Mum aged 87 lives in an old cottage in Wiltshire and has just received a bill for over £600 from Bournmouth Water, who came and read the meter after six months of estimated bills. BW and BG who cover her internal pipework, boiler etc. have both agreed that it's a big leak between the meter and her stopcock. Happily it's gravel around there so I guess the 45 m3 of water she has lost will be running away into the ground and not washing her foundations away.
Now she has been given a date of 14 June for the repair, and is frantic with worry about the cost of the lost water. I have tried to reassure her that her household insurance will cover the lost water but you know how elderly folk love to worry. I've told her to ring her insurers and tell them the likely date of the repair.
What technique is the contractor (Dyno-Rod apparently) likely to use to replace the main? It runs into her cottage under the floor of her new conservatory so access might be a bit tricky. Do they use some kind of tunneling technique? Anyone got any words of wisdom?
Now she has been given a date of 14 June for the repair, and is frantic with worry about the cost of the lost water. I have tried to reassure her that her household insurance will cover the lost water but you know how elderly folk love to worry. I've told her to ring her insurers and tell them the likely date of the repair.
What technique is the contractor (Dyno-Rod apparently) likely to use to replace the main? It runs into her cottage under the floor of her new conservatory so access might be a bit tricky. Do they use some kind of tunneling technique? Anyone got any words of wisdom?