How to get a fire hydrant sign moved?

CaptainKidd

Could you not just widden upto the hydrent sign? this would allow widder access and save the hassle of getting permission for relevent people, and should also allow more cars to enter and exit the drive if parked in an ideal way.

edited too add -You beat me too it by a minute ORMUS

keystone

Capn has hit the nail on the head. You do realise the significance of the 3 and the 2 on the sign don't you? Move it and the lower one will no longer apply which could cause the FB problems when they come along to fight the fire raging in your neighbours front room.

Cheers

Dippypud

I expect the FB will find the hydrant and moan about the soppy sign reading wrong.:rotfl:

muckybutt

If you do the land registry search as I mentioned it will show you your boundaries, I would imagine upto the footpath is your property and edge of your boundary, so the Hydrant would be on your property.

However do not move the hydrant sign until FB have been informed, I would imagine somewhere down the line there will be some law and regulations for them which you could find yourself in a whole heap of trouble if you moved it without permission.

As also said why not just knock the retaining wall down upto the sign ?
the cover itself will be cast iron and the support underneath concrete so will easily take the weight of a car / van etc

bordercars

our fire people paint the hydrant plaques regular, they also send a bloke out to flush them every once in a while, one obviously hasnt been done. go down your nearest station and have a word, as for the markings, looking at the distance you want it moved, reckon it would stay the same.

aliasojo

keystone wrote: »

You do realise the significance of the 3 and the 2 on the sign don't you?

I don't. Educate me please?

Edit: There was one of these outside our house too but it got removed (no idea who by) a while back and has never been replaced.

ormus

3ft 2 inches.

macman

Surely widening the entrance will require planning permission anyway? You're not just widening the entrance, you are widening the access strip leading to it.

keystone

aliasojo wrote: »

I don't. Educate me please?

Edit: There was one of these outside our house too but it got removed (no idea who by) a while back and has never been replaced.

A 3 inch firemain 2 feet in front of the sign.

Cheers

birkee

Something nobody seems to have picked up on.....
Is the hydrant feed deep enough to put an asphalt surface on? And will it take the weight when a car drives over it?

My OPINION.... I really can't see them moving a hydrant to improve the OP's access.