Cost to connect house to water main 0.5miles away
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Hello PHers,
do any of you have experience/ cost ideas of connecting a property to a water main?
In my case, it's a potential property about 0.4/ 0.5 miles from the nearest water main. There is an adopted road leading to the property so I guess the water main spur would go under the road.
I've contacted the local water company but looking for indicative costs if anyone has experience of such a thing.
Cheers
do any of you have experience/ cost ideas of connecting a property to a water main?
In my case, it's a potential property about 0.4/ 0.5 miles from the nearest water main. There is an adopted road leading to the property so I guess the water main spur would go under the road.
I've contacted the local water company but looking for indicative costs if anyone has experience of such a thing.
Cheers
if its anything like the other utilities, be prepared to pay more for 'construction' than the actual supply materials.
If there is any highway digging involved it adds FORTUNES to the project.
i turned down UKPNs £5000 bill to upgrade our supply to 3 phase. £3k of it was to dig across our tiny garden and 3 feet of public pavement.
If there is any highway digging involved it adds FORTUNES to the project.
i turned down UKPNs £5000 bill to upgrade our supply to 3 phase. £3k of it was to dig across our tiny garden and 3 feet of public pavement.
Codswallop said:
Hello PHers,
do any of you have experience/ cost ideas of connecting a property to a water main?
In my case, it's a potential property about 0.4/ 0.5 miles from the nearest water main. There is an adopted road leading to the property so I guess the water main spur would go under the road.
I've contacted the local water company but looking for indicative costs if anyone has experience of such a thing.
Cheers
£8.5k upwardsdo any of you have experience/ cost ideas of connecting a property to a water main?
In my case, it's a potential property about 0.4/ 0.5 miles from the nearest water main. There is an adopted road leading to the property so I guess the water main spur would go under the road.
I've contacted the local water company but looking for indicative costs if anyone has experience of such a thing.
Cheers
No idea but would like you to video your reaction when you get the price as I suspect it will be "HOW MUCH?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Potentially a lot cheaper if you can dig the trench to put the pipe in yourself, but thats not going to be possible if it has to go under the road. Is there no water main in the road?
Potentially a lot cheaper if you can dig the trench to put the pipe in yourself, but thats not going to be possible if it has to go under the road. Is there no water main in the road?
I'm about half a mile from the nearest water supply so have a borehole with a water treatment plant which corrects for PH, filters and uses UV to remove any nasty bacteria.
We have fantastic water pressure and the running costs (3 monthly filter and yearly UV bulb and PH correction media change) are far lass then I used to pay SE Water in our last house for the privilege of frequent cuts in supply and water full of chemicals.
I wouldn't rush to be reconnected to the mains in a million years.
We have fantastic water pressure and the running costs (3 monthly filter and yearly UV bulb and PH correction media change) are far lass then I used to pay SE Water in our last house for the privilege of frequent cuts in supply and water full of chemicals.
I wouldn't rush to be reconnected to the mains in a million years.
Did this almost exactly half a mile maybe 10 years ago.
UU water wanted around £30k + vat to our boundary, then we had another 200yds of our own driveway to sort. We actually used our own contractor to do all the work and got UU to do the connection after they checked the work done.
Our contractor was actually a self employed subbie who did utility works, so had all the relevant insurance, equipment and obtained permits etc to put ''Our'' pipe in the highway etc. Total cost was around £25k inc vat for all the pipework connected to our door, PLUS £3k for UU to connect the pipe to their main.
I suspect prices have increased somewhat since then, but hope that gives a rough estimate to work on.
UU water wanted around £30k + vat to our boundary, then we had another 200yds of our own driveway to sort. We actually used our own contractor to do all the work and got UU to do the connection after they checked the work done.
Our contractor was actually a self employed subbie who did utility works, so had all the relevant insurance, equipment and obtained permits etc to put ''Our'' pipe in the highway etc. Total cost was around £25k inc vat for all the pipework connected to our door, PLUS £3k for UU to connect the pipe to their main.
I suspect prices have increased somewhat since then, but hope that gives a rough estimate to work on.
Thanks for the feedback folks. I guessed it would not be cheap. Around the £30k mark is what I'm expecting. Luckily it's not a very busy road, so hopefully that would reduce disruption and cost to an extent.
Interesting idea on the borehole as well! Definitely an option to explore further.
Interesting idea on the borehole as well! Definitely an option to explore further.
MercScot said:
I'm about half a mile from the nearest water supply so have a borehole with a water treatment plant which corrects for PH, filters and uses UV to remove any nasty bacteria.
We have fantastic water pressure and the running costs (3 monthly filter and yearly UV bulb and PH correction media change) are far lass then I used to pay SE Water in our last house for the privilege of frequent cuts in supply and water full of chemicals.
I wouldn't rush to be reconnected to the mains in a million years.
Exactly the same setup as the house we’re in the process of buying in Devon. We have fantastic water pressure and the running costs (3 monthly filter and yearly UV bulb and PH correction media change) are far lass then I used to pay SE Water in our last house for the privilege of frequent cuts in supply and water full of chemicals.
I wouldn't rush to be reconnected to the mains in a million years.
Think it was about £15K all inc for the borehole, pump, treatment, but I guess depth plays a part in cost.
I second the idea of a private supply if the quote is as ridiculous as it sounds like it might be.
Almost everyone here in rural Aberdeenshire have there own supply. Most are spring or stream fed but boreholes are quite popular too.
How much filtration you need depends on what the water's like, but the running costs involved for us are noticeably less than what we would pay for a mains supply.
Almost everyone here in rural Aberdeenshire have there own supply. Most are spring or stream fed but boreholes are quite popular too.
How much filtration you need depends on what the water's like, but the running costs involved for us are noticeably less than what we would pay for a mains supply.
Did a self build in 2018. We dug our own trench, supplied our own 30mm mdpe blinded with sand etc and capped it off with a one way valve and temporary tap inside. We had to follow every guideline they gave us to the letter. Pipe depth, pipe type, colour and size and support (aforementioned sand)
Only then would they fit the meter and connect it. Services were on my side of the road. They were here 2/3 of a day. Supplier is Severn Trent.
£3600
Only then would they fit the meter and connect it. Services were on my side of the road. They were here 2/3 of a day. Supplier is Severn Trent.
£3600
Edited by eltax91 on Friday 7th May 21:46
eltax91 said:
Did a self build in 2018. We dug our own trench, supplied our own 30mm mdpe blinded with sand etc and capped it off with a one way valve and temporary tap inside. We had to follow every guideline they gave us to the letter. Pipe depth, pipe type, colour and size and support (aforementioned sand)
Only then would they fit the meter and connect it. Services were on my side of the road. They were here 2/3 of a day. Supplier is Severn Trent.
£3600
You might want to quantify that with the length of the trench‘praps?Only then would they fit the meter and connect it. Services were on my side of the road. They were here 2/3 of a day. Supplier is Severn Trent.
£3600
Edited by eltax91 on Friday 7th May 21:46
normalbloke said:
eltax91 said:
Did a self build in 2018. We dug our own trench, supplied our own 30mm mdpe blinded with sand etc and capped it off with a one way valve and temporary tap inside. We had to follow every guideline they gave us to the letter. Pipe depth, pipe type, colour and size and support (aforementioned sand)
Only then would they fit the meter and connect it. Services were on my side of the road. They were here 2/3 of a day. Supplier is Severn Trent.
£3600
You might want to quantify that with the length of the trench‘praps?Only then would they fit the meter and connect it. Services were on my side of the road. They were here 2/3 of a day. Supplier is Severn Trent.
£3600
Edited by eltax91 on Friday 7th May 21:46
Severn Trent carried out two jobs: inspection to ensure we had followed the standards and install the meter and make the connection.
So, whilst it was useful the length of the trench seems irrelevant. Could have been 26m, 260m or 2.6m, I supplied everything and still paid £3600 to get inspected/ connected.
We're on a borehole. Submerged pump about 50m down, ion exchange wotsit, couple of filters, UV chamber to sterilise any bugs, then a pressure regulator tank. UV bulbs, as said above, need changing once a year. The filters need changing periodically, but how often that is depends on your water. In our case once a year is fine. The system really just works. It's been extremely reliable. Haven't had to use it yet, but we did get a generator so we could run fridges and the borehole during a power cut. Went for a diesel generator so that it can be run on heating oil (with a dash of engine oil) should a power outage last for any length of time. We're off the grid, man. Except for the fibre interweb connection, 4G etc.
ATG said:
We're on a borehole. Submerged pump about 50m down, ion exchange wotsit, couple of filters, UV chamber to sterilise any bugs, then a pressure regulator tank. UV bulbs, as said above, need changing once a year. The filters need changing periodically, but how often that is depends on your water. In our case once a year is fine. The system really just works. It's been extremely reliable. Haven't had to use it yet, but we did get a generator so we could run fridges and the borehole during a power cut. Went for a diesel generator so that it can be run on heating oil (with a dash of engine oil) should a power outage last for any length of time. We're off the grid, man. Except for the fibre interweb connection, 4G etc.
May I ask if you commisioned the borehole and if so what the outlay was. Thanks.Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff