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[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Is the paving bedded in cement, or just on sand? It might be possible to lift & replace (probably best done by a paving expert) without too much aggro.

I'm told they are bedded on mortar, I have a pal who like lifting flags normal council ones when it's dark but he might do it for some pocket money

 

[ban-all-sheds]

How far from house to posh shed?

Is the wall straight?

What's the guy's attitude to outside lighting?

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

How far from house to posh shed?

Is the wall straight?

What's the guy's attitude to outside lighting?

He has two areas paved, so rock and hard place one way or the other.
As other area is the drive and likely hood of other services and that's the direct route, trying to avoid that option.

The distance between posh shed like log cabin/hideaway.
Is approx 20 metres taking my prefered route, with straight wall.
Outside lights not sure about that, the guy already has his own lamp post lighting in garden.

 

[bernardgreen]

Have you considered embedding the SWA in the wall. If it is a dry stone wall without any mortar then in theory the top can be easily dismantled for a few inches, the cable laid along the middle of the exposed surface and then the top replaced.

Could be a jig saw puzzle but by marking the top stones with rain soluble paint before you remove them would reduce the puzzle a lot. A few stones may have to be notched to fit over the cable.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Is approx 20 metres taking my prefered route, with straight wall.

How do you think it would look if the cable was laid at the base of the wall and then "boxed in" with stone to match the paving?

Outside lights not sure about that, the guy already has his own lamp post lighting in garden.

Presumably not served by any sort of duct...

Or nowhere near a sensible cable route...

But anyway, I've decided on reflection that the idea I had involving lamp posts is rubbish.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Have you considered embedding the SWA in the wall. If it is a dry stone wall without any mortar then in theory the top can be easily dismantled for a few inches, the cable laid along the middle of the exposed surface and then the top replaced.

Could be a jig saw puzzle but by marking the top stones with rain soluble paint before you remove them would reduce the puzzle a lot. A few stones may have to be notched to fit over the cable.

The only modification I'd suggest to that is not to fiddle with a DSW yourself, it's a specialised art, and it only looks easy when an expert with years of experience does it.

 

[bernardgreen]

The only modification I'd suggest to that is not to fiddle with a DSW yourself, it's a specialised art, and it only looks easy when an expert with years of experience does it.

Yes that is very true.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The distance between posh shed like log cabin/hideaway.
Is approx 20 metres taking my prefered route, with straight wall.

Would the owner like a 20m pergola?

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Would the owner like a 20m pergola?

If you have one for sale I can ask

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Have you considered embedding the SWA in the wall. If it is a dry stone wall without any mortar then in theory the top can be easily dismantled for a few inches, the cable laid along the middle of the exposed surface and then the top replaced.

Would that be permitted?