Undergroun cable

diable

mchale wrote: »

Could you try a pressure washer & see if it will push a hole through the soil???

I lol'd as I could just imagine the mess.........

diable

Some great advice on here, where is Ormus when you really need him?

ormus

as above.
dig two pits, (1m deep) one either side of the path, and dig 2 ft into each side to meet in the middle.
insert an old scaffold pole in there and back fill. feed your (armoured) cables into the pipe.

cheap as chips.

stevemcol

Guys

Great stuff. For info, I'm overhead currently: 2.5mm T&E on a support cable. Missus doesn't like it so it's got to go.
I didn't give the full story. The path surrounds the house, so at one side, it's grass, soft earth, and off down the garden to the garage, no probs. At the other side, the brick wall of the house. So I need to drill out from under the house floor, then tunnel under the path. That's if I don't just cut, break it up and fill.
I guess I could try hammering along iron bar out through a drilled hole in the wall, from under the floor. What I haven't assessed yet is the height difference between the under floor space and the path. I might end up having to excavate downwards under the floor first before I drill out.

keystone

stevemcol wrote: »

....I didn't give the full story.

No you didn't:

I'm overhead currently: 2.5mm T&E on a support cable.

Ooops!

The path surrounds the house, so at one side, it's grass, soft earth, and off down the garden to the garage, no probs.

Get yourself a sparks to do it properly methinks.

Cheers

stevemcol

keystone wrote: »

No you didn't:

Ooops!

Get yourself a sparks to do it properly methinks.

Cheers

Keystone

I wired my own house top to bottom and had it inspected, tested and signed off by an NIEC spark, with no corrective action required. He complimented me on the install and said he'd seen worse done by colleagues. The overhead line was already present from the previous owner and though shoddy I believe is actually legal, suitably fused and RCD'd. If not, it's going anyway.

Your post was unconstructive uninformed and frankly unwanted.