A few years when I was at the University I was told that if we hit anything within two feet either side of the marks we were responsible. Farther away it was the utilitys fault and responsibility. I remember one contractor dug up the bright orange paint we had marked with. Needless to say he paid us dearly to replace the conputer cable. Of course my guys didn't reliase any extra money, the contracotor was just out the money for time and material. Ron
----- Original Message ----- From: Lenny McHugh To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] need help with another water problem Dan, yes the service is there but I wonder how reliable. A few years ago a friend who owns a tool rental and fence business punched through a high pressure gas main. He started digging about 5 feet away from where they marked the gas main. This was a main that supplied gas to another community.They even had to shut down the highway. At least he was not responsible since it was marked where he could dig. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] need help with another water problem Kevin, In the states there is a system called one call. You call them whenever you are doing anything with digging. They will send out a crew to mark any buried lines or pipes around where you are planning to dig. You need to have your excavation area marked out before they show up. Technically, it is not required that you call one call when doing hand digging, but it is free and it can't hurt. I called them when I was planning on digging the footers for my deck. They didn't exactly do a great job of marking stuff, but there was nothing in my actual digging area for them to mark. You get a permit to dig for a certain period of time, but I didn't actually start digging for a long time after my permit was expired. Doubtful that anyone had snuck into my yard and buried any new pipes during that time though. Do a google search for "one call" excavation and the name of your state and you should get the number you need to call. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links __________ NOD32 3393 (20080827) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
