With maybe 100 yards of driveway between the meter and my house, I figured I needed a pro. I had zero confidence as to where the leak was. The plumbers first thought was that the regulator on the meter had blown and flushed debris down the water line and partially obstructed it. When he ruled that out, the only remaining answer was that the problem was on the other side of the meter. Anyway, at one point in my life I would have joyously grabbed a shovel and went to work replacing everything on my side. At 75 I didn’t have the energy and knew I needed a pro. Of course, I have lived in this area since the late 80s, so I knew which pro I needed. I set aside over $1000.00 for worse case ,so in one sense I got off light.
