cold water pressure

[neilalastair]

I have compared my neighbours cold water pressure with mine by the very exact science of just having a look and running my hand under our respective garden taps and his seems stronger than mine. So I had a look to make sure that the stop c*ck in the drive was fully open, which it was, but I also noticed that the hole I had to stick my hand down was in about 4 inches of water. Now no water has been gushing out, cos I would have noticed, but I wonder if it should be in any water and if I have what i believe to be a small leak will the water co fix it for free or is it my responsibility?

[Ian Stirling]

It's possible that it's just water (rain?) that's got in, but not back out.

[Dave Liquorice]

The responsibilty has already been talked about.

But if you think you have a leak, make sure nothing is drawing water in your property (turn off internal stopcock?), take length of something light but solid about 3/8" dia/sq. Place one end against the external pipe or stop c*ck the other end against the flappy bit in front of your ear channel and fold that over gently. If you can hear a sort of hissy/roary noise ("singing" is the term) you may well have a leak but you could be hearing water being drawn of else where. Try the same against the internal c*ck.

[neilalastiar]

For some reason I didnt think about rainwater, which it probably was.

Timed a litre jug at 4.5 sec which i guess looks like about 13 litre/min. not very high i dont think. Got a thermostatic mixer shower to install wondering if it will be up to the job. Its a new bosch boiler which claims to dish out at 9 lpm.

[chris French]

In message , neilalastair writes

It is your responsibility, however, many (all?) water co. will check for and fix leaks in the supply pipe for free. so maybe worth checking.