Sealing Electrical Service Inlet

[GigaTech]

Hi, My first post...

I live on a hill... the substation is 40feet up the road (up hill)

I have a 40mm plastic pipe coming up into my kitchen through the floor sticking up 150mm. The electrical intake is then run in it (20mm). I guess so if the ever need to change the main then they can just pull it back and push a new one down.

When there has been a lot of rain over a couple of days, water comes out of this pipe and onto the floor.

so I need to seal this pipe, how...

I was thinking of poxy or somthing like that, stuff a peice of DPC 50mm down the pipe (to stop the poxy from running to the lowest point) then the poxy to the top of the pipe. but was thinking when it rains hard again will it pop like a cork with the pressure of the water behind it...

I can blow the water back with my mouth!!

Please help, Many Thanks...

 

[Alastairreid]

i would get on to the leccy company, i dont think there should be water seepage to that degree.

 

[GigaTech]

Speaking to someone else, they suggested expanding foam...

will this hold the water back??

 

[Alastairreid]

whether expanding foam works or not is academic........once you have blocked off the outlet for the water your mains feed cable from the substation will be permenantly submerged under water.

i dont know if they are designed for this thats why i suggested asking the leccy board.

 

[GigaTech]

ok fine, but most of the connections down man holes are in about 12" of water anyway...

 

[dannyboi2003]

Ring your electricity supplier and get them to sort it, you pay them enough money as it is so make them work for it. There shouldn't be water coming up through the duct though i suspect the hill isn't helping, its their problem not yours so get them to fix it.

All the best
Dan

 

[kevindgas]

Ring your electricity supplier and get them to sort it,

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