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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New PP here considering the same thing.  How did the previous PPs go about getting quotes?[/quote]

19:50 here. I talked to DC WASA and they gave me the Anchor Construction contact. We didn't get other quotes, I figured they worked with WASA anyway doing this everyday and probably a private plumbing company wouldn't be cheaper, and then the billing might be more complicated because most of it was paid by WASA. We were satisfied with the estimate they gave us and so we went ahead with them.[/quote]

How did you get WASA to pay for part of it?  Do they still do that?[/quote]

The pipe went through our front yard, most of which is owned by DC. We only own eight feet out from the house. Since they had (have?) a policy to replace the whole pipe at once (partial replacement can cause lead to leach into the water), our decision to replace our end necessitated their replacement of their part. The whole job was done by the city's contractor, and I'm not sure if it would even have been possible for us to hire a plumber to do just our part and somehow coordinate with the city. This was in 2010.[/quote]

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