Water mains question??

[phawley]

Taken from YWs website

 

Quote ....... Am I responsible if the pipework leaks?

Yes, you’re responsible for repairing leaking pipes

between the boundary of the street and your home, as

well as any faulty plumbing on your property. If you find

a leak on your supply pipe, please telephone our 24-hour

freephone Leakline on 0800 57 35 53. You may be

eligible for a free repair. Please refer to our Code of

Practice on Leakage which gives further helpful advice

and information about leakage detection, free supply pipe

repairs for domestic customers and, for customers with

meters, allowances for leakage against water and

sewerage charges. Please contact us for your free copy.

[jl-heating]

anything after the external stop is urs.

 

2 options repair the lead or replace the whole pipework in plastic up to the internal stop tap .

 

option 1 is cheapest you dig the hole and reveal the leak to keep the cost down ... 10 min to repair the lead all being well and bobs ur uncle.

[nickycheese]

This might help:

 

http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/consumerissues/rightsresponsibilities/supplypipes/prs_inf_respipes

[jennycakes]

update;

 

yorkshire water have been out and are baffled as to why there is a pipe there and are coming back tomorrow to dig up the front garden and see what is going off ,i asked if there are any charges for this and told defo no,

 

 

we are only liable from the water meter to our house,the fact the pipe is on our boundry isnt our fault,