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What I can't get my head around though... is how the stop valve is in the pavement at the front of the house and this 'potential' water pipe is in the back garden appearing to go away from the house!

That's my fear!!! 8" below the surface. I hope it's pretty robust stuff!

Agreed.. What is it normally used for?

Look like the flexible type and you can mark with a thumbnail. Thinking about it... Daughters got a handheld meter detector, if its BT or electric then that would tell me, plus could use a drill cable detector to tell if its live... A bit worried as its so shallow... russian roulette putting a...

It has the appearance of metal in the pic, but it's definitely rigid plastic, about 1" in diameter.

It runs about 1 meter away from the side of the house out in to the back garden... Our water meter is in the path at the front of the house and I've found our gas pipe previously, again going out in to the road at the front of the house... It's plastic, house was built in 1977. Could be electric...

Hi, Was digging in the back garden and unearthed this pipe (please see pics) black/grey in colour, only about 8" under the surface!! I found it in 2 places about 5 metres apart from each other, so don't think it's discarded. Anyone got any ideas what service it might be? Cheers

OK. cheers all.

Thanks Jadele and Blagard. Blagard do you mean I should get plans drawn up by architect or can I do it myself assuming I draw them to scale etc?

I'd like to build a single storey rear extension to my 3 bed semi detached house to extend 4 metres from the rear wall of the original house and is 5 metres wide and 3.5 metres high. The extension will replace an existing conservatory which extends 3 metres from the rear wall and is 5 metres...

Thanks gents

How can I tell?

Worcester 14/19CBi

Hi, sorry.. my problem is probably a bit open ended, hence no replies. Is there anything I can add to help... or is it simply a plumber job? Thanks

I’ve an issue with my central heating/hot water system. The system turns on at the set time, but intermittently the boiler just goes on standby, but never fires up to heat the water. During these failures the pump is running, but is noisier than normal and I can here slight vibration on the...

I have a conservatory which is an older style lean to metal construction. Its about 10 years old and is generally in good nick, but it does have a few leaks. I have had someone round who said they could repair the leaks with high quality celuform banding. Has anyome heard of this and is any...