How far down in the ground is underground electrical wiring ran?
I live in a subdivsion that has underground electrial wiring. I need to put in a drainage line and dont want to hit my electricial.
6 Responses to “How far down in the ground is underground electrical wiring ran?”
William T Said:
Your best bet is to call the electric company to have the lines located. They will generally do this for free. They will mark where the lines are, so you can be careful digging in the area of them.
Kayla C Said:
yeah like william t said but for me i don’t know
alphadog Said:
get the 800 # off of the stickers on underground equipment. if you look you should see them all over. in Ohio its called call before you dig. or look it up in the phone book. its usually free.
they will come out and spray paint line where all underground utilities are located. power,phone,water,sewer,etc. in Ohio its the law you must call. legally cover your a$$ and find the # and call
Irv S Said:
Locate both Gas and Electric lines before you dig.
The utilities will mark them for you on request.
Adam D Said:
call 811 (its a universal number to have underground utilities located) two business days before you start your project . electric services are usually 30-36 inches deep
uncledjm14 Said:
How far down? Twice as far as halfway down……Your local utility company will gladly mark the line and tell you exactly how far down it is, free of charge. They provide this service to prevent the kind of trouble you’re worried about.
We live on a side street hill with many houses. My neighbors drains downspout which travels underground is old and crumbling. It seems to go under our retaining wall between houses.
It is causing water problems in our yard now that the underground drainage pipe has broken up and collapsed underneath. Should he fix the problem
We are in the process of building a garden at work. We have lots of cobalt glass bottles, non recyclable here, and would like to put them to good use. Can I break them and use them as drainage with rocks without any side negative affects?
everyone seems to be missing the point. i dont care
The property already has an underground drainage system which has two catch basins in the yard, and they work fine.
There is another area I discovered that gets very wet and water stays around there a long time because of the clay soil. So I want to add another french drain there, but would like to
I need to divert gutter downspout water to various discharge points on my property. I want to bury the pipe, but will have outlets into emitters, a rock basin, and so on.
A few weeks ago I bought a bunch of 3″ solid HDPE pipe for underground drainage. But I’m wondering if I should return it
They cut through an existing underground drainage pipe (admitted it at the time), and when that turned out to be a problem, they got mad at me for suggesting they should correct it for no additional charge. Was I out of line for thinking they should fix what they broke?! We’re going to arbitration now
Your best bet is to call the electric company to have the lines located. They will generally do this for free. They will mark where the lines are, so you can be careful digging in the area of them.
yeah like william t said but for me i don’t know
get the 800 # off of the stickers on underground equipment. if you look you should see them all over. in Ohio its called call before you dig. or look it up in the phone book. its usually free.
they will come out and spray paint line where all underground utilities are located. power,phone,water,sewer,etc. in Ohio its the law you must call. legally cover your a$$ and find the # and call
Locate both Gas and Electric lines before you dig.
The utilities will mark them for you on request.
call 811 (its a universal number to have underground utilities located) two business days before you start your project . electric services are usually 30-36 inches deep
How far down? Twice as far as halfway down……Your local utility company will gladly mark the line and tell you exactly how far down it is, free of charge. They provide this service to prevent the kind of trouble you’re worried about.