Thanks SJB - I'll do that.
We had one delivery pipe installer out to have a look at running the pipe on the other side, against the cottage's wall but essentially on the neighbour's side - and they'd obviously need to give permission for this.
One thing that confused me when he reported back (unfortunately I wasn't in when he called, so this is second-hand info): The remote pipe would be run against - and attached to - the cottage's LH wall until it got past the rear extension, at which point it could come on to the cottage's land and make its way across to the oil tank (see amazing diagram). An issue is that the patio shown - recent, and nice natural stone - would need taking up. When asked why the pipe couldn't go beyond the patio (a further 2 to 3m) until it reached the lawn before cutting across (which would be much easier to trench and make good) he replied that he couldn't because 'he isn't allowed to use elbows'. I wasn't there to ask how the pipe manages to turn a right angle to go under the patio without an elbow.
Could anyone explain, please? Is it to do with the underground pipe being plastic and, for some reason, no elbows are permitted?
Is it ok for the pipe to begin as steel and then become plastic for the underground bits?
Thanks again.
We had one delivery pipe installer out to have a look at running the pipe on the other side, against the cottage's wall but essentially on the neighbour's side - and they'd obviously need to give permission for this.
One thing that confused me when he reported back (unfortunately I wasn't in when he called, so this is second-hand info): The remote pipe would be run against - and attached to - the cottage's LH wall until it got past the rear extension, at which point it could come on to the cottage's land and make its way across to the oil tank (see amazing diagram). An issue is that the patio shown - recent, and nice natural stone - would need taking up. When asked why the pipe couldn't go beyond the patio (a further 2 to 3m) until it reached the lawn before cutting across (which would be much easier to trench and make good) he replied that he couldn't because 'he isn't allowed to use elbows'. I wasn't there to ask how the pipe manages to turn a right angle to go under the patio without an elbow.
Could anyone explain, please? Is it to do with the underground pipe being plastic and, for some reason, no elbows are permitted?
Is it ok for the pipe to begin as steel and then become plastic for the underground bits?
Thanks again.