Is it legal/complient to not bury armoured cable, but to run under hedge instead?

[desertbootz]

Does the hedge count as a barrier?

 

[Had8Lives]

For safeties sake, running the cable through 6 inch high posts and putting kick boards in front is a good way to do this. That way if you or a future occupier have a dog they won't bite into the cable. Plus it's unlikey to get moved.

 

[pushrod]

For safeties sake, running the cable through 6 inch high posts and putting kick boards in front is a good way to do this. That way if you or a future occupier have a dog they won't bite into the cable. Plus it's unlikey to get moved.

That sounds a real neat solution- have you used it before? Would you cleat the swa to the top of the post and to the board or drill the post feed the swa thru and cleat to the board at the specced spacing? What sized posts are good - 2"x2" ? cheers.

 

[Ohmless]

Just a late note - Got to agree with the safety first aspect, either bury, suspend, or stoutly protect cable. Black SWA is not easy to see along the bottom of a hedge, and over time becomes both covered with litter and gets pushed up off the ground by new growth. Last year I came upon a seriously mangled SWA that had done battle with a petrol hedgecutter.

 

[Bradzz]

mcrowley

If you would rather the man, drop the cable in the ground state this to him, and pay for the extra work, simples.

Or the best and most cost effective way would be to do as pushrod says, dig the trench yourself and get him to drop the cable.

Also i dont think you will be needing an RCD db in the garage if your house has been up graded to 17th ie your consumer unit, just throw in a standard board as the circuit utilised from the house would be RCD protected.

 

[Guest123]

I hope the cable is in by now as the thread is over 2 years old.....

 

[DurhamSparky]

still digging the trench!!! his shed was 2.2 miles away