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Removal of hawthorne hedging

johns.hereznWX1vp0johns.hereznWX1vp0 Posts: 7
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Landscapers removing hawthorne hedging which has been planted very near gas supply pipes. They are using a digger to pull the hedge out. Is this likely to disturb/damage gas pipes. They will not dig into ground.
Thanks for any advice.
Maggie

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited February 2023
    As with your query the other day about privet hedging and gas pipes,  the pipes should be deep enough to be ok ... but make sure the workers know the pipes are there.

    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1070386/removal-of-privit-hedging#latest

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  • johns.hereznWX1vp0johns.hereznWX1vp0 Posts: 7
    Thanks for your response. They already do know. I am just so scared and then was informed that the hedge also had a lot of hawthorn in it. Don't those roots go deeper than privit?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The National Grid website has contact details on the link below, and there's a Dial before you Dig you can use if you are concerned about disturbing pipes 

    https://www.nationalgas.com/safety-and-emergencies/emergencies-and-safety-advice 

    I hope that helps  :)

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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited February 2023
    1.  Keep sniffing for gas.

    2.  Inform the local bonzai club.  They go mad about this sort of opportunity.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • johns.hereznWX1vp0johns.hereznWX1vp0 Posts: 7
    Thank you Dove. I gave got a copy of plans showing pipeline, which is how I know they are under the pavement. I also have phone number to call for someone to come our.
    Really appreciate you taking the time to help and advise.
    Maggie
  • johns.hereznWX1vp0johns.hereznWX1vp0 Posts: 7
    Oops, meant to say 'have' and 'out'
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited February 2023
    Hope all the work is done safely and to everyone’s satisfaction. 

    This area is currently having new gas pipe work done and we had the pipe work to our home re-lined just a few weeks ago so I’m 
    aware of folks’ anxieties. Also some 20 years ago an estate agent’s signpost pierced a piece of pipe work in our garden … it was very obvious where the pipe was … the sign was stuck in a direct line between the manhole in the pavement and the meter box on the wall … it doesn’t take a genius to work out that’s not a good place to be hammering a metal tipped stake … I arrived home to a hissing sound and a smell of gas … I called Transco as it was then and all the emergency services arrived outside our house in the middle of Friday evening rush hour … we lived in the ring road. Norwich ground to a halt!  Poor OH when he rounded the corner and saw the blue flashing lights and all 3 emergency services outside our home!!!

    The estate agents sent me a huge bouquet, and sold the house within a matter of days and only charged the advertising costs and no percentage fees. They were very embarrassed. 

    So I do understand. 😊 

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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    I learnt from gas workers in our village how they detect the route of the pipes using water diviners.  I'm a sceptical scientist, but I tried it and it works.  Just two L- shaped ex-metal coathangers.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited February 2023
    I too was sceptical about divining … but having attended a day out with practitioners of the art/skill I’ve found that I can do it with a pair of bent knitting needles 🤯

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • johns.hereznWX1vp0johns.hereznWX1vp0 Posts: 7
    Maybe I'll give that a try. Lol.

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