Digging up pavement for electrical line to garage

Billy_Bullocks

Risteard wrote: »

Don't forget *j* believes that any amateur can install steel conduit!

That's because they can.

Risteard

Billy_Bullocks wrote: »

That's because they can.

Not correctly.

I've seen enough so-called Electricians struggle with it.

beaker141

What do you want to power in the garage ?

If its just lighting then I'd go for LEDs and battery power.

If its the occasional bit of power tool use, I'd go for an extension lead?

Fridge / Freezer ? Buy and store less food ?

Is there anyone else with power adjoining your garage that you could strike a deal with - install from them, add a simple meter and agree a reasonable rate with them for usage?

PasturesNew

if it's a public footpath then you have to do the right thing, the right way, as that's not your land, but the Council's.

To put that in perspective ... imagine if you just "did it, who'd know" .... and then in a year's time there's a need for somebody to dig up the pavement - they'd not know it was there. And what if they used a big machine and KAPOW ... and somebody died ... and the H&S would say "what's this then?" and the Council would get their maps/plans out and say "dunno .... it's not on our plans.... let's follow it and see where it goes"

You'd then get a knock at the door, with the potential for being hit with a huge legal bill and stuff for manslaughter etc.

macman

Contact the Highways dept at your LA. They'll almost certainly have an approved contractor whom you will have to use, at an extortionate fee for the easement and the actual work.

Ectophile

Mullet wrote: »

I looked at the molin machine I would still have the same problem with the foundations

I'm not sure who owns the path
How would I go about finding out this information?

If you have a copy of your deeds, then they should come with a plan showing the boundary of your land. It should be fairly obvious if the footpath is part of your land, or if it cuts your land in two.

If you don't have that information, then you can buy a copy of the deeds from the Land Registry.

Ectophile

PasturesNew wrote: »

if it's a public footpath then you have to do the right thing, the right way, as that's not your land, but the Council's.

So what makes you think that all public footpaths belong to the council?

A footpath can run across anybody's land. The landowner is responsible for making sure that nothing is blocking the path (such as fallen trees or locked gates). The council are responsible for maintaining the surface of the path, if necessary.

In urban areas, a lot of the footpaths will belong to the council. But that doesn't have to be the case.