dooleysm
Platinum Member
I've read with great interest the pole barn threads on here. We started on ours 2 nights ago, staking it off and flagging each pole. I don't have easy access to a digital camera, so I don't have all the nice pictures like other guys. Plus my father in law is helping us after work and he tends to work fast, with no breaks for camera time.
Last night he brought out the bobcat with 12" auger attachment. We set out drilling our holes and on the fourth one we were reminded of where exactly we trenched in the water to the house. That was about an hour delay to fix that leak. On the last hole we found the phone line.
I take full responsibility for the water line. We all knew it was there and even talked about it when we were staking out the barn. Yes, we knew we were builing on top of it and if it ever sprung a leak we'd have to trench a new line in around the barn. Not a huge deal, as it should never leak.
The phone line is another story. I never called to have them mark it before we started because we just built last summer and I knew exactly where it was. WRONG. When I called to get service installed they told me they run the phone right next to the electrical. When they brought the service out they had the line laid out on the other side of the driveway from the electrical. The electric was very clearly marked. Several days later the line was buried and I assumed they knifed it in right where it laid or moved it over next to the electric. Instead they moved it about 30 feet on the other side of the electric and right through my pole barn. Now I have no idea where that phone line runs. I could fix it my self, but I'm certain I'll break it again when I put the driveway into the barn or when I dig my pond.
So, I'm about to get on the phone with the phone company and get this sorted out. I'm fully expecting my day to take a turn for the worse. Surely we can't have any worse problems building a simple pole barn, right /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Last night he brought out the bobcat with 12" auger attachment. We set out drilling our holes and on the fourth one we were reminded of where exactly we trenched in the water to the house. That was about an hour delay to fix that leak. On the last hole we found the phone line.
I take full responsibility for the water line. We all knew it was there and even talked about it when we were staking out the barn. Yes, we knew we were builing on top of it and if it ever sprung a leak we'd have to trench a new line in around the barn. Not a huge deal, as it should never leak.
The phone line is another story. I never called to have them mark it before we started because we just built last summer and I knew exactly where it was. WRONG. When I called to get service installed they told me they run the phone right next to the electrical. When they brought the service out they had the line laid out on the other side of the driveway from the electrical. The electric was very clearly marked. Several days later the line was buried and I assumed they knifed it in right where it laid or moved it over next to the electric. Instead they moved it about 30 feet on the other side of the electric and right through my pole barn. Now I have no idea where that phone line runs. I could fix it my self, but I'm certain I'll break it again when I put the driveway into the barn or when I dig my pond.
So, I'm about to get on the phone with the phone company and get this sorted out. I'm fully expecting my day to take a turn for the worse. Surely we can't have any worse problems building a simple pole barn, right /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif