Water Co alerted me to possible leak and after we checked it turns out that there is a leak between water meter/main and my house. So have to replace (lead) pipe under crazy paving drive (10 m long). A few points I am unsure about. Man from Water Co said it would cost approx £500, there would be three holes and new pipe gets pushed through, so there would not be too much prob on drive. Water Co would give subsidy of £100 and then we would see how new usage comes out. At moment I run at annual rate of 420 cubic meter (three people in house, various guidelines say should be approx 2-220 pa) - when I checked on the meter the dial was moving slowly, at a rate of 200 cub mtr per annum when my main stop cock was turned off. Questions are 1 - is Est £500 reasonable?, 2 - how long back is Water Co going to adjust my usage?
Also: when first inspection occurred the chap switched my stop cock off but forgot to put it back on, 6 hours later our internal supply stopped, after I turned stop cock back on there was lots of air in system, one shower never recovered, had to pay plumber £80 to hoover air bubble out, Shall i claim that?
Also: when first inspection occurred the chap switched my stop cock off but forgot to put it back on, 6 hours later our internal supply stopped, after I turned stop cock back on there was lots of air in system, one shower never recovered, had to pay plumber £80 to hoover air bubble out, Shall i claim that?