On 29/11/2020 19:44, David wrote:
On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 19:17:36 +0000, Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) wrote:

Depends on the state of the pipe. If you suspect its old and might have
some cracks, hen avoid it. Electricity seems not to be an issue, but gas
on the other hand and potentially water, if still the old metal pipes
can lead to embarrassing issues, like a rose tree fracturing a gas pip
with its roots, since the pipe was more rust than metal at that point!
Took 20 years though. grin.
Brian

Soil pipe, water pipe and electricity cable all relatively recent.
Installed 2012 IIRC.

Cheers


So will be PVC, and unlikely to suffer from root ingress unless mightily
disturbed,

Also probably quite deep - roots do not go deep, unless to seek a water
table that exists at a lower tevel



Dave R




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