Roadside verge use

[Retired Red]

Am l allowed to dig an alkathene water pipe into a public roadside verge to get water to an off lying field Alternative is to go through 300 meters of pretty dense woodland Quiet road could be completed in a day

 

[teslacoils]

Not without the right paperwork from highways, and the digger operator with the right ticket. You could jfdi, but hit something or get reported and it will be the dearest hole you've ever dug.

 

[spanners and hammers]

i agree with the last statement there is a v v large gas main in ours ,,,, a builder up the village hit it a few years back 30 foot of flame and a large inquest followed by a even large bill

 

[Lincs Lass]

Does it have to be dug in ,not like theres any severe frosts forecast

 

[rob h]

Well if it's like our village any thing goes.at one end they have all sold their gardens for building.then left with no garden have removed hedges and walls and planted trees bushes plants and odd rocks right up to the tarmac.

 

[Exfarmer]

Do you own the verge ? virtually all roads have a width, anything over this width, the highways have no rights too.
Even if the road covers this verge , then they have no right to the subsoil.

 

[Pan mixer]

Black MDPE can run on the surface, turn off tap in winter, I have several hundred meters of it beside temporary fences etc, only hole I have had was when a neighbours bonfire got out of control and burnt it, then it put the fire out.

 

[Wombat]

Black MDPE can run on the surface, turn off tap in winter, I have several hundred meters of it beside temporary fences etc, only hole I have had was when a neighbours bonfire got out of control and burnt it, then it put the fire out.

Openreach must have gone to the same school for phone line installation

 

[Pan mixer]

Openreach must have gone to the same school for phone line installation

Not so good for putting out wildfires though

 

[Thick Farmer]

Black MDPE can run on the surface, turn off tap in winter, I have several hundred meters of it beside temporary fences etc, only hole I have had was when a neighbours bonfire got out of control and burnt it, then it put the fire out.

I find blue can too. What’s in a colour?

 

[Pan mixer]

I find blue can too. What’s in a colour?

The blue degrades in sunlight apparently - I had an inspection earlier this year he was very definite on that point.

 

[Exfarmer]

The blue degrades in sunlight apparently - I had an inspection earlier this year he was very definite on that point.

Blue does degrade it turns white, on the ouside, but the colour change is skin deep

 

[Thick Farmer]

The blue degrades in sunlight apparently - I had an inspection earlier this year he was very definite on that point.

How do you get a job inspecting water pipe colours? This is my type of job!

 

[Pan mixer]

How do you get a job inspecting water pipe colours? This is my type of job!

You have to have a clipboard and an attitude and remember that it is more than your job is worth to ignore any minor transgression

 

[Thick Farmer]

You have to have a clipboard and an attitude and remember that it is more than your job is worth to ignore any minor transgression

Ive missed my vocation!

 

[Henarar]

depends how well you know what else is there, but JFDI

 

[David.]

It just got more complicated with all the fibre being laid for broadband, they lay it where they like pretty much.
Cut that at your peril.

 

[deleted user 837354]

You have to have a clipboard and an attitude and remember that it is more than your job is worth to ignore any minor transgression

Forgot the sense of humour radical resection, too.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

How do you get a job inspecting water pipe colours? This is my type of job!

It's all black when you've Swan Vesta'd it ?
Then working from home is feasible

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Could you not lay it on the top, in the dense woodland, if it's that dense it may never freeze, and dig it in in the fields either side of woodland