In message , Martin Brown
writes
On 14/04/2014 22:43, robgraham wrote:
I'm about to run a mains feed to my garden which because of the
configuration of everything will run extensively through the attic
space (single storey cottage).

This looked like a good option in terms of cost and economics of
labour. However I was researching something else in the pages here
and came on a thread where there was a comment about mice eating
plastic piping. Certainly they've had a good nibble at pipe
insulation here, but are the pipes a realistic target too ?

Not really. Their jaws don't quite open wide enough to do serious
damage to tough plastic pipes of typical plumbing diameters.

It's seems to be one of those things which people will repeat on the
internet, I don't remember seeing any evidence of it, and have never had
problems with mice and plastic pipes (in the old house, or the current
one, and we certainly have mice)

OTOH Mains lighting cables are "just right" for a nibble.


Never had that happen either, though I have see evidence of it. Maybe
they prefer the PVC? as well as the size?
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Chris French