60s place with a lead pipe coming from boundary stopcock on pavement, under about 6m of drive then converts to plastic before entering house.
I’m going to be digging up old tarmac drive and block paving it, so figured now would the time to replace the pipe with MDPE. As I understand it only the water provider (Severn Trent) are allowed to make the connection at their end, but I think I can get it done under their lead replacement scheme.
Question is, do people normally bother doing this at all? It’s a decent chunk of extra work for me to dig the 750mm trench, avoiding smashing into the existing lead pipe along the way. But if there’s some risk to me and the family regularly necking plenty of tap water, then obviously it’s something I’ll do.
I’m going to be digging up old tarmac drive and block paving it, so figured now would the time to replace the pipe with MDPE. As I understand it only the water provider (Severn Trent) are allowed to make the connection at their end, but I think I can get it done under their lead replacement scheme.
Question is, do people normally bother doing this at all? It’s a decent chunk of extra work for me to dig the 750mm trench, avoiding smashing into the existing lead pipe along the way. But if there’s some risk to me and the family regularly necking plenty of tap water, then obviously it’s something I’ll do.