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I got this letter from Thames Water yesterday this could a case for ............Watchdog
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Originally posted by Ruprect View PostI regularly get letters from the water company trying to sell me pipe insurance - with scare stories along the lines of "if the pipe between your house and the road bursts you could be in for a massive bill" etc...
Does anyone else get these? has anyone bought the insurance? What is the likelihood of such a catastrophic water pipe rupture?
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Originally posted by rhubarb View PostOur's broke a few years back. Some monkey turned up with his machine to bash a new, bright blue pipe under the driveway. Was a few hundred quid, not too excessive.
Rhubarb.
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Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostGood point. Apparently responsibility can be dependant upon the age of your property. South West Water, who charge me in excess of £1200 a year for my water, () put their hands up as being responsible for all pipework on properties older than 70 years. I phoned them up last year when we had sewage seeping up through our drive and they even pointed this fact out. So it is worth checking if you own an older place.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostWho owns the pipe? Isn't the mains water pipe and the bit that goes to your house owned by the water company and used as a means for delivering their product to your home and making a profit from said product?
This is like a furniture company asking you to buy insurance for their delivery vans, or indeed a milkman asking you to insure his float.
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Originally posted by Moscow Mule View PostCut a hole in the bark 1-2 inch diameter near the base of the tree. Save the bark (you'll need it later). Drill into the (now exposed) flesh to a depth of about 8-12 inches and a about a 1/4 inch less diameter. Fill the new hole with rock or table salt to 4-6 inches and the rest with water. Get some tree bark glue and glue the bark back into place.
Ideally, you should do this under the soil line, so it's less detectable.
The 50K quote sounds like a job for Rogue Traders, get some more quotes.
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Originally posted by BrowneIssue View PostThat's appalling. You should be ashamed.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostP.S. Anyone know how to kill a mature plane tree without leaving any trace?
Next you'll be wanting someone to suggest typing 'copper nail tree' in to Google to see all the different ways people have suggested to answer the same question.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostP.S. Anyone know how to kill a mature plane tree without leaving any trace? I tried researching this, but apparently they are as tough as old boots and can survive anything short of a direct nuclear strike (hence the reason so many are planted in cities).
Ideally, you should do this under the soil line, so it's less detectable.
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Originally posted by Ruprect View PostDoes anyone else get these? has anyone bought the insurance? What is the likelihood of such a catastrophic water pipe rupture?
Rhubarb.
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Might not be such a bad idea for me. There's a giant tree growing near the building, and its roots are gradually compacting the drain. A builder quoted £50,000 to fix the problem, and spread over 5 lessees that's still £10K each
P.S. Anyone know how to kill a mature plane tree without leaving any trace? I tried researching this, but apparently they are as tough as old boots and can survive anything short of a direct nuclear strike (hence the reason so many are planted in cities).
Cutting a strip of bark away round the base is no good, because the council would know there had been foul play, and in their eyes damaging a tree is practically high treason these days and we'd be the prime suspects living right next to the perishing (I wish) thing.
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Originally posted by MPwannadecentincome View PostThe water company claim they only own the pipe upto the boundary of the property or location of the water meter.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostWho owns the pipe? Isn't the mains water pipe and the bit that goes to your house owned by the water company and used as a means for delivering their product to your home and making a profit from said product?
This is like a furniture company asking you to buy insurance for their delivery vans, or indeed a milkman asking you to insure his float.
The water company claim they only own the pipe upto the boundary of the property or location of the water meter. So the pipe from there to the house itself can be a grey are, either being excluded from some house insurance policies or if the householder has not house insurance then completely uninsured.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostWho owns the pipe? Isn't the mains water pipe and the bit that goes to your house owned by the water company and used as a means for delivering their product to your home and making a profit from said product?
This is like a furniture company asking you to buy insurance for their delivery vans, or indeed a milkman asking you to insure his float.
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Originally posted by Ruprect View PostI regularly get letters from the water company trying to sell me pipe insurance - with scare stories along the lines of "if the pipe between your house and the road bursts you could be in for a massive bill" etc...
Does anyone else get these? has anyone bought the insurance? What is the likelihood of such a catastrophic water pipe rupture?
This is like a furniture company asking you to buy insurance for their delivery vans, or indeed a milkman asking you to insure his float.
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