My friend had a problem at his house in Manchester.
He got a reasonable quote from a couple of guys to fit concrete posts and gravel boards and 11 fence panels.
But after a few hours they came and told him they had dug into a gas pipe.
He thought the fencers were to blame but I pointed out that they had not been warned as he did not know it came in from the back of the house. It had been fitted about 420mm down with no warning tape just below the surface which seems to be good practice but not mandatory.
I told him that the fencers did nothing wrong and that he would have to meet the Cadent repair cost of about £700.
Do others here agree with my advice to him or think the fencers were somehow to blame? And if so why?
He got a reasonable quote from a couple of guys to fit concrete posts and gravel boards and 11 fence panels.
But after a few hours they came and told him they had dug into a gas pipe.
He thought the fencers were to blame but I pointed out that they had not been warned as he did not know it came in from the back of the house. It had been fitted about 420mm down with no warning tape just below the surface which seems to be good practice but not mandatory.
I told him that the fencers did nothing wrong and that he would have to meet the Cadent repair cost of about £700.
Do others here agree with my advice to him or think the fencers were somehow to blame? And if so why?