Amateur bob

the existing pipe may be 20mm but i can put a t piece with a bigger size on it so i can run a 32mm pipe from that to the plot?

the cattle troughs have ballcocks so waters only getting out not in, a blue mdpe pipe comes out of the ground and runs up towards to the trough i could dig down and connect to it underground then dig a trench to the plot 0.7m deep, lay a blue mdpe pipe in it and fill back in? id manage this myself with no need to speak to water companies?

ill have another look at the forms today, we do have water troughs for cattle in our steading 130m away from plot i could easily connect to that myself and run a pipe to plot for next to nothing but dont know if this is legal? surely its just like adding another water trough to a shed or field, i dont ask permission for that and the cattle will use a lot more water, i should mention its us paying the metre for the steading anyway

yes thats what i hoped, i hoped the same for electric but it seems the cost of the cable (£50/m) is the issue

would part of the cost be digging up tarmack on the lane? ill just be across a field, thanks!

just trying to gain knowledge before rushing into it, awaiting an estimate from SSE energy but might go back and ask for proper quote, been on scottish water website today but all quite complicated big forms to fill in theyre asking about sewage/drainage etc ill just be doing an on site treatment plant its in a field

ive 130m to run it too but over a field we own should this lower the cost?

why did it cost so much for water pipe? my plots going to be unviable if im 24k just for water then £50/m for elect

140m isnt that far for a water pipe though? itll be far cheaper than the electric cable? is there anywhere i can find a map of mains water pipes to check?

im looking into water connections now, it seems the mains runs through one of our fields does this mean i can simply connect to it or do i have to ask scottish water for permission?

ive also a plot 130m im considering but thats worrying as i haf reckoned 5k for it, ive asked for an estimate from SSE should i have asked for a proper quote?

i didnt think of this, is a generator a viable idea? we have one on farm but it runs on diesel and sounds like a tractor when running

ive mabye underestimated the cost of panels the way i was looking at it say it cost me 10k for them, id have no electric bills to pay once its up and running plus i could use electric to heat the house, or an air source heat pump?

out of interest how does it work out going "off grid"? i could put solar panels on the roof linked to a battery to store the electric? or does my plot need electric services for planning?

im sure it would have capacity as the grain dryer runs off it for a few weeks in september, interestingly the farmhouse at my parents farm had the line burried by elect company a few years back and a bit of the cable running down the wall to ground says on it 1000V, this seems high?

how many metres of distance was that 10k? whats excessive voltage drop?

it would be a lot cheaper as i could use a much cheaper cable, is this sort of thing illegal?

it runs on an overhead line through the steading and down one poll then goes underground to the neighbours house and steading, the plot im looking at using is about 130m away to the north west of it

so its 230 VAC underground cable i would need? can i source this myself or do electric company supply it? i have a farm steading with 3 phase next to the plot could i just run a cable from meter to the plot myself(with use of electrician) and burry it? ive a high voltage cable already that runs to my grain dryer, surely this will use far more power than a house?

so its 230 VAC underground cable i would need? can i source this myself or do electric company supply it? i have a farm steading with 3 phase next to the plot could i just run a cable from meter to the plot myself(with use of electrician) and burry it? ive a high voltage cable already that runs to my grain dryer, surely this will use far more power than a house?

ouch, how much is the duct likely to cost?

so its £10/m for cabling? if i dig the trench ill just have to pay for cost of cabling and them connecting it then?

i was on sp energy networks there to get a quote but it looks like i could be charged just for the quote? i was under the impression quotes were free?

thanks i had a look, im no expert on drainage but will be pipe be at a depth where it will be sitting just above subsoil so that any water above that flows towards house will seep down into drain then away?

did you lay drains round the perimeter of your house and tie them in to a field drain somewhere?