I'd like some comments please

[oz-plumber]

I'm lost......what is your question again?

 

[SimonG]

And the moral of the story is that when you start to have problems with your incoming main is get onto your water provider or a plumber to resolve the underlying issue rather than just throwing a pump in.

 

[kris]

Praise his holyness the WRAS , and its amazing a blue pipe layed cured your illness, im off to my local GP to see if i can sell alkethene at the pharmacy,,

Just kidding Derekat , im glad your feeling better but as far as claims go even with low pressure this wont cause illness, but stress can so best to seek medical advice

 

[Unregistered]

Are you suggesting that my mains water couldn't be contaminated by the pool formed under my neighbours garage?

I'm not suffering from stress. Not sure why you thought that. I feel better than I have for many years a turnaround that happened in days following the pipe re-route.

I'm not sure it would be possible to have sought any more medical advice than I did before this discovery. None of which was conclusive.

Derek

Praise his holyness the WRAS , and its amazing a blue pipe layed cured your illness, im off to my local GP to see if i can sell alkethene at the pharmacy,,

Just kidding Derekat , im glad your feeling better but as far as claims go even with low pressure this wont cause illness, but stress can so best to seek medical advice

 

[derekat]

I used to be confused like that. Have you checked your water supply?

I'm lost......what is your question again?

 

[derekat]

My water supplier didn't want to know so that was a dead end.

The pump was temporary fix, while I investigated so I had a decent rising main. It was only on for a couple of weeks or so.

The water engineer sent by the insurer made two visits totaling 8 hours with a gang of two guys and left with no more information than I had established. This was despite having all the best toys, cameras, Hi vis jackets and brand new Dickies Trousers.

Derek

And the moral of the story is that when you start to have problems with your incoming main is get onto your water provider or a plumber to resolve the underlying issue rather than just throwing a pump in.

 

[snowhead]

I'm not sure I understand that. A cubic foot of water weighs 62 pounds.

The break is likely to be 5 ft down. so isn't that 5 Cu Ft at 62 pounds a foot.

The leak has undermined all the blinding to the hardcore between the two slabs and therefore has most likely carved out a large void above the pipe. I suspect that there could easily be more than 5 cu foot of water above the break.

Convert bar to feet of head - Conversion of Measurement Units

You're suggesting that all the weight of water would have been acting on a very small hole in a pipe.
The majority of that weight will have been acting on the surrounding ground.

The pump has only been on for 2 weeks this year, but you've been ill since 2009.

It's possible that with low enough water pressure in the main that the pump could have sucked in contaminated ground water which may have affected your health at that time, but doesn't explain why you were ill 5 years previous.

It's extremely unlikely that contaminated water could have found it's way in without the assistance of a pump.
The pressure in the pipe will always have been greater than the external pressure.

Your O.P asked for comments, the majority of which are trying to be helpfull by suggesting you don't really have a chance of proving your case.

To recover within a couple of days would seem amazing as well if it was a water borne infection.

 

[Dotty]

Don't think we're going to get anywhere with this one.

The comments have been rather tetchy on both sides. Closing the thread now before the abuse really starts.