangement.
Can someone please refresh my memory as to the required depth for the new plastic pipe - I always thought it was 2ft6ins but the connection to the meter certainly isn't that deep. And at what depth will it have to enter the house wall - is that the same?
Many thanks, Alec.
Can someone please refresh my memory as to the required depth for the new plastic pipe - I always thought it was 2ft6ins but the connection to the meter certainly isn't that deep. And at what depth will it have to enter the house wall - is that the same?
Many thanks, Alec.
for Severn Trent to do the job.
