Hi,
I'm building a new driveway at my house and came across a gas pipe warning marker, just along the top corner of where the proposed driveway will be. The path outside my house is about 1m higher than the road, so the plan was to build a small retaining wall alongside the grass to hold this back. The concrete path is likely to also go, either to become part of the drive or sloping paving/ steps (I'm still trying to figure it out).
A couple of questions;
1. How deep does the gas pipe have to be under paving, driveway, small retaining wall
2. I'm hand digging this (yes its a lot, its due to my disposal location). Am I OK to hand dig the gas pipe if I'm being really carful to determine its depth?
3. If I need to lower the gas pipe, I assume I need to get the authority in to do this. Will they just do a connection in my garden to lower it between say my garden wall and my meter? Any idea on cost for this?
4. Any other comments/ recommendations/ suggestions?
I'm building a new driveway at my house and came across a gas pipe warning marker, just along the top corner of where the proposed driveway will be. The path outside my house is about 1m higher than the road, so the plan was to build a small retaining wall alongside the grass to hold this back. The concrete path is likely to also go, either to become part of the drive or sloping paving/ steps (I'm still trying to figure it out).
A couple of questions;
1. How deep does the gas pipe have to be under paving, driveway, small retaining wall
2. I'm hand digging this (yes its a lot, its due to my disposal location). Am I OK to hand dig the gas pipe if I'm being really carful to determine its depth?
3. If I need to lower the gas pipe, I assume I need to get the authority in to do this. Will they just do a connection in my garden to lower it between say my garden wall and my meter? Any idea on cost for this?
4. Any other comments/ recommendations/ suggestions?