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<blockquote data-quote="SPECIAL LOCATION" data-source="post: 500300" data-attributes="member: 250"><p>In some locations it is not feasible or economically viable to dig trenches...</p><p></p><p>Basics to remember.. </p><p></p><p>SWA. (armoured cable), is designed to be installed outdoors without any need for conduit.</p><p></p><p>Any boundary wall / fence that is your own property is easy to manage and supervise if you choose to fix anything to it..</p><p></p><p>(the only uncertainty is weather blowing it down).</p><p></p><p>Any boundary wall / fence that is owned by a neighbour is basically 100% impossible to predict if it will still be there next week!</p><p></p><p>There is nothing stopping you from constructing anything to fix a cable to...</p><p></p><p>e.g. wood battens / decking boards, etc.. spiked into the ground, running the length of the garden suitably concealed behind the flower bed!!</p><p></p><p>I have done this before, (not in mid summer when all plants &amp; flowers are in full bloom)..</p><p></p><p>You get to the balance between something looking a mess running up the garden -vs-</p><p></p><p>Suitably concealed low level around a perimeter, where it is unlikely to be damaged.</p><p></p><p>An armoured cabled fixed to such a structure is unlikely to be accidentally damaged buy digging as it is visible above ground!</p><p></p><p> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />opcorn</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPECIAL LOCATION, post: 500300, member: 250"] In some locations it is not feasible or economically viable to dig trenches... Basics to remember.. SWA. (armoured cable), is designed to be installed outdoors without any need for conduit. Any boundary wall / fence that is your own property is easy to manage and supervise if you choose to fix anything to it.. (the only uncertainty is weather blowing it down). Any boundary wall / fence that is owned by a neighbour is basically 100% impossible to predict if it will still be there next week! There is nothing stopping you from constructing anything to fix a cable to... e.g. wood battens / decking boards, etc.. spiked into the ground, running the length of the garden suitably concealed behind the flower bed!! I have done this before, (not in mid summer when all plants & flowers are in full bloom).. You get to the balance between something looking a mess running up the garden -vs- Suitably concealed low level around a perimeter, where it is unlikely to be damaged. An armoured cabled fixed to such a structure is unlikely to be accidentally damaged buy digging as it is visible above ground! :popcorn [/QUOTE]
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