wroughtn_harv
Super Member
I live in a subdivision surrounded by country. The goats and chickens are less than a half mile away at the shop. But the area is growing, I mean growing.
We got a new neighbor this week. The old neighbor was a neat guy who did great bodywork. We did some trading and got along just fine.
The new neighbor is a young couple, thirtyish and he appears to know it all.
The place is about six or seven years old. It's never had a complete fence around the back yard. So he decides to put one in, nothing to it.
First thing, no permit from the city. That's just a little thing unless you don't do it. Then it's a big thing.
Second thing, he cuts the cable tv. Of course he didn't get any locates. He's actually lucky. There's telephone, electric, and gas right there too.
I stopped and talked to him today to find out how hard the cable company was talking about hitting him. He let me know he wasn't worried because their cable was on the property line and it was their fault.
I told him to order the cable and not to even consider DISH or Direct tv. He is looking at my best guess a seven to eight thousand dollar hickey. Maybe if he kisses their butts and orders the maximum system and signs a long term contract they might play nice.
If you're going to dig a hole deeper than six inches call the locating company and have them alert the utilities. Times are hard for the utilities right now. They're looking for saving every penny in expense and grabbing every opportunity for revenue.
My new neighbor just caused them considerable expense and that doesn't include replacing the damaged cable, that's just for the tempory service patch. They now have the opportunity to have him pay for not only fixing it but they get a handling fee for their trouble.
I'd estimate three hundred and fifty feet hand digging to replace the cable at ten dollars or so a foot. Power equipment is out because of the telephone, power, and gas. Two twenty four foot bores and fifteen dollars a foot for the driveways. Then there's the cost of the cable and the labor to install it. Let's not forget the grass has to be replaced and the city will want to charge for a permit because it is on city property and there will be a city inspection.
Call your utility locator service before you dig. The property line is only about where you can put the fence. The easement for utilities is about where you put the posts.
If you call for a locate and you hit it they might not get ugly, stuff happens. If you don't call and you hit something you've shown the ultimate disrespect for them and their property. There's a difference between stuff and stupid rude. They know it.
A sprinkler contractor the other day cut four buried drops to a temporary trailer. SBC billed him two thousand dollars for the repair. Two thousand dollars!!!!!!
Call before you dig.
We got a new neighbor this week. The old neighbor was a neat guy who did great bodywork. We did some trading and got along just fine.
The new neighbor is a young couple, thirtyish and he appears to know it all.
The place is about six or seven years old. It's never had a complete fence around the back yard. So he decides to put one in, nothing to it.
First thing, no permit from the city. That's just a little thing unless you don't do it. Then it's a big thing.
Second thing, he cuts the cable tv. Of course he didn't get any locates. He's actually lucky. There's telephone, electric, and gas right there too.
I stopped and talked to him today to find out how hard the cable company was talking about hitting him. He let me know he wasn't worried because their cable was on the property line and it was their fault.
I told him to order the cable and not to even consider DISH or Direct tv. He is looking at my best guess a seven to eight thousand dollar hickey. Maybe if he kisses their butts and orders the maximum system and signs a long term contract they might play nice.
If you're going to dig a hole deeper than six inches call the locating company and have them alert the utilities. Times are hard for the utilities right now. They're looking for saving every penny in expense and grabbing every opportunity for revenue.
My new neighbor just caused them considerable expense and that doesn't include replacing the damaged cable, that's just for the tempory service patch. They now have the opportunity to have him pay for not only fixing it but they get a handling fee for their trouble.
I'd estimate three hundred and fifty feet hand digging to replace the cable at ten dollars or so a foot. Power equipment is out because of the telephone, power, and gas. Two twenty four foot bores and fifteen dollars a foot for the driveways. Then there's the cost of the cable and the labor to install it. Let's not forget the grass has to be replaced and the city will want to charge for a permit because it is on city property and there will be a city inspection.
Call your utility locator service before you dig. The property line is only about where you can put the fence. The easement for utilities is about where you put the posts.
If you call for a locate and you hit it they might not get ugly, stuff happens. If you don't call and you hit something you've shown the ultimate disrespect for them and their property. There's a difference between stuff and stupid rude. They know it.
A sprinkler contractor the other day cut four buried drops to a temporary trailer. SBC billed him two thousand dollars for the repair. Two thousand dollars!!!!!!
Call before you dig.