Richard,
I haven't had to deal with it yet- but several of my neighbors have and I've
spoken with the contractors who have done the repairs/replacement. In our
case we have blue plastic supply lines between the meter and house. These
lines crack and split with age. Depending on the severity they can sometimes
weld the plastic to fix a leak. More often they simply replace the line. One
option was to use a specialized machine which can follow the plastic pipe
from the inside. This thing apparently splits the old pipe and drags a new
copper pipe along through the old (now split) pipe. The other options were
either digging a trench for the new pipe or using one of the mole devices to
bore underground between holes at the street and at the house and pulling
new pipe through.
I was quoted on the order of $3k to get this done, and all three methods
were within $500 of each other. This is in Northern Virginia.
-Larry
On 8/17/05, Richard George <rkg@teleport.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Have any of you had to deal with replacing/repairing the water line from
> the meter to your house?
>
> I think ours is leaking (the magic leak detector on the meter is moving
> when no water is being used
> in the house/I checked the "usual suspects" for silent leaks (toilets)),
> and I'm not even certain about how
> to proceed...
>
> Any insights, comments about what not to do, etc., would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> rkg
> (Richard George)
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