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CityFibre Street Cabinet RAL colour?

Kevin Peter

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Hi all, the newish (about 12 months ago) street cabinet outside my house has been kindly graffiti'd by some local oiks. I have reported this to cityfibre to no avail (unlike a local VM one I reported which was rectified very quickly). I'm happy to buy a can of the right spray paint to make the problem go away.

Does anyone know what RAL colour CityFibre use for their cabs? See the attached picture for reference.

I have tried to match it with colour swatches from B&Q (badly!) so you can ignore the colour swatch in the photo! I know I could buy a RAL swatch but they are expensive.

My amateur colour matching with some online tools suggests it might be Birch Leaf Green.

Thanks in advance.
 

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is the cabinet next to your house? i have one near me and its from VM the big grey ones looks all burnt now and its about to fall off XD
 
It is indeed close to my house. As I say, it's pretty new so in good condition apart from someone tagging it so it's a bit of an eyesore. I have reported it to CityFibre a number of times but they don't seem interested. So, t**ty advice from certain other forum members about the ethics of doing it myself is not really what I am looking for!
 
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It is indeed close to my house. As I say, it's pretty new so in good condition apart from someone tagging it so it's a bit of an eyesore. I have reported it to CityFibre a number of times but they don't seem interested. So, t**ty advice from certain other forum members about the ethics of doing it myself is not really what I am looking for!
Okay, but they're right. It would be best if you didn't do this yourself.

I've seen providers reply quite well on Twitter to these kinds of problems, have you tried there?
 
Thanks for the reply guys. The problem is that the road is unadopted (and I am responsible for it) so the council won't be interested. @Msh, didn't think of Twitter/X, good idea.

I'm assuming the colour isn't a standard or well known thing.
 
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I don't think I can add anything to what has already been said above, but it would be quite interesting to see what the graffiti itself looks like? But I suspect it's not a Banksy :)
 
It's a good suggestion
I don't think I can add anything to what has already been said above, but it would be quite interesting to see what the graffiti itself looks like? But I suspect it's not a Banksy :)
I wish it was something interesting! Just a plain old tag that a 5 year old with a giant sharpie could do. I've tried one more time with customer services, if there's no joy there I'll try the Wayleave team (again).
 
I would suggest that just because the road the cabinet is on is not an adopted highway the local council wouldn't get involved with some graffiti. Would probably be worth creating a request with them as if they accept it, they will then inform the owner of the property to get it resolved, so CityFibre will get it in stereo.
 
CityFibre are beyond useless at addressing pretty much anything. I reached out to them over a duct of theirs hanging out over a pavement and it wasn't even read, they sent a canned reply.

https://www.fixmystreet.com/ is potentially the way to go. Don't touch the cabinet yourself.
My council doesn't use Fix My Street for some reason, but I reported a broken/dangerous VM installation to them (a vandalised junction box of some kind with exposed wires and sharp metal edges outside a kids' play park) and it was "fixed" with a load of packing foam taped around it within a few days, it's still like that months later. I'd reported it to VM directly several times but they didn't seem interested as I wasn't their customer.
 

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It is indeed close to my house. As I say, it's pretty new so in good condition apart from someone tagging it so it's a bit of an eyesore. I have reported it to CityFibre a number of times but they don't seem interested. So, t**ty advice from certain other forum members about the ethics of doing it myself is not really what I am looking for!
It doesn't belong to you. Not your property to paint. It's "close to your house" but it's not on your land, either. Simple.
 
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Does anyone know what RAL colour CityFibre use for their cabs? See the attached picture for reference.
RAL6017

But paint it 6011 and it'll match every single machine tool manufactured in Germany from the 1940's to 1990's (plus it's my favourite colour)

Cityfibre are RAL7035 round my way
 
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There are bigger crimes in the world than painting over the graffiti on a vandalised cabinet...

Personally, I'm impartial to the poster painting over the graffiti. But I can say one thing for sure, it's not as bad as everyone's making it out to be.
 
@HairyLeg

No need to create an argument out of one or two posters pointing out, perfectly correctly, that the law says you shouldn't paint street furniture that doesn't belong to you and for which you have no permission. That is entirely the correct thing to highlight. Put another way, if you don't own it directly or legally, then don't touch it.

The reason for this is that we live in a world where, sometimes, even doing something helpful can - if you are caught in the act - end up resulting in the helpful person being fined / punished for graffiti. As ridiculous as that may sound, it is a possibility, and nobody would want the OP to face stress or even punishment for such an act. I recall somebody last year being charged and fined after they restored and re-painted a named street sign because it was horribly rusted and unreadable. The restored sign looked amazing, everybody loved it, except the council / courts it seems.

Graffiti and flyposting are both criminal offences, but in the case of graffiti the law is quite vague in its definition of the act itself. Re-painting a street cabinet the same colour as it's meant to be is hardly much of an offence, you would think. But with today's system, you could still be dragged through the mud a bit before reaching somebody with enough common sense to throw the case or charge out. It's not worth the risk or stress. Get permission first.

Sentences for graffiti range from a conditional discharge from the magistrates' court for minor damage, to up to 10 years imprisonment by the Crown Court where the damage caused is more than £10,000. Alternatively, you may be given a fine or a community service order – often the case in relation to younger offenders.
 
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