OK...Gonna try and use my Pixie network for some non-sex advice here....

Anyone ever had a water main break on their service line? I am being told that I will need to let them do the following:

• Dig up 40 feet of yard about 4 ft under to get to the line
• Replace 40 feet of copper tubing for the water line
• Get a new water meter
• Take out ALL my landscaping to let them get in with backhoes, etc to do the work

I have called for 3 more estimates, and people should be arriving today. First estimate was $1500 ~ which will NOT include replacing my front sidewalk and re-doing ALL of my landscaping.

Anyone else ever had this problem? If yes, any shortcuts you know of?

Either way ~ I'd appreciate some advice on things you wish you'd known or done differently....


Damn, what a shitty way to start the day!

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Wow, that is a shitty wat to start...only a little exp. in this myself, here the water meters are in the middle of the front yard, & anything that breaks on my side of the meter is my responsibility & anything on the street side is the water co.'s baby, so to speak...that's what happened in my last house, the libe crack on the st. side, my first hint was the sound of water running somewhere in the house, but nothing was on...a check out my front door revealed a small river running down the hill onto the street. As I say, not my financial responsibility, & the small amount of grass torn up soon grew back...my neighbor, OTOH, just had his entire line replaced a few months back, & did involve tearing the shit out of his front yard...sorry I didn't ask him what the cost to him would be, & he doesn't do a lot of landscaping (with 2 small boys, that would be futile) so there was a lot of straw & seed thrown down after (most of which washed away in the next big rain)...one hope you might have, I think they have ways to dig under sidewalks & other pavements, so you might look for someone who work with you on that...but I know, when the water main breaks, your 1st concern is to get it fixed so you can use your own bathroom again...
PS - just got notice from water co. that they're gonna go thru the neighborhood replacing old meters with new ones with radio transmitters to nake it easiere & safer for the readers...I have little doubts that when they do, they will somehow manage the fuck up the old lines somewhere down the road...

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Thanks, Scotz....LMAO. Every person I have talked to at the Water Dept is either lazy or a Nazi. And low intelligence seems to abound. They went to shut off my water and accidentally shut off my gas line.

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gad, I hope they know the fuckin' difference when they go to hook up the new lines...don't light a cig when ya use the toilet the first time, might literally blow yer ass off...

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LMAO. Scotz, you gave me my first laugh of the day. Thank you.

Update: Second quote was $2350 plus sidewalk repair (@$550)

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We did this last year, and my house is on a hill. Mr Lil did it all his self so a handy man is most likely capable, cause Goddess love him, Mr Lil is not terribly handy. Anyhow he did have a plumber come connect the new pipes but he laid them all his self and basically it was 1 hr of plumbing service so like $70 bucks. Why are you responsible for meter and sidewalk?

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I'm with scotzoidman on this one Osuche. Everything from the water company up to and including the meter is the water company's obligation to maintain/replace. And there are ways to run pipe with a lower degree of damage to landscaping and sidewalks. However, if your meter is right next to a sidewalk...well, odds are they'll have to tear up a section of it to replace the pipe. Either that or they can make a joint before and after the sidewalk and pray the pipe they leave underneath is ok. Has your water bill been unusually high lately? If so, that means the water is running through the meter so either the meter is bad or you have a leak somewhere in the house which I assume you would've discovered on your own.

What's the water company saying?

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