This was new to me - a requirement for a "trace wire" from water main
all the way into the house stopcock.

Trace Wire is attached to the mains water service pipe by means of
cable ties at intervals of not less than 1 metre. The purpose of Trace
Wire is to enable the location of the service pipe in the future. The
wire must be 1.5mm single strand BLUE plastic coated to 6491 standard
and installed on ALL installations.

Simon.

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:07:27 -0800, sm_jamieson wrote:

This was new to me - a requirement for a "trace wire" from water main
all the way into the house stopcock.

Trace Wire is attached to the mains water service pipe by means of cable
ties at intervals of not less than 1 metre. The purpose of Trace Wire is
to enable the location of the service pipe in the future. The wire must
be 1.5mm single strand BLUE plastic coated to 6491 standard and
installed on ALL installations.



I suppose this makes sense if the pipe is plastic. It gives a metal
detector something to look for, if nothing else! :-)

--
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Web: http://www.nascom.info http://mixpix.batcave.net

"sm_jamieson" wrote in message
...
This was new to me - a requirement for a "trace wire" from water main
all the way into the house stopcock.

Trace Wire is attached to the mains water service pipe by means of
cable ties at intervals of not less than 1 metre. The purpose of Trace
Wire is to enable the location of the service pipe in the future. The
wire must be 1.5mm single strand BLUE plastic coated to 6491 standard
and installed on ALL installations.

Sounds like utter ******** to me.

I have successfully traced MDPE water pipes using a "Cat" scanner and a
transmitter.

On 20 Feb, 22:28, "RW" wrote:
"sm_jamieson" wrote in message

...

This was new to me - a requirement for a "trace wire" from water main
all the way into the house stopcock.

Trace Wire is attached to the mains water service pipe by means of
cable ties at intervals of not less than 1 metre. The purpose of Trace
Wire is to enable the location of the service pipe in the future. The
wire must be 1.5mm single strand BLUE plastic coated to 6491 standard
and installed on ALL installations.

Sounds like utter ******** to me.

I have successfully traced MDPE water pipes using a "Cat" scanner and a
transmitter.

Is this wire in the building regs ? It came off some the Bristol Water
plc website.
Simon.

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:07:27 -0800 (PST), sm_jamieson
wrote:

This was new to me - a requirement for a "trace wire" from water main
all the way into the house stopcock.

Trace Wire is attached to the mains water service pipe by means of
cable ties at intervals of not less than 1 metre.

I'd have thought that 'not more than 1 metre' might have been more
appropriate.


--
Frank Erskine

"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:07:27 -0800 (PST), sm_jamieson
wrote:

This was new to me - a requirement for a "trace wire" from water main
all the way into the house stopcock.

Trace Wire is attached to the mains water service pipe by means of
cable ties at intervals of not less than 1 metre.

I'd have thought that 'not more than 1 metre' might have been more
appropriate.

Depends whether they are referring to frequency or distance.

Colin Bignell

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:33:04 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:


"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
.. .
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:07:27 -0800 (PST), sm_jamieson
wrote:

This was new to me - a requirement for a "trace wire" from water main
all the way into the house stopcock.

Trace Wire is attached to the mains water service pipe by means of
cable ties at intervals of not less than 1 metre.

I'd have thought that 'not more than 1 metre' might have been more
appropriate.

Depends whether they are referring to frequency or distance.

A metre is usually a measure of distance :-)

--
Frank Erskine

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:28:41 -0000, "RW" wrote:

Sounds like utter ******** to me.

I have successfully traced MDPE water pipes using a "Cat" scanner and a
transmitter.

"veeery interestiing".
I have several buried polyethylene water lines in my yard / garden.
I'd like to trace them.

Can you give me a reference to this techniquen please.

Thank you
John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain

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Frank Erskine wrote:
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:33:04 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:


"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:07:27 -0800 (PST), sm_jamieson
wrote:

This was new to me - a requirement for a "trace wire" from water
main all the way into the house stopcock.

Trace Wire is attached to the mains water service pipe by means of
cable ties at intervals of not less than 1 metre.

I'd have thought that 'not more than 1 metre' might have been more
appropriate.

Depends whether they are referring to frequency or distance.

A metre is usually a measure of distance :-)

The other kind is a metronome - it's a common mistake...