"www.GymRatZ.co.uk" wrote in message
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Hi All,
We're having the front of our house re-modelled including new garage,
front extension, roof and so on.
It's a delightful 70's beast. so BT wire must be getting on. Next door
neighbour recently had to have his pavement to house BT wire replaced so
while the excavation is going is there a chance BT might want to replace
wires before the groundworks are completed?

Also the black PVC water pipe (yet to be found unlike the mains cable
which has been "found" 3 times) is it worth getting a run of blue pipe
in place or is it likely to be curled up sticking out of the wall for
the next 10 years like many of the houses round our way never to be
connected by the water-board.

Anything else that might be worth considering while we're excavating?

The water main is likely to be about 30 inches down, and this is where a new
one will have to be laid if you wish to go down this route.
Unless you've got mains pressure problems, it's probably not worth
bothering.

It's unlikely BT will replace anything free of charge unless it's damaged,
and even then you can expect them to blame you and charge you for it because
they are nice like that.

As Tim said, run some ducting here and there.

The gas main is usually a lot higher up, sometimes yellow but not always so
keep an eye out for it