Can anyone give me an idea as to what I would expect to pay a contractor to have a new water main installed from the pavement stopcock (water authority) to the point of house entry, approx. 25/30yards? The dig would be in soft ground ie. grassed area
Some people I know here in Reading had a main replaced which ran along the backs of the houses in their terrace. The contractors used a mole to drive the new pipe under the soil from next door to their house, a distance of only a few metres but difficult access. They paid about £750 I think. That included terminating in a new MDPE stopcock and connecting that into the house's CW pipework.
I did all 24 meters of my trench by hand. I had to dig though a selection of clay, coal (the seam is on records), concrete paths, builders mess from when the foundations were dug out (the 60 year old chisel I found was a little rusted) and right in the middle of the lawn was a massive sandstone boulder that I hit at about 8 inches down and then had to smash down to 750mm.
It is good for keeping you fit and it builds your muscles up. If you do not fancy DIY then buy a spade and find a local non working 20 year old thug down at the local and pay him cash in hand. Watch out for water drains, sewage pipes and gas pipes. I had to dig under all these.
I did the 24m trench myself over a weekend and a couple of evenings (with a little help from a Makita 3000 on the sandstone boulder and concrete path). I found the thug later to dig my Dads drainage trenches for his extension. About £30 of beer tokens got a good days digging out of him. You then have to wait until they are spent before you get another days work out of him.
I've just got a moling quote for a replacement (so old pipe has to be capped), slightly shorter total distance but 2 runs with a right angle between. All three holes through concrete or tarmac. £450 plus vat
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