The water is now all connected and we are very happy with the result. With a bit of hard work and minimal material costs our flow rate is over three times what it was and we have a much cleaner and future proof supply.
All connections were carried out on our water company’s lead/iron replacment scheme so it was just a case of getting a form filled in and the new pipework checked.
I hope this helps any of you who are struggling with old pipework and poor flow rates.
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Good idea increasing the pipe width. However, if it's connecting in to a 25 mm connection with your water board, does it really matter? Let me know as I'm replacing mine also.
A brilliant video, just joined a new connections team for a water company and this video really does help on knowledge plus the fact you did a really good job and a great detailed and explained video of the procedures you followed, awesome work, well done!!! :)
great work! ,, do you know if there was there was a short length of MDPE between the mains chamber and your iron pipe, or if it connected directly into the mains? We have some iron pipe that i'd like to remove for the same reasons :)
Bloody lovely trench, you could’ve been handy during ww2
Me and the neighbour have seperate outside stop tap mains and water feeds but both suffer from low pressure United utilities are on the case now, they are going to check flow on main stop taps which is down an alleyway next to both houses.
Probably a silly question. Did you dig the trench out by hand?
On the off-chance you still spot responses to this video, who inspected the trench and pipe before you filled it in? A building inspector or the water company? I need to do a connection to my new house (old barn) and the area is a bit grey but this video is the best info I've found anywhere. Presently I've got 750mm dug under the house wall ready for doing what you've done with soil pipe to bring the feed up through the soon to be poured sub-slab. Thanks. Nathan.