Buried cable

[Glynn Fletcher]

Hi everyone, I intend to bury a 240 volt cable from my house to my barn about 7 metres as way. It will be buried under my tarmaced drive which I own but my neighbour has access over this drive. The supply will be in a plastic conduit about 40mm in diameter. My neighbour will complain if anything is wrong so it needs to be faultless. Any help please.
Thanks,
Glynn.

 

[westward10]

What type of cable are you going to use?
What has it got to do with your neighbour?

 

[Glynn Fletcher]

Twin and earth 2.5 only for lights in barn.
Next door neighbour and me have ongoing dispute involving solicitors.

 

[littlespark]

Can’t run t&e outside unless it’s mechanically protected entire route… (sunlight degrades the insulation)

Suggest armoured cable.

Also suggest bolting down “traffic calming” speed bump… comes in yellow and black sections. There’s a handy recess in the bottom can be used for a cable route.

Sounds like neighbour will be difficult if you start cutting a channel through the tarmac to bury the cable

 

[westward10]

It's his tarmac.

 

[littlespark]

I thought it was OPs tarmac, but neighbour has right of access over it.

If there's already animosity, the time you want to cut a channel is exactly the time mr neighbour wants to use it.

 

[westward10]

I thought it was OPs tarmac, but neighbour has right of access over it.

If there's already animosity, the time you want to cut a channel is exactly the time mr neighbour wants to use it.

Poorly worded yes it is the OPs.
Hardly going to be a trench you couldn't drive over.

 

[Flanders]

It a better idea to install twin wall duct . Then you can always pull in a larger or extra cables in the future with out digging up the drive again