SGN - Southern Gas Network

[pscocoa]

We are having an extension built and I strongly suspected that the service pipes may go through the area of the extension. Tried to get drawings etc from the utilities but no luck so we had to get on with it by blend of JCB and hand digging. Sure enough - sod's law the various pipes make a right turn across the garden into my drive through area of the extension.

For a 12 metre stretch of gas main diversion in soft ground SGN require £1600!!! We are currently in negation for  price reduction with my builder digging the trench . The electric guys turned up with 2 large vans and there own jcb but when they got down to it used their common sense and adapted to the outside of the trench we used for the footings.

Another one down to experience I suppose.

[Rods2]

When you have hungary shareholders to feed & CEOs & directors bonuses to make, part of which is cutting costs, one of the first things to go out of the window is making & updating network plans according to a BT line repairer I was talking to, where BT gave up on this cost quite a few years a go.

Yes, they have a comms. network just don't ask what it is.

[dave the builder]

£1600 sounds like a decent price to me.
are you putting the meter elsewhere as well or happy with it's location 
worth thinking about in some cases if the extension will house the boiler or kitchen .

[pscocoa]

Thanks Dave - the have revised quote down to £654 with our builder digging the trench. So have submitted order on the basis. At one stage they were insisting on moving meter but that has now been withdrawn. Suspect there will be more to come on this before we are done. Footings trench is still exposed so outside face maybe an option.