Getting electricity pole moved

[Roger Dyke]

Has anyone managed to get an electricity pole moved? Just from one side of the garden to the other....

[Colin Wilson]

If it only supplies you it'd probably be classed as a service alteration - however if it supplies any other properties, it might be classed as a diversion, and the costs spiral.

[Clive Mitchell]

In message , Owain writes

No really.... If it's a utility pole you don't touch it. Even if it's not carrying 11kV it may still be carrying 415 at enough amps to cause significant burn damage and/or death. Any meddling that resulted in the cables being crossed could result in significant (415v) damage to neighbouring properties electrical systems and maybe even burn their houses down. (Yay!)

It's most likely if the utility company agreed to move the pole they would replace it completely with a new one, then transfer the wires across.

[Roger Dyke]

Andrew Mawson writes

The nice thing about this Group is, you not only get useful ideas - for which many thanks - but humour thrown in!

[Roger Dyke]

Colin Wilson writes

It does and they have!

[Colin Wilson]

Please note that by asking them to terminate the wayleave (if one exists) might (eventually) get the pole off your land, but you will be terminating your own supply in the process.

You may well find that the price of a new connection is on the expensive side :-} as you may end up:

(a) waiting for any new wayleave issues to be cleared (i've known this to take over 12 months, as the land owner whose permission was required lived abroad and only came back for a week or two each year - and he'd just left the country until the following year. He didn't want to sign without seeing the proposed setup in person...) Note that wayleaves may be required from multiple parties, and there may be payoff costs for same - as the customer looking for this work, you get to pay these in full.

(b) paying for the work required at top whack

[The Wanderer]

True, but that should be the only cost he should incur.

As he's already had an estimate for the job in toto, he should be able to make a shrewd judgement as to whether or not the cost for altering just his service is realistic.

He can also request a breakdown of the estimate.