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<blockquote data-quote="Thinqer77" data-source="post: 499632" data-attributes="member: 32971"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>I'm having a garden office installed and it'll sit approximately 85m from the existing house. We want to run mains power to it and I'm struggling with how to get the cabling down the garden to it for the following reasons:</p><p></p><p>- Digging a trench: We have a fairly long narrow garden (approx 8m wide) and there are big (&gt;15m) trees along both sides which I assume will have roots extending across into the garden making digging a trench along either side almost impossible. Digging down the middle *might* be possible but as you can imagine the Mrs is not keen to have a trench line down the middle of the lawn...</p><p></p><p>- Affixing the cable to the fence along one side: Unfortunately the fence is not what you'd call secure - it's quite old and very wobbly in some places. It's wood in parts but wire mesh in others. It's also our neighbour's responsibility to maintain so we can't rip it out and put a new one in (plus there'd be the cost, oh and did I mention the trees?). On the other side of the garden is a hedge so can't affix to that.</p><p></p><p>- Running a catenary wire through the trees and affixing the cable to that. I think this is do-able but I'm not sure how the catenary would be attached to the trees at either end and if it would damage the trees in the long term. Also, would it be possible to do this and have enough slack in the line for the trees to sway in the wind?</p><p></p><p>Is there another option I'm not thinking of? Could I run some sort of galvanised metal conduit along the bottom of the fence (or just off it along the ground) and peg it into the ground somehow? I'm thinking like the metal conduit you see in the basement of office buildings or car parks.</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance for any suggestions!</p><p></p><p>Ben.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thinqer77, post: 499632, member: 32971"] Hi there, I'm having a garden office installed and it'll sit approximately 85m from the existing house. We want to run mains power to it and I'm struggling with how to get the cabling down the garden to it for the following reasons: - Digging a trench: We have a fairly long narrow garden (approx 8m wide) and there are big (>15m) trees along both sides which I assume will have roots extending across into the garden making digging a trench along either side almost impossible. Digging down the middle *might* be possible but as you can imagine the Mrs is not keen to have a trench line down the middle of the lawn... - Affixing the cable to the fence along one side: Unfortunately the fence is not what you'd call secure - it's quite old and very wobbly in some places. It's wood in parts but wire mesh in others. It's also our neighbour's responsibility to maintain so we can't rip it out and put a new one in (plus there'd be the cost, oh and did I mention the trees?). On the other side of the garden is a hedge so can't affix to that. - Running a catenary wire through the trees and affixing the cable to that. I think this is do-able but I'm not sure how the catenary would be attached to the trees at either end and if it would damage the trees in the long term. Also, would it be possible to do this and have enough slack in the line for the trees to sway in the wind? Is there another option I'm not thinking of? Could I run some sort of galvanised metal conduit along the bottom of the fence (or just off it along the ground) and peg it into the ground somehow? I'm thinking like the metal conduit you see in the basement of office buildings or car parks. Thanks in advance for any suggestions! Ben. [/QUOTE]
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