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[janie hemming]

when replaceing an existing fence post i went through a gas pipe, should it be there ! i thought they always ran under paths this was about 12 inches away please advise :(

[TheDoctor5]

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[elwood]

hi

normally runs from the meter box to the main in the footpath taking the shortest route, theres no rule to which route it should take but it should be min 450mm depth and covered with sand .

[janie hemming]

thank you elwood, there was no sand just old postcrete mix, so there was no warning it was there until it was to late and i had gone through , i would like to argue the point with nationalgrid what do you think i would like to hear your views please :?:

[elwood]

Hi Janie

Yes is worth taking your point up with someone, but when dealing with any of the utility's it can be very frustrating getting any kind of compensation off them because they seem to be blameless in situations like yours.

I run my own groundworks company and i've never been successful.

But they might be more sympathetic to a residential claim.

GOOD LUCK.

Bye