You should always refer to your quote pack before laying out any new pipework. We will send you this when you apply for a water connection. To help keep you safe, you should always wear the appropriate personal protective equipment.
Your internal meter adaptor needs to be fitted at the point where the new pipe enters the property. On the day of your new connection, our installer will remove the blank plug and screw in your new water meter.
After the internal meter adapter has been fitted, the pipe leaves the building at a depth of 750mm out to the boundary of the property. It should be passed through a solid duct with the ends of the duct sealed, to prevent the ingress of contaminates into the building. 25mm supply pipes can ordinarily fit into a 100mm (4 inch) duct.
Next, the external control box should be installed as close to the exterior wall of the property in a hard standing area, as shown here. This will allow the supply to be isolated from outside the property should it need to be.
The pipe should then be laid out to the boundary in a clean trench free from debris at a depth of between 750mm and 1350mm.
The trench should be lined and filled with fine granular backfill or selected soft earth, free from rubble and waste. There should be enough pipe left coiled at the boundary to allow an unjointed connection to the water main.
The marker tape should be installed approximately half way up between the service pipe and finished ground level. This will protect the pipe in the future should any further works be undertaken.
The pipe should then be sealed at the boundary with a mechanical stop end.