Recent content by chrispayze

I think I may have confised the issue. They will pay for the lead replacement, but not for changing the shared supply to a direct one, unless they can do it in the same trench as the replacement.

Not really, apart from cost. They'll only do lead replacement on the same path as the old one I think he said. And putting a new one in for my house would involve diggin up the road, £1500's worth. :( Hence the search for another method. thanks for your quick reply by-the-way!

I did ask about the lead replacement scheme, but it would involve digging up my neighbour's front garden, which is tiny, but concrete! So I was trying to avoid if at all possible. Any way round it?

I have a combi boiler, with a mixer shower. The pressure in general is not particularly high, and I think the supply is shared with next door (I notice a pressure drop every now and then, but luckily I get up earlier than them!). However, when a tap is turned on in the house, the shower turns...