typeR_Jag

Hi all,

I am in a real spot of bother where I live there is a pedestian path I need to drive along in order to park my car outside my house, however the council are saying that pipes are not deep enough and driving along can cause damage. So 5 years ago they erected a bollard to prevent this but wsa shortly removed after us complaining about how would emergency services get to us if they are blocked.

Now they have done the same thing again by receting bollards we have used the excuse about emergency services but they have erected an unlockable bollard, is there anyway we can remove these legally i.e. by fighting them or even illegally by damaging them ?

all advice much appreciated

alanbell

iTrader: (6)

ask a mate with a old van to reverse on to it , >> works for me,

Brun

Good luck - I would think you have a long hard fight on your hands which you will ultimately lose

Multijfj

Bolt cutters from B&Q, they are £50 but you can take them back after youve used them.

Sort it out.

95blackWRX

hammer the locks and hinge the throw it away

octain

Go to the local council and check the land plans you may find a right of way order that has never been used, worth a go

Mick

WetPatch

Hum, if theres a lock on it couldnt u just break the lock, then lower and raise the bollard has u come and go?

Scooby Soon!

The clues in the post!

I dont think you can break off a lock thats not there?

First of all are all your neighbours in agreement?

If so get you and another guy to smash it down, either with a van (could be risky depending on size of bollard) or a sledge hammer. Take it in turns it will be gone in a couple of minutes, if no one reports that it has gone how will they know to replace it?

Best to do it just as its going dark as it makes it difficult for anyone to video (just in case you have any nasty neighbours) make sure you tidy it up at the base so it looks nice and you will have another 5 years with out the bollard

1168

angle grinder on the lock.make sure your neighbours wont grass you ,then buy an identicle padlock ,get several keys cut for the neighbours then when the council do a spot check all looks ok

fl6

the best way is back a wagon over it that will shift it !!!!!
never tryed it (im ex council haha)now give it a go

typeR_Jag

Thanks guys for all the variable advice im either going to get a sledge hammer and knock it down or angle grinde it i think. There is only one neighbour who will moan and hes the c**t who paid for the kerb drop and is moaning.

If he grasses me i'll ensure im somewhere else then i'll make sure he has to buy new tyres very often

WR1JLD

How do you cut the Locks on an unlockable Bollard

If you read the thread it will stop you looking a fool

Brun

Good thinking - really handy when there is an emegency and the emergency services can't get through

kingofturds

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Thermite

1168

firecrews dont carry bolt croppers then!and do you think every ambulance and police car in the area has a key smuck

1168

are you thick or what unlockable means removable my taking the padlock off thus releasing the post ,so it can be removed spanner

boomer

Playing the Devil's advocate...

...i bet that you will be chuffed when the water or gas "pipes" burst due to vehicular traffic and you are either flooded or blown up.

...then your insurance company finds that the cause was all your own fault so rejects any claim and then sues you for the damage caused.

...and then the council sue you.

...and then your "c**t" neighbour sues you!

Maybe there is a more amicable solution

mb

Luminous

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Drive a truck over the payment causing the pipes to burst...then they can put them where they should have been to start with....deep enough

homer@duff

unlockable to me,means you cannot lock it....

Bubba po

So when you lock your front door, is it locked forever, or is it unlockable?

You do not have a right to park outside your house, by the way, unless it's on your private driveway.

homer@duff

no..its a lock

Bubba po

But is it unlockable? If your door is lockable, then surely it's unlockable?

homer@duff

its unlockable and also lockable..but its not an unlockable lock.

Stephb1986

i think what he means is that its a solid concrete block or a metal post that cannot be moved??

Shark Man

Our coucuil did this outside some iof the houses up the road from me. Non od the neighbours were informed. Luckily they noticed, and as soon as the workforce had gone, they pulled them out before the concrete set They haven't reappeared since.

Anyhoo...solution...Certainly nothing a quick swing with the backhoe of a JCB wouldn't sort.

Suresh

Indeed. There would appear to be a few with the IQ of the said bollard posting on here today.

homer@duff

making up the numbers are you

typeR_Jag

sorry guys meant to say lockable bollard my mistake. take the **** but no big deal everyone makes mistakes no ones perfect!!! anyhow the locable bollard doesnt have a padlock but has a key slot at the top, never seen this type before and totally agree with the fact that emergency services dont carry keys around!!!!

Stephb1986

they would just ram it out the way if it was that important. i have seen this type before but not paid much attention to it sorry i cant help

homer@duff

stihl saw...job done