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WATER MAINS

  • 19-04-2009 11:44am
    #1
    bliprider
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi,

    Does anybody know a rough price for renewing a water mains in the home. Basically I need to take a new feed from the mains which is right outside my front door. The very old pipe coming in is rusting. I got a quote from a plumber which seemed extremely expensive. Thanks
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  • #2
    browner85
    Registered Users Posts: 415 ✭✭browner85


    it depends where its going how far and what the route is like does he have to dig??


  • #3
    delllat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭delllat


    i doubt anyone would do it for less than 500 and even thats being conservative sisnce we have heaps of unemployed tradesmen and were in a recession

    18 months ago you could have payed double that depending o how far you are away from the mains

    also depends on whether youre asking a private individual or finding a company from the yellow pages

    how much did your man quote anyway ?


  • #4
    Davy
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    might be better suited to Construction & Planning

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=876


  • #5
    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,519 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Davy wrote: »
    might be better suited to Construction & Planning

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=876

    Agreed. Moved.

    dudara


  • #6
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    bliprider wrote: »
    Hi,

    Does anybody know a rough price for renewing a water mains in the home. Basically I need to take a new feed from the mains which is right outside my front door. The very old pipe coming in is rusting. I got a quote from a plumber which seemed extremely expensive. Thanks

    Believe it or not its not a big job for a good plmber. But its a wet job, s/he usually has to work live and it usually takes 2 plumbers one day. 500 should do it,


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  • #7
    bliprider
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭bliprider


    Thanks for your advice. It's very helpful to hear. Basically the water can be turned off outside the door. We can take a feed from the mains outside. This involves (I'm told) digging a small hole right outside my door and running a pipe less than metre into the house to connect to the pipes inside. The entire house was gutted and all other piping is new and in place ready for the new feed. The plumber said it would only take him half a day?


  • #8
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    bliprider wrote: »
    Thanks for your advice. It's very helpful to hear. Basically the water can be turned off outside the door. We can take a feed from the mains outside. This involves (I'm told) digging a small hole right outside my door and running a pipe less than metre into the house to connect to the pipes inside. The entire house was gutted and all other piping is new and in place ready for the new feed. The plumber said it would only take him half a day?


    again you make the job seem smaller. Get a plumber to do it. What i mean is a good registered plumber. It will not them them long.


  • #9
    browner85
    Registered Users Posts: 415 ✭✭browner85


    how much were you quoted by the sound of it it would be 450- 500€


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