Let's say a cable company wants to run a line over your property to a new client. Are there height restrictions for the cable or can they do it at all? In older neighbourhoods there was no provision for cable because it wasn't conceived of at the time.
Do you have the right to the air space over your property?
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In general, they do have easements through properties and not much you can do about that, but if lines in your area are typically buried, this is most likely a temporary aerial before they properly run a buried service wire (BSW). If I were you, I'd contact Robbers and have your neighbor contact his service provider in order to have a Robbers crew sent to run a proper BSW. Squeeky wheel gets the grease.. If you wait too long, I know Hell doesn't do any BSW's between November and May, Robbers is most likely the same, so you better get on the horn.
If all the service drops are aerial, chances are you're SOL, but your best bet is to take some measurements, call 311 and express your concerns.
Make sure they run the cable / wire at a 90 degree angle from the pole / post / high wire to the new customer - it's supposed to be code. I fought with Horizon Hydro about this for a couple yrs, and gave up. My next door neighbours' wire ran at a 45, crossing my driveway where birds would sit & **** on my car / truck every ****ing day. I moved to an area that has all BSW. (the wire wasn't my reason for moving btw).
A coworker ran into this issue last year. Rogers strung a cable up across his property and over a few weeks it became to sag to the point someone could get clotheslined by it.
He called Rogers numerous times even called the city about it.
Eventually it got so low that it was sitting in his grass. He just ran it over with the lawnmower. He knocked out the entire neighbourhoods internet/cable etc, and numerous calls were made to Rogers about lack of service.
They were out that evening to repair it, and bury the cable properly.
He called Rogers numerous times even called the city about it.
Eventually it got so low that it was sitting in his grass. He just ran it over with the lawnmower. He knocked out the entire neighbourhoods internet/cable etc, and numerous calls were made to Rogers about lack of service.
They were out that evening to repair it, and bury the cable properly.
FWIW the pole is in the rear south corner of my property and the new client is to the south but along side my house. Theoretically the line should go over a third parties property but they have "Low wire" issues (The houses are bungalows) and possibly bird crap concerns so want it burried on my side of the property line. The third party has some "Perfection" issues re their exquisite abode.
There is no reason for me to be part of the solution by allowing a permanent easement along the edge of my property. I would be forever restricted in landscaping if I gave up the edge. I just wanted to know rights etc.
BTW thanks for the suggestions but do you have any idea how long it takes to untangle wire from a rototiller?
There is no reason for me to be part of the solution by allowing a permanent easement along the edge of my property. I would be forever restricted in landscaping if I gave up the edge. I just wanted to know rights etc.
BTW thanks for the suggestions but do you have any idea how long it takes to untangle wire from a rototiller?
Xhumeka
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I'm very curious about this as well - same goes for our place except it's Bell Canada's lines that are crossing our yard. The junction box or whatever it's called is smack-dab in the middle of my backyard, and when we moved in it fed our place as well as each of our neighbors.
I haven't used any of Bell's services for over a decade, so the first thing I did was cut down the cable coming into our house - but we still have our neighbor's on each side of us feeding from that junction box so we have TWO wires about 10 feet off the ground crossing our yard.
Bell came one year to do "maintenance" on the junction box, and required access to our backyard. I complained that we don't even use Bell, so why are we being inconvenienced by both the wires and their "maintenance" but the workers just said to call Bell Canada to get it "fixed" but whenever I call Bell and tell them I'm not a customer they quickly lose interest in wanting to help me.
I don't want to just cut the wires since I like my neighbors and don't want to start a fight - I just want Bell to either bury them or set it up so that the wires don't cross MY yard!!
I haven't used any of Bell's services for over a decade, so the first thing I did was cut down the cable coming into our house - but we still have our neighbor's on each side of us feeding from that junction box so we have TWO wires about 10 feet off the ground crossing our yard.
Bell came one year to do "maintenance" on the junction box, and required access to our backyard. I complained that we don't even use Bell, so why are we being inconvenienced by both the wires and their "maintenance" but the workers just said to call Bell Canada to get it "fixed" but whenever I call Bell and tell them I'm not a customer they quickly lose interest in wanting to help me.
I don't want to just cut the wires since I like my neighbors and don't want to start a fight - I just want Bell to either bury them or set it up so that the wires don't cross MY yard!!
A lot less time than it would take to fix this problem otherwise ...
I've had this twice in the last couple years. The first time it was done during the fall so it stayed there all winter and was buried either in spring or summer. Second time was earlier this year but it was only up for a few weeks before they buried it. They had it strung up in a tree and crossed it right over my driveway and front door. My front door is about 5 1/2 feet above the ground so the cable was nearly at head level.
Set up a chimney under the wires to cook them, when bell comes tell them that if they want access they have to move the wires.
When I worked for a cable company out west our techs were not allowed to run the cables across neighbours yards unless there was no other way to do it and then often cable got buried
To legally bury a cable the cable company would require an easement. I was already asked to do that but while I sympathize with the new customer's needs I don't want o give up the rights to four feet of my side yard. I was asked because the direct route has already been landscaped. However if I allowed an easement my landscaping options would be fried.
rmemedic
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I wouldn't give up an inch of your space. If they want service, it's just tough luck and they have to landscape again.
I used to install gas lines on residential properties. We would do what we could to please the clients, maybe run an extra few feet here and there to avoid disturbing their landscapping, but sometimes you just have to do what you have to do... But that shouldn't include going in and affecting someone elses property who isn't benefiting in any way.
I used to install gas lines on residential properties. We would do what we could to please the clients, maybe run an extra few feet here and there to avoid disturbing their landscapping, but sometimes you just have to do what you have to do... But that shouldn't include going in and affecting someone elses property who isn't benefiting in any way.
Motorcycle Mike
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A similar thing happened to me. The cable distribution box is on my front yard. To run service to the neighbour they ran the line up the young tree in my yard and crossed the driveway.
I called Rogers and told them the cable is damaging the tree -- which it was, the tree was way too small and weak to support a cable. I then mentioned I would call the City of Mississauga (or Peel Region) and have them deal with it as I believe the tree closest to the road is their property. Anyway, never had to call... Rogers came within a few days and buried the line.
I called Rogers and told them the cable is damaging the tree -- which it was, the tree was way too small and weak to support a cable. I then mentioned I would call the City of Mississauga (or Peel Region) and have them deal with it as I believe the tree closest to the road is their property. Anyway, never had to call... Rogers came within a few days and buried the line.
