That’s the thing, I have no clue what’s going on.If you are having anything done to your property that would require poking a hole in the ground or any digging at all the contractor most likely called in a locate.
That’s the thing, I have no clue what’s going on.If you are having anything done to your property that would require poking a hole in the ground or any digging at all the contractor most likely called in a locate.
If you are really concerned, you might be able to call 811 and find out who asked for the locate. I'm not sure if they will tell you or not.That’s the thing, I have no clue what’s going on.
Three weeks ago I came home to my front yard marked with close to 20 flags. Nearly a week later, lawn needed to be mowed, and no work had been done. I didn't call in the locate. I ended up calling 811 to inquire. They couldn't or wouldn't tell me who requested the locate, and I told them I needed to pull the flags to mow. They said that it was fine so I went ahead and pulled everything. It turns out my neighbor is switching to OEC fiber internet. To this day OEC hasn't been on site to run the line to his house.If you are really concerned, you might be able to call 811 and find out who asked for the locate. I'm not sure if they will tell you or not.
I do know that any jackwad can ask for a locate for just about any area, at least it was that way a dozen years ago.
Yep, there's a locating wire on the gas line to my house. Its loose end is wrapped around the pipe that goes out of the meter to the house. It's a straight shot from the meter to the house, and, IIRC, they buried it pretty deep (it was run well after the house was built), but that'd be a pain and a half if it got cut by mistake.I could tell all kinds of stories about difficult locates but gas lines can be some of the worst because plastic gas lines don't put off a signal. A locating wire has to be ran along with gas line and it has to be accessible at the meter to connect to.
OEC Fiber is pretty backlogged. IIRC, they had someone out to mark the utilities about a week after I turned in the request, then it was another week or two before they had the contractors out to run the fiber. It shouldn't be a big deal, as they should follow the OEC power feed up to the house.Three weeks ago I came home to my front yard marked with close to 20 flags. Nearly a week later, lawn needed to be mowed, and no work had been done. I didn't call in the locate. I ended up calling 811 to inquire. They couldn't or wouldn't tell me who requested the locate, and I told them I needed to pull the flags to mow. They said that it was fine so I went ahead and pulled everything. It turns out my neighbor is switching to OEC fiber internet. To this day OEC hasn't been on site to run the line to his house.
It's supposed to be at least 18" deepYep, there's a locating wire on the gas line to my house. Its loose end is wrapped around the pipe that goes out of the meter to the house. It's a straight shot from the meter to the house, and, IIRC, they buried it pretty deep (it was run well after the house was built), but that'd be a pain and a half if it got cut by mistake.
It has been close to 30 years, but the trench looked a lot deeper than 18", more like 36" or maybe 48".It's supposed to be at least 18" deep
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