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Ok, you were correct on both accounts in this case and they are stupid not to replace the pipe. The company I work for replaces hundreds of pipes each year (in part to convert the ancient cast-iron pipes to the new (non rusty) plastic ones) and is currently the leading UK water company in fixing leakages :) Regards, Andrew B aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk Jay West <jwest at classiccmp.org> wrote: Andrew wrote... The blockage was due to tree roots, which they have come out and "fixed" about every other year. They refuse to replace the pipe or even set up a maintenance plan. So their maintenance plan is to wait till we call them and say we're flooded. Yeah, I'd say "Let" is accurate ;) Nah, there's exactly two houses above me, so the total running down that section is those two houses and mine (shower, sink, toilet, etc.). Jay