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> A friend is supplied his electricity supply and telephone line by
> overhead cable to a post on his land. The post which apparently
> belongs to the electricity supply company has deteriorated and needs
> to be replace. My friend want to lay the electricity supply in the
> ground to his house from the post in the road. Presumably the
> electricity company will want to remove the post. Do BT have some
> sort of duty to reroute the connection to his house directly? What is
> the maximum unsupported length for a single cable? Its about 60
> metres from the pole in the street to his house

>A friend is supplied his electricity supply and telephone line by overhead
>cable to a post on his land. The post which apparently belongs to the
>electricity supply company has deteriorated and needs to be replace. My
>friend want to lay the electricity supply in the ground to his house from
>the post in the road. Presumably the electricity company will want to remove
>the post. Do BT have some sort of duty to reroute the connection to his
>house directly? What is the maximum unsupported length for a single cable?
>Its about 60 metres from the pole in the street to his house
>
>

> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:35:31 -0000, jasee
> wrote:
>
>> A friend is supplied his electricity supply and telephone line by
>> overhead cable to a post on his land. The post which apparently
>> belongs to the electricity supply company has deteriorated and needs
>> to be replace. My friend want to lay the electricity supply in the
>> ground to his house from the post in the road. Presumably the
>> electricity company will want to remove the post. Do BT have some
>> sort of duty to reroute the connection to his house directly? What
>> is the maximum unsupported length for a single cable? Its about 60
>> metres from the pole in the street to his house
>>
>>
> It will depend on what the terms of the contract between the leccy
> company (who apparently own the pole) and BT, who are using it to
> provide sertvice to your friend, says.
> if the leccy board are happy to remove to pole and supply your friend
> via a U/G feed, then BT may have to provide a pole of their own, or a
> number of poles (I think that may be calle a running DP) to give your
> friend service. As it wiill be the leccy board that will be removing
> the pole I find it difficult to see how BT could charge him for any
> work needed.
> Someone will be along in a moment to correct any errors above :-)

>PeterT wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:35:31 -0000, jasee
>> wrote:
>>
>>> A friend is supplied his electricity supply and telephone line by
>>> overhead cable to a post on his land. The post which apparently
>>> belongs to the electricity supply company has deteriorated and needs
>>> to be replace. My friend want to lay the electricity supply in the
>>> ground to his house from the post in the road. Presumably the
>>> electricity company will want to remove the post. Do BT have some
>>> sort of duty to reroute the connection to his house directly? What
>>> is the maximum unsupported length for a single cable? Its about 60
>>> metres from the pole in the street to his house
>>>
>>>
>> It will depend on what the terms of the contract between the leccy
>> company (who apparently own the pole) and BT, who are using it to
>> provide sertvice to your friend, says.
>> if the leccy board are happy to remove to pole and supply your friend
>> via a U/G feed, then BT may have to provide a pole of their own, or a
>> number of poles (I think that may be calle a running DP) to give your
>> friend service. As it wiill be the leccy board that will be removing
>> the pole I find it difficult to see how BT could charge him for any
>> work needed.
>> Someone will be along in a moment to correct any errors above :-)
>
>The OPs friend will have to pay the electricity distribution company a sum
>into four figures to change the supply to underground at his request. BT
>will simply say that the cable is being moved at his request and expect to
>be paid to do so. Do you expect to do work for nothing?
>
>Peter Crosland
>

> PeterT wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:35:31 -0000, jasee
>> wrote:
>>
>>> A friend is supplied his electricity supply and telephone line by
>>> overhead cable to a post on his land. The post which apparently
>>> belongs to the electricity supply company has deteriorated and needs
>>> to be replace. My friend want to lay the electricity supply in the
>>> ground to his house from the post in the road. Presumably the
>>> electricity company will want to remove the post. Do BT have some
>>> sort of duty to reroute the connection to his house directly? What
>>> is the maximum unsupported length for a single cable? Its about 60
>>> metres from the pole in the street to his house
>>>
>>>
>> It will depend on what the terms of the contract between the leccy
>> company (who apparently own the pole) and BT, who are using it to
>> provide sertvice to your friend, says.
>> if the leccy board are happy to remove to pole and supply your friend
>> via a U/G feed, then BT may have to provide a pole of their own, or a
>> number of poles (I think that may be calle a running DP) to give your
>> friend service. As it wiill be the leccy board that will be removing
>> the pole I find it difficult to see how BT could charge him for any
>> work needed.
>> Someone will be along in a moment to correct any errors above :-)
>
> The OPs friend will have to pay the electricity distribution company a
> sum into four figures to change the supply to underground at his request.
> BT will simply say that the cable is being moved at his request and expect
> to be paid to do so. Do you expect to do work for nothing?
>

> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:43:11 -0000, Peter Crosland
> wrote:
>
>> PeterT wrote:
>>> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:35:31 -0000, jasee
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> A friend is supplied his electricity supply and telephone line by
>>>> overhead cable to a post on his land. The post which apparently
>>>> belongs to the electricity supply company has deteriorated and
>>>> needs to be replace. My friend want to lay the electricity supply
>>>> in the ground to his house from the post in the road. Presumably
>>>> the electricity company will want to remove the post. Do BT have
>>>> some sort of duty to reroute the connection to his house directly?
>>>> What is the maximum unsupported length for a single cable? Its
>>>> about 60 metres from the pole in the street to his house
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It will depend on what the terms of the contract between the leccy
>>> company (who apparently own the pole) and BT, who are using it to
>>> provide sertvice to your friend, says.
>>> if the leccy board are happy to remove to pole and supply your
>>> friend via a U/G feed, then BT may have to provide a pole of their
>>> own, or a number of poles (I think that may be calle a running DP)
>>> to give your friend service. As it wiill be the leccy board that
>>> will be removing the pole I find it difficult to see how BT could
>>> charge him for any work needed.
>>> Someone will be along in a moment to correct any errors above :-)
>>
>> The OPs friend will have to pay the electricity distribution
>> company a sum into four figures to change the supply to underground
>> at his request. BT will simply say that the cable is being moved at
>> his request and expect to be paid to do so. Do you expect to do work
>> for nothing?
>>
>> Peter Crosland
>>
>
> The leccy company may well charge the OPs friend for providing an U/G
> feed (but hopefully less the cost of installing a new pole). BT will
> have a contract with the leccy company for the shared use of its pole,
> not with the OPs pal - I dont see that the OPs friend has any
> liability to BT re the pole - although i could be wrong!

> In message , Peter Crosland wrote:
>
>> PeterT wrote:
>>> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:35:31 -0000, jasee
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> A friend is supplied his electricity supply and telephone line by
>>>> overhead cable to a post on his land. The post which apparently
>>>> belongs to the electricity supply company has deteriorated and
>>>> needs to be replace. My friend want to lay the electricity supply
>>>> in the ground to his house from the post in the road. Presumably
>>>> the electricity company will want to remove the post. Do BT have
>>>> some sort of duty to reroute the connection to his house directly?
>>>> What is the maximum unsupported length for a single cable? Its
>>>> about 60 metres from the pole in the street to his house
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It will depend on what the terms of the contract between the leccy
>>> company (who apparently own the pole) and BT, who are using it to
>>> provide sertvice to your friend, says.
>>> if the leccy board are happy to remove to pole and supply your
>>> friend via a U/G feed, then BT may have to provide a pole of their
>>> own, or a number of poles (I think that may be calle a running DP)
>>> to give your friend service. As it wiill be the leccy board that
>>> will be removing the pole I find it difficult to see how BT could
>>> charge him for any work needed.
>>> Someone will be along in a moment to correct any errors above :-)
>>
>> The OPs friend will have to pay the electricity distribution
>> company a sum into four figures to change the supply to underground
>> at his request.

>> his request and expect to be paid to do so. Do you expect to do work
>> for nothing?

>>
> That depends on the relative costs of replacing the pole and putting
> the cable underground, especially if he digs the trench on his land
> so they only need to come and put the cables in. Then it becomes an
> Its cheaper for us to dispense with the pole under the
> circumstances which isnt obviously his request.