electricity in an unadopted road

[tonym911]

Unusually the council did take an interest in our lane last year when the local harridan threatened to sue them if they didn't do something about its lumpy nature (which we like from the child safety perspective, but which she doesn't because it prevents her driving at speed along it in her Mercedes coupe). The council sent round a lorryload of gravel within two days - but then she is the scariest woman I have ever met.

[tonym911]

Just rang the British Gas emergency number, helpful fella called Steve took the details, he's going to send an engineer round and then a tree team. I took the opportunity to put my request in for free logs! We're the only ones up our lane who aren't too posh to burn wood.

[M-J-B]

tonym911 said:

Just rang the British Gas emergency number, helpful fella called Steve took the details, he's going to send an engineer round and then a tree team. I took the opportunity to put my request in for free logs! We're the only ones up our lane who aren't too posh to burn wood.

They should leave the wood for you if you want it. They won't however chop it up into bite sized pieces!

[tonym911]

I've got a Stihl for that. Took a walk along the lane this morn, there's gonna be major changes (and major amounts of wood) as the cable is being smothered by foliage almost all the way up. Might have to get a new innertube for the wheelbarrow.

[tonym911]

The leccy engineers just left, one in a Landie 110 the other in a beautiful Unimog. Turns out they only have that 5m clearance thing on high-voltage lines because if one of them goes it kills off the substation. Quite relieved tbh as enforcing a 5m clearance would have decimated the lane. Our cable isn't high voltage. The modern cables are designed to take a bit of stress from trees. Any boughs that are more than about 5cm thick that are threatening the line will be taken out. There are a few of those but not enough to give me free firewood for the winter . Some other bits of the cable will get Treeguard sleeving put on. Turns out there's been previous work on our cable in the past. Anyway, quite an impressive response by the leccy folk.

[NDA]

Good new that it's resolved!

If only BT were as good, our phone line is covered in ivy and other creepers - I'm not sure the problem is understood in India.

[tonym911]

Thanks for your advice on this NDA. There's a school of thought in modern gardening circles that ivy isn't quite the moisture-sapping fiend it's made out to be, so maybe your line won't require attention. Plus of course it will look pleasantly rustic.

[NDA]

tonym911 said:

Thanks for your advice on this NDA. There's a school of thought in modern gardening circles that ivy isn't quite the moisture-sapping fiend it's made out to be, so maybe your line won't require attention. Plus of course it will look pleasantly rustic.

I'm not so sure on Ivy....

I think it constricts, adds weight and acts like a sail in high winds which can wobble a tree. I tend to chop sections out of my oaks that have ivy.

On the phone line it's making three lines join together when they should be separate - rustic yes, but I think it's causing the line to crackle.