We live in a detached house built in 1979.
Yesterday morning the dog was barking at about 8am. I looked out of the window to see a man in an orange hi-viz, putting around looking at the water shut off valves at the end of my drive and the neighbour's drives. I didn't think much more of it.
Then today I got a call to say that they want to come round and 'gas' the pipe as they think there is a leak.
They said if it is their side of the shut off valve then they will sort it, otherwise I have 14 days to rectify it on my property.
There is no sign of a leak, there isn't any standing water, the garden is dry.
From what I can tell the pipe goes under the tarmac drive, under the concrete floor of the garage, then turns and goes under the concrete floor in the kitchen to the stop cock in the kitchen.
Water pressure is excellent in the house. I don't know if it is coincidence though but on flushing one of the upstairs toilets today, there was a bit of a gurgling sound in the pipe as it filled (the cistern is mains fed).
I'm just a bit worried that they might say we have a leak on our side and demand it is sorted within 14 days.
Has anyone got any experience with this? Do they located the leak for you? Is this sort of thing covered under buildings insurance?
Can anyone fix it, or does it have to be an authorised repairer?
Thanks
Yesterday morning the dog was barking at about 8am. I looked out of the window to see a man in an orange hi-viz, putting around looking at the water shut off valves at the end of my drive and the neighbour's drives. I didn't think much more of it.
Then today I got a call to say that they want to come round and 'gas' the pipe as they think there is a leak.
They said if it is their side of the shut off valve then they will sort it, otherwise I have 14 days to rectify it on my property.
There is no sign of a leak, there isn't any standing water, the garden is dry.
From what I can tell the pipe goes under the tarmac drive, under the concrete floor of the garage, then turns and goes under the concrete floor in the kitchen to the stop cock in the kitchen.
Water pressure is excellent in the house. I don't know if it is coincidence though but on flushing one of the upstairs toilets today, there was a bit of a gurgling sound in the pipe as it filled (the cistern is mains fed).
I'm just a bit worried that they might say we have a leak on our side and demand it is sorted within 14 days.
Has anyone got any experience with this? Do they located the leak for you? Is this sort of thing covered under buildings insurance?
Can anyone fix it, or does it have to be an authorised repairer?
Thanks