Light Attached to Garage Fence to Be Demolished

ihbh on 09/08/2019 - 10:11
Last edited 09/08/2019 - 10:12

A neighbor built a garage on the fence line that acted as the fence for that section (with council approval). Neighbour on other side attached a conduit pipe with electrical wire from house to nearby BBQ and attached light (to light BBQ) and pipe to garage. Neighbour that owns garage is doing a reno that will pull down the garage and a fence will be installed in its place after construction.

Question (doesn't have to be legal, just common sense prevailing and fair, as both neighbours get on very well):

  • Should neighbour with pipe and light get it off the garage fence before demolition and reattach (e.g. to fence when built, or install post) themselves.
  • Should renoing neighbour get pipe and light off and close off at junction point to make safe.
  • Should renoing neighbour get pipe and light off and close off at junction point to make safe and put it up again after reno completed.

Assume whoever does the work incurs cost of getting electrician to do it.

Poll Options

  • 66
    (a) Neighbour with pipe and light get it off the garage fence before demolition
  • 1
    (b) Renoing neighbour get pipe and light off and close off at junction point to make safe
  • 3
    (c) (b) and put it up again after reno completed
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Comments

  • Ryanek on 09/08/2019 - 10:20
    +8

    I would think everything on your side of the fence is your responsibility.

    • ihbh on 09/08/2019 - 10:36

      Yes, but the renoing neighbour is taking the fence down.

      • apsilon on 09/08/2019 - 10:38
        +4

        Which has absolutely nothing to do with your/light owners property.

      • Ryanek on 09/08/2019 - 10:53
        +7

        The pipe owner knowingly built on common property, so with that comes drawbacks. This is unfortunately one of them.

        A change in common property means they should carry out the necessary work on their side.

  • Presence on 09/08/2019 - 10:39
    +2

    Whoever owns it should deal with it.

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 09/08/2019 - 10:49
    +7

    Neighbour on other side attached a conduit pipe with electrical wire from house to nearby BBQ and attached light (to light BBQ) and pipe to garage

    Not sure that is even permitted?

    Whoever put up the conduit pipe with electrical wire should be the one removing it.

  • HighAndDry on 09/08/2019 - 11:11
    +3

    Neighbour on other side attached a conduit pipe with electrical wire from house to nearby BBQ and attached light (to light BBQ) and pipe to garage.

    Really shouldn't have put it up on common property to begin with so…. yeah their responsibility to take it down now.

    • outlander on 09/08/2019 - 14:40
      +2

      Really shouldn't have put it up on common property to begin with so

      I don't think he put it up on common property… I think he literally drilled into the others guys garage wall and stuck up some shit.

      Pretty ballsy if he's planning on asking the other guy to pay for it to be replaced.

      • HighAndDry on 09/08/2019 - 14:54
        +2

        Like to see the conversation, especially if the neighbour doesn't know it's there.

        "Hey, you know my light's here right? Make sure you put it back after you replace the garage with a fence."

        "What, why the hell is there a light bolted into my garage?!"

  • CtrlAltSpoods on 09/08/2019 - 15:37
    +2

    To put it in perspective, if I were said neighbour and I had attached a light to the back of my neighbours shed and they told me they were going to replace said shed with a regular fence. I would feel it's my obligation to remove it or risk losing it.

    PS- you should totally do a paint.exe sketch of scenario :)

  • sraymond on 09/08/2019 - 17:32
    +1

    “Piped to garage” sounds like it might have live power. Should disconnect this ASAP before the fencer or neighbour gets zapped.

    • ihbh on 09/08/2019 - 18:19

      No, it's just cable from house to light enclosed in pipe so you can switch light on and off inside house. The pipe is to keep it neat vs say leaving extension cord lying on the ground.

    • ihbh on 09/08/2019 - 20:08

      Let me clarify: light attached to side of garage which forms common fence to light up outdoor BBQ near it. Cable running from house to light enclosed by PVC pipe. Light and pipe attached to garage.

      Should disconnect this ASAP before the fencer or neighbour gets zapped.

      All notified. See outcome below.

  • whooah1979 on 09/08/2019 - 19:11

    extension cord

    How did they get the extension cord power plug inside a 20mm conduit?

    • ihbh on 09/08/2019 - 20:05

      It's live power but rather than leaving on the ground like an extension cord.

  • ihbh on 09/08/2019 - 20:16

    Thanks all for your input. Here's the outcome.

    Previous owner installed the light, which hasn't been used ever since. Reno'ing neighbour was notified of light and cable in pipe on side of garage, who mentioned it to builder. Builder got an electrician to look at, remove pipe and cable and close off at junction before demolition occurred.

    So effectively the builder bore the cost, which the reno'ing neighbour contributed to through the building cost they paid the builder.

    • Euphemistic on 09/08/2019 - 21:40
      +1

      Sounds sensible. The sparky was probably there to disconnect power to the garage anyway. Wouldn’t cost much to disconnect the other circuit too.

  • Euphemistic on 09/08/2019 - 21:39
    +1

    FYI: conduit, not pipe. Conduit for cables, pipe for gas and liquid.

    • ihbh on 09/08/2019 - 21:57

      Thanks for clarifying. I used conduit pipe earlier in the post, but thought it shortened to pipe instead of conduit!

      • Euphemistic on 10/08/2019 - 17:11

        Not sure why the down vote. Wasn’t just being pedantic. If you deal with tradies it really helps that you talk at least some of the same language. It also helps a lot if you need to get some parts at the hardware shop.

        • ihbh on 10/08/2019 - 17:46

          It definitely wasn't from me. I've equalised the vote.

          I genuinely appreciate the value in precise communication, such as with tradies, etc.

          • Euphemistic on 10/08/2019 - 19:17

            @ihbh: Sorry, didn’t mean to imply you downvoted.

  • LFO on 10/08/2019 - 22:23

    They should ask for a Royal Commission to investigate, evaluate and decide.

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