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Lead Pipe Replacement Quote

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  • sebandie
    sebandie Posts: 34 Forumite
    edited 14 October 2011 at 6:01PM
    Hello.
    This looks to be a fair quote to me as i'm in the trade.
    I would get two more quotes.Don't go for big companies and ask for references.
    You could hire an excavator yourself and dig out the trench which would save you around 75% of that quote
  • Mazzawa
    Mazzawa Posts: 173 Forumite
    docmatt wrote: »
    Tarmac, block paving? Whats coming up, London or Liverpool? Pictures people, pictures.

    Straight through a flower bed with very few plants (shallow rooted). Small section of concrete paving to come up but needing replaced anyways as badly laid so easy to pull up!
  • BlueC
    BlueC Posts: 734 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    sebandie wrote: »
    You could hire an excavator yourself and dig out the trench which would save you around 75% of that quote

    People who did ours used a mole so only needed to dig tiny holes every so far. It took them about 4 hours max so £2k seems a proper rip off...

    As I said, I would look to a specialist not a plumber.
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