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Underground lines, pipes, cables, etc.--what to watch out for??
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<blockquote data-quote="140mower" data-source="post: 13230" data-attributes="member: 447"><p>Hi there, you've asked a very difficult question for any of us to answer and to be honest, one that shouldn't be relied upon as to accuracy. Having said that I'll try and help you out some. In the front of your phone book, along with the emergency numbers there should be a call before you dig number listed. One phone call should get you all of the locates for all known utilities at the address given ie: gas, telephone, hydro, water, etc. The utilitey companies will locate and mark the location of their lines, and some will even give you an idea of how deep they should be, but this is a guesstimate at best and is best to hand dig over the utilities to at least expose them for positive location. Breakages can be very expensive and your insurance will be seriously tested especially if a locate was not called for and or heeded.</p><p> Now here's why I say it is impossible for any of us to say how deep things should be. Water lines in my area are a minimum of four feet, but more commonly closer to six especially under drives where vehicle traffic will drive the frost deeper than it would be under a lawn, but in areas of milder winters the lines can be much shallower. Another consideration is: say a power line is put in 25 years ago and it is three feet deep, but 10 years ago a new owner decides to build up the ground in that area three feet which would put the line six feet down now or worse yet, decides to cut out a high spot and maybe the line now only has a foot or maybe even less cover, not good if your expecting deeper.</p><p> Hope I'm not coming off as an a$$ here as that is not my intention, just trying to encourage a safe start to your project with-out any costly surprises or worse, as many of the things buried underground can kill. Also, watch your ditch depth if you're going to be working in it as around here anything over four feet must be shored or sloped to prevent cave-ins.</p><p> Good luck, Don</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="140mower, post: 13230, member: 447"] Hi there, you've asked a very difficult question for any of us to answer and to be honest, one that shouldn't be relied upon as to accuracy. Having said that I'll try and help you out some. In the front of your phone book, along with the emergency numbers there should be a call before you dig number listed. One phone call should get you all of the locates for all known utilities at the address given ie: gas, telephone, hydro, water, etc. The utilitey companies will locate and mark the location of their lines, and some will even give you an idea of how deep they should be, but this is a guesstimate at best and is best to hand dig over the utilities to at least expose them for positive location. Breakages can be very expensive and your insurance will be seriously tested especially if a locate was not called for and or heeded. Now here's why I say it is impossible for any of us to say how deep things should be. Water lines in my area are a minimum of four feet, but more commonly closer to six especially under drives where vehicle traffic will drive the frost deeper than it would be under a lawn, but in areas of milder winters the lines can be much shallower. Another consideration is: say a power line is put in 25 years ago and it is three feet deep, but 10 years ago a new owner decides to build up the ground in that area three feet which would put the line six feet down now or worse yet, decides to cut out a high spot and maybe the line now only has a foot or maybe even less cover, not good if your expecting deeper. Hope I'm not coming off as an a$$ here as that is not my intention, just trying to encourage a safe start to your project with-out any costly surprises or worse, as many of the things buried underground can kill. Also, watch your ditch depth if you're going to be working in it as around here anything over four feet must be shored or sloped to prevent cave-ins. Good luck, Don [/QUOTE]
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