Price of new water connection

[purplemonkey]

Hi all,

Just thought I'd check out what people normally pay for a new water connection. I want two new connections to my property and my local water company wants £1700 for this, which includes them connecting with a 1 meter trench. I.e they dig up 1 meter to get to my trench.

I had a quote for gas and that came in at £400 so this quote seems very high.

Just wondering what kind of prices other people pay.

 

[vinn]

You would have to supply all the variables involved (eg are you significantly increasing the diameter of the pipes?) and perhaps a couple of photos?

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

Gas connection does seem rather cheap by their usual standards, so I'd keep quiet there. I know Anglian Water have just charged the local Football Club around £800 for a 25mm connection, I ran the new supply to the pavement edge as property boundary, they had around a metre of trench to dig to get to the main, and provide a meter/valve box.

Unfortunately they have you held to ransom, maybe if the market opens up a bit then the option to shop around in future may arise.

 

[oilboffin]

I used to be an Anglian Water approved plumber.I know from experience that they aren't cheap
you could have a word and see if they could reduce the charge a bit but like Hugh says they have
you by the short and curlys.