Broadband Fibre - what duct required ?

[Prbprb]

Gigaclear are currently slowly installing fibre in all the roads in our village to the kerb of each house. We are about to have our drive re-laid, so would like to install a duct now to avoid digging up our new drive in the future. Are there any details on what duct we would require, and how to get one ?

[TimmyBGood]

@Prbprb 

No idea about Gigaclear.  Openreach specify grey PVC piping: 54mm is apparently a standard.

Ducting general principles
• All runs must be laid as straight as possible
• If needed, you can carefully bend the ducts or use
pre-formed bends supplied by Openreach
• There can be no more than one pre-formed 90°
bend in any single run of duct
• Pre-formed 90° bends can’t be installed in any
duct linking two joint boxes
• Footpath or service strip ducting must be laid at
350mm depth of cover
• All space alongside the duct must be backfilled
with granular fill to a minimum thickness of 75mm
• For all Single Dwelling Units (SDU) duct must be
terminated on the external surface of the property
• The duct termination point shall be in a location
that will allow unrestricted access for any future
maintenance activity
• All ducts must be provided with a draw rope after
installation, unless it’s agreed locally to substitute
the draw rope with a cable

[jamesn123]

@Prbprb 

Thats something you'd need to talk directly to Gigaclear about. They have no relation to Sky and you wouldnt be able to use their fibre to have Sky broadband.