I am building my house and i have to dig for the services can any one tell me if the services can go in the same trench i have water gas and electric. I know the water has to be below 750 mm deep and the electric only 450 mm deep but I don't know about gas.
service s in one hole
- Thread starter blake floyds
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You have to separate your buried services by at least 300mm in every direction..
Don't know which reg it is, but your LABC will insist..
Don't know which reg it is, but your LABC will insist..
it's the services that will insist, not sure if it's a hard and fast building reg..
saw one program where some guy talked the suppliers into letting him put the ducts into one trench..
seen them in the pavements anyway.. they're lying on top of each other, gas on top of lecky, cable on top of the water, trafic lights on top of everything..
tookem 4 weeks to dig round it all by hand to widen the road..
saw one program where some guy talked the suppliers into letting him put the ducts into one trench..
seen them in the pavements anyway.. they're lying on top of each other, gas on top of lecky, cable on top of the water, trafic lights on top of everything..
tookem 4 weeks to dig round it all by hand to widen the road..
Well, I knew someone would insist 
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thanks guys
next : where do you get gas pipe from or do they supply it
I have the ducting shell i lay that and let them supply the pipe
next : where do you get gas pipe from or do they supply it
I have the ducting shell i lay that and let them supply the pipe
Ask them.
In writing.
In writing.
Ask them what size as well.
e.g. Severn Trent used to stipulate pipe diameter - wopuld not connect it if it was wriong size.
e.g. Severn Trent used to stipulate pipe diameter - wopuld not connect it if it was wriong size.
Admittedly this was 28 years ago but all our services except gas are in one trench, water, electric, phone and pumped sewage.
Dug the 60 metre long trench deep enough for the water pipe and laid in ducts for phone and electricity cables to be pulled in.
All services MUST be at the same depth in a shared trench.
Talking to the various suppliers about having services in a shared trench can save a lot of trench work.
There are concerns about gas pipes sharing trenches with other services as gas from a leaking pipe may travel along the routes of the other services and appear in buildings.
Dug the 60 metre long trench deep enough for the water pipe and laid in ducts for phone and electricity cables to be pulled in.
All services MUST be at the same depth in a shared trench.
Talking to the various suppliers about having services in a shared trench can save a lot of trench work.
There are concerns about gas pipes sharing trenches with other services as gas from a leaking pipe may travel along the routes of the other services and appear in buildings.
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