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Moving 11kv line to safe distance
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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 458124" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>£25K sounds way too high. Can you do a drawing of what you want? How many houses does it feed? if several then there is a lot more work than you might expect.</p><p></p><p>Remember a lot of the work is "contestable" which basically means you can get others to quote for it or even do it yourself, things like digging trenches and laying ducts. The actual connections is about the only thing that is uncontestable and has to be done by in this case) SSE.</p><p></p><p>Get their surveyor on site and talk to him about what you want to achieve and see if he can suggest different alternatives.</p><p></p><p>This may be a lot more complicated than you think. There is a general rule that you can't build within 9 metres of an overhead 11KV line. But when you drill down to the details, you find the limit is actually 6 metres, but if building between 6 and 9 metres from the line you have to be aware of the hazards re scaffold, diggers etc and they may ask for a method statement or similar. There is also a similar limit (though I forget the distance) for building close to underground lines. Lets hope there are no underground lines from the transformer right where you want to build.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 458124, member: 6969"] £25K sounds way too high. Can you do a drawing of what you want? How many houses does it feed? if several then there is a lot more work than you might expect. Remember a lot of the work is "contestable" which basically means you can get others to quote for it or even do it yourself, things like digging trenches and laying ducts. The actual connections is about the only thing that is uncontestable and has to be done by in this case) SSE. Get their surveyor on site and talk to him about what you want to achieve and see if he can suggest different alternatives. This may be a lot more complicated than you think. There is a general rule that you can't build within 9 metres of an overhead 11KV line. But when you drill down to the details, you find the limit is actually 6 metres, but if building between 6 and 9 metres from the line you have to be aware of the hazards re scaffold, diggers etc and they may ask for a method statement or similar. There is also a similar limit (though I forget the distance) for building close to underground lines. Lets hope there are no underground lines from the transformer right where you want to build. [/QUOTE]
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