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« Reply #20 on: June 08, 2012, 09:51:36 pm »
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Any business you can start that justifies using a metal detector is a write off.....Construction company, landscaping, surveyor, really anything construction related would justify owning a metal detector to search for underground cables and electric, especially if build decks or any new construction where you have to break ground for anything.

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Any business you can start that justifies using a metal detector is a write off.....Construction company, landscaping, surveyor, really anything construction related would justify owning a metal detector to search for underground cables and electric, especially if build decks or any new construction where you have to break ground for anything.

Underground cables and pipes require a special type of detector that injects signals into the item being searched. Because all states now require a utility cable or pipe to be buried to 6 feet minimum, only household pipes, which MUST be on the plans will be closer to the surface and their depth will depend on the frost level for the area.

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« Reply #22 on: June 09, 2012, 01:33:38 pm »
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Up here in Canada all electrical cables need to be 24" 2feet underground... most of the stuff that I am asked to find falls within the 2feet area.  Cables gas lines ect.  This is residential searches though.

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« Reply #23 on: June 09, 2012, 03:11:23 pm »
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Up here in Canada all electrical cables need to be 24" 2feet underground...

Those are building codes not municipal codes. Underground wiring, water and sewage from city or county are at 6 feet.

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« Reply #24 on: June 09, 2012, 03:41:08 pm »
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All that stuff here in NM is only 24 inches.  The county and City put there stuff that deep but on Personal properties it's only 24"

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« Reply #25 on: June 10, 2012, 05:32:56 am »
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All that stuff here in NM is only 24 inches.  The county and City put there stuff that deep but on Personal properties it's only 24"

Water, Power, Sewer, Cable TV!

Only for residential. Why does everything here have to become an argument? Read your own laws, mate. Residential is the key word here. Public municipalities are at 6 feet.

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« Reply #26 on: June 10, 2012, 11:06:33 am »
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Hello GD,

That all depends on the state your in & the municipality and county your in, as to the depth of utilities.

As you said in your own words, current laws state a 6' feet depth.
What about everything that was in before the enacted current 6' depth rule?
If its in already, its in & usually it won't be changed unless major construction, ie: Roadwork/Groundwork is going in near these utilities & then they might be re installed at the specified 6' depth if conditions permit, and sometimes they don't, as in the case of water tables and bedrock levels, and pitch and angle.

I agree that standard law may state 6' depth now, but its  not always the standard or applied in every geographic local or State.

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« Reply #27 on: June 10, 2012, 12:52:48 pm »
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Jim, you know how the streets seem to be always under repair? Well, most of that is complying with new laws and doing the lines over again. I did check on all the states that have their codes published on the web and found none that are less than 6 feet down. I only found this out recently when I was designing my fence and adding a shed in the back yard. Had to call 811 (Call Before You Dig) to get the specs on my street and they're the ones who told me all 50 states now require 6 foot on anything coming in from the street. If you have pipes in the yard at less, it has to be on your plans like power and water to my shed. Those are filed at the town hall for future owners of the property. The requirement here is 18 inches for electric and 24 for water and sewer. Water from the street is at 6 feet straight up to the meter. Electricity, phone and cable are all on a pole here in New England. Too much damage by frost if they bury those.

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« Reply #28 on: June 10, 2012, 08:13:36 pm »
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Yep GD,
I agree with those observations. One time we had a new water line break that teed off the main at the road, just across the sidewalk and into our ground by 10", and the town said it was our responsibility to fix it. Mid winter near 10 degrees and all they did was open the hole with 1 single scoop from the backhoe, we then dug down and the darn guys had the line too high which there was ice on the fitting that cracked, thus telling us it was actually above the Frost line and should have been below. Your right on with the rules, the deep south and southern west may not have the same depth rules naturally.

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