A Water Leak (or Two)

We're having all of the pipe work in the house replaced and when they dug down to lay the new pipes, the channels filled up with water, even though it was supposedly turned off at the main. Somewhere we had a leak under ground - probably had one for ages, which may explain the damp walls in my study.  It may also explain the size of our water bills.

So a new stopcock has been installed in the manhole at the back of the house where the meter sits and we've new pipe (protected in its red sheath) laid from there into the house. This was not part of the original estimate, but we're resigned to the fact that each stage of the build will throw up something unexpected.

There's still water in the manhole and the trench outside though.  Hopefully this is just from all the rain we've had in the last few days and not another leak.

Water in the channel cut  for the water pipe

 
The new pipe into the manhole