Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 May 15, 2012 8:56 am Hi All, I am about to finalize the landscape design with my landscaper, however prior to that, I would like to seek your advice/s on the following: We have Telstra pit, which is located on our front yard (which very annoying, we didn't know about this because it was well covered under the dirt previously). My landscaper suggested to turf (sir Walter buffalo) around the pit because it is council area and not mine. I am not too keen with this suggestion because (in the future) if Telstra technician need to access the pit, they would need to step on the grass and that would ruin it (considering it is a very expensive grass too!). From your experience, can you think of any other solution that we can do with this scenario? I was thinking to put gravels or Nepean pebbles surrounding it but not sure if that would look pretty. I am keen to hear from all of you, who may have had the same experience with us, or perhaps just a thought that may work well with this case. Enclosed is the picture of the Telstra pit location. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Telstra Pit (Landscape Solution) 2May 15, 2012 9:29 am Hi there, Can't see your image, but anyway, have you thought about moving the Telstra pit? That was something we were going to do but did not go ahead at the end. Call Telstra up and ask them how it can be done, I'm pretty sure it'll be at your cost though. Worth exploring. Cheers Re: Telstra Pit (Landscape Solution) 3May 15, 2012 12:16 pm Learn to live with it. It costs mega bucks to move a pit. I don't see why they would ruin it if the walk on it. What about the postie riding his motor scooter over it. Heaven forbid. A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands. Melbourne West Our build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34169 Landscaping viewtopic.php?f=19&t=51147 Re: Telstra Pit (Landscape Solution) 5May 15, 2012 3:53 pm I have a Telstra pit half on my property currently and there is turf around it. Lived there 8 years the grass is perfect and we have only seen a tech there a handful of times 2 Re: Telstra Pit (Landscape Solution) 7May 15, 2012 4:15 pm btw a bit out of topic, do you know how low can a soil be, to avoid having retaining walls? our side is a bit higher (approx 100mm) higher and i don't intend to cut. will retaining walls (sleepers) required for this scenario? Re: Telstra Pit (Landscape Solution) 8May 16, 2012 9:00 am tempura Since Telstra pit is a public property, anyone and everyone can access it, so sometimes it is left opened (which is very annoying) and I have to close it myself. While this is true, in reality how often does any tech need to get in there? Our previous house had underground power as well, 7 years there, had tech out twice. Our current house, u/g power & phone, tech only once in 8 months to do the connection. I can't think of anyone who would need access then leave it open. Hi We are building in the Hunter Valley, our soil test is H1, our builder has advised us they need to have a letter signed for Fair Trading as the new drainage standard… 0 3554 Sorry! I'm new to this forum and have made a mistake in my posting! I'm looking for a structural solution to a stand alone wooden pickets fence with no structural rail… 1 3299 Thanks for that, the PVC pipe is still about 40cm below ground level and it sticks out of the sand with no end cap or anything on it just open pipe, is this the finished… 2 10479 |