Low/High Mains pressure

denso13 · 1 Apr 2020

Do you like pictures better? From same link I posted

denso13 · 1 Apr 2020

Or maybe a table,

denso13 · 1 Apr 2020

hard-work said:
Communication pipes carry water between the water mains and the boundary of private property.

That is for a communication pipe which stops at the property boundary. You even have it in your quote as above! The bit you bolded means that if a stop tap is fitted in a communication pipe then anything after that is the property owners responsibility, even in a highway.

The picture and table I posted are crystal clear.

denso13 · 1 Apr 2020

hard-work said:
If the water company's stop-tap is on the owners side, then the pipe back to the pavement (boundary) is theirs.

No it isn't. That whole paragraph is for a communication pipe. It is easier if you look at your earlier quote. There are 3 types of water pipe and you seem to be stuck on number two which isn't relevant. I have highlighted the relevant part

hard-work said:
Water pipes
Responsibility for the pipework that supplies clean water is shared between property owners and water companies.

There are three different types of water pipes.

Water mains are the large company pipes that distribute water around the network. They are often, but not always, laid under highways.

Communication pipes carry water between the water mains and the boundary of private property. If a company stop-tap has been fitted, this will normally mark the end of pipework that is the responsibility of the company and pipework that is the responsibility of the property owner. Not all properties will have their own stop-tap in the footpath but where one has been fitted, this is normally the responsibility of the company to maintain.

Supply pipes are the smaller pipes that carry water from company pipework into the property. Supply pipes run from the boundary of the property (where there may be a company stop-tap) up until the first water fitting or stop-tap inside the property. Stop-taps along the length of the supply pipe, and any water fittings, are the property owner’s responsibility to maintain.

How do you explain the picture and table in earlier posts from the same site?

denso13 · 1 Apr 2020

V1k_10 said:
There is a stop cock on the pavement literally 2" from the boundary of my property? Could this be the 2 stop cocks?

Could be. Sorry for hijacking your post by the way.

hard-work · 1 Apr 2020

At least he knows now that stop-tap is the water company's responsibility. If the stop-tap has been made inaccessible by a drive being concreted, they may disown it until access is given to the stop-tap.

Madrab · 1 Apr 2020

hard-work said:
Why would anyone want to buy one of those when the flow at the boundary is 28 litres/min?

V1k_10 said:
Digging up the front drive will also not be an option in all honesty.

Because it was mentioned that the main was 15mm and updating the main was not an option then if so what pumps are available for pumping the mains ... just answered the question.

nwgs · 4 Apr 2020

Madrab said:
Because it was mentioned that the main was 15mm and updating the main was not an option then if so what pumps are available for pumping the mains ... just answered the question.

He won’t be able to grasp the idea, because it’s not his.

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