Mystery pipe in garden

xyz123

sghughes42 wrote: »

Just to follow-up to this. The pipe I found was just a bit of discarded plumbing.

However....

I have found the gas service connection... I was carrying on the trench and further around at about the same depth I found a yellow PE pipe headed directly at the meter box. This ties in with what a neighbour said, that the pipes had been replaced with plastic in the past.

Now, are there regulations as to depth? I've found guidelines which suggest 375mm and also say the pipe should be buried in sand and covered with a sort of tape to make it obvious you are about to hit it - none of this was the case here.

As this is before the meter I'm guessing National Grid or the like are responsible for rectifying it, but the question is who pays? If it is me I'll just cover the pipe up again and forget I ever found it. If they are responsible for rectifying past mistakes then I'll ask them to do so before I get any further with landscaping the garden.

I did try and ask them this question but they asked for an address before they'd reply - for obvious reasons I don't want to give this as if it is me that pays then there will be no way out of it...

Who isntalled that pipe? if they installed it, it's their responsibility. As someone said for gas the responsibility boundary is at the meter.

sghughes42

Managed to get a bit more info from National Grid without giving my details. Basically, it is above the guideline depth but it is just that, a guideline, not a regulation. Therefore they aren't prepared to do anything about it...

Reading up online had I actually damaged the pipe it is likely they would have resited it but they try and get out of doing anything they absolutely don't have to...

aj_the_red

Yes that is correct , there is no minimum depth only a recommended depth.