sarahwest•7mo ago

My close call with a buried cable got me spraying paint before I dig.

I used to skip marking utilities, but one scare fixed that. Do you have a routine for checking what's underground?

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the_derek7mo ago

Honestly used to wing it all the time, thought marking was for bigger jobs. Tbh hitting a sprinkler line with a shovel changed my whole view real fast. Now the first thing I do is call 811, no matter how small the hole seems. That free paint is way cheaper than fixing a gas line or dealing with no internet for a week.

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sarahm167mo ago

Remember when people would just plant trees without checking for pipes? My neighbor put a fence post right through his own cable line last year. How deep was that sprinkler line you hit?

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claire_butler17mo ago

What about when folks dig without checking and hit something bigger? My cousin once cracked a sewer line trying to plant a tree, and the cleanup was a nightmare.

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