Main electric cables

[tawelfryn]

Hi folks.
Suppliers cables coming from the pole across the road to my fascia, mine and on to next doors. 2 thick armoured cables not very nicely clipped on.
I want to change my fascias and the weight of the cables is not doing them any favours.
Can I demand they be re routed, I accept my own, but not next doors too.
Cheers

 

[Steve]

Many houses are done like this. Every 5th house on our street has a feed from the road, which goes around the back of each house to the 2nd 3rd and 4th house in the manner you describe. The 2 cables arent armoured.

Tell your supplier that you're having the fascias done and they'll arrange to re-route them, probably just below the fascia. They wont budge far without lots of ££££. It is in your defence, if the fascias are sagging because of the cables, as the cables shouldn't have been put there if the fascia isnt strong enough.

Ours are halfway up the house, very neatly and tidily clipped

 

[Deleted member 54734]

If you lived round here you might have got it done for free

We've been told to report all overhead lines CROSSING A ROAD and terminating at BRICK, WOOD (wooden facia) or CHIMNEY.

Not so long ago a wagon drove down the road catching an overhead line and pulling it off a house with the metal fixing bracket.

The cable then flew round and the bracket hit a passer by on the head killing him.

Don't know which area it was in or if the DNO where held responsible but we've now been told to report them so they can be re routed.

 

[CallEdsFirst]

You could have it removed completely, but its kinda dark in the winter!

Surely you can dictate to some extent where they attach things to your house! Or maybe even get them to pay for a structural steel plate to be buried in your fascia?!?!?!

The cable then flew round and the bracket hit a passer by on the head killing him.

Amazing how much solemnity is added to a sad story with a simple !!!!!

 

[Steve]

I have often wondered about the legal technicalities of them fixing their wires to my property, where it is not essential for my service.

 

[kai]

If you own a Freehold Property (which is likely to be the case for a house), The electricity company should be paying you annual "Wayleave Charges" for the rental of your property space on which to run their cables.

 

[tawelfryn]

If you own a Freehold Property (which is likely to be the case for a house), The electricity company should be paying you annual "Wayleave Charges" for the rental of your property space on which to run their cables.

Hmm Interesting. Good replies all, thanks

 

[Steve]

If you own a Freehold Property (which is likely to be the case for a house), The electricity company should be paying you annual "Wayleave Charges" for the rental of your property space on which to run their cables.

How would they work that one out then

 

[Lectrician]

We have some terraces near us where they had a TP drop to the centre of the row, and then singles clipped along under eaves to each front door. They have recently removed this setup, and given each dwelling a seperate 16m spilt con drop - looks 10 times worse!


BT now have a rule saying no poles can be climbed if any cable from the pole crosses a road with a height of less than 5m (5m I recall). They must use a cherry picker otherwise, which can incurr an extra wait of WEEKS - our depot only has one picker.

The reason for this was due to a new female worker being thrown from a pole when a truck hit a line.

One fatality in years and years, and now its a no climb.

Take a look at the poles, and look for white labels pinned on - they are all stacked together and show details of the poles, and weather they are classed as a "D pole". Rotten pole, low lines, unbalanced drops, no safe ladder rooting etc etc....