Lead rising water main

[Steve Macca]

Hi guys,

I'm part way through buying a house as a buy to let investment. We had a survey done on the property and it said the property still has its original rising water main, which is made of lead.

I understand these are quite expensive to get replaced. What would a replacement involve? Would they have to dig under the house to get to the main pipe on the road? Could someone give me a rough estimate of how much this might cost?

Would it be ok the leave the lead piping in or do they really need to be changed?

Cheers!

Steve

 

[Mike Jackson]

Change it whilst the place is empty. It's bound to fail when you've got tenants in and you'll be in a rush and end up paying through the nose.

 

[lame plumber]

price of a trench and some blue mdpe and fittings, its the trench that costs

 

[Dannypipe]

You could get a 'Mole' to tunnel the new pipe in for you. No trenching that way. Get a quote from a specialist contractor. There's a bloke round my way doing it. See his van & trailer every where.

 

[Dannypipe]

specialist underground impact moling contractor in Kent n SE Englandt Kent and S.E England

This sort of thing.