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Main service cables hidden

RustyH

Evening All, 

 Came across this today and wondered what people's thoughts were.

An old terreced property had a single story extension at some point. Prior to the extension, I assume the main service cables ran up the outside wall and through to the meter above the back door. 

The extension was built, I assume, over/around these cables. Today I came across them hidden under the plaster above the door (opposite side of the meter, where they would have ran above the outside door before the extension).

These should surely be protected, anyone drilling through them will have no protection device to protect them!

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    Thanks Mike.

    The extension was definitely way before 1988. 

    Yes correct, they are DNO side of meter.

    So this is a bit of a headache. Other than adding a label as you suggest, can you think of any other options?

    Could I try and channel the brick a bit, the. Add a 5mm thick steel plate over it to prevent any drilling?

    Alternatively, could I cut out enough brick so I can pull through the DNO fuses  and meter with out disconnecting them, and mount them and the CU on that side of the wall. But would that then be against DNO rules?

    And final alternative, could try and fit the DNO cables in UPVC trucking? 

  • 0 in reply to RustyH

    They need mechanical protection if being reburied. A 5mm steel plate would help. Otherwise they need to be covered by something visible which says it contains live cables. Some plastic trunking mounted on the surface in order to be visible should suffice.Do not cut into brick to bury the trunking by plastering over it - you'd be no better off.

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  • 0 in reply to RustyH

    They need mechanical protection if being reburied. A 5mm steel plate would help. Otherwise they need to be covered by something visible which says it contains live cables. Some plastic trunking mounted on the surface in order to be visible should suffice.Do not cut into brick to bury the trunking by plastering over it - you'd be no better off.

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  • 0 in reply to whjohnson

    A nice piece of wood to cover them and a nice warning notice would do.

    Z.

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