# WTF?! around here, water lines are only required to be 18" deep. that's a HUGE hole for a stinkin water line! nm

Posted by Matt (93SE) on July 08, 2002 at 23:01:22:

In Reply to: so here's the saga posted by Alex on July 08, 2002 at 16:38:47:

: it all began last week. water leak in the front yard. turns out the water main broke for no apparent reason.

: so......being the DIY'ers july 5 we dug and dug and dug. 5 foot hole and we weren't even close to finding it. apparently most of the hill my house is on was built up at the time of construction. water company came and shut off the water earlier in the day. had them turn it on after we thought we were close. the 5 foot hole fills up with water. off goes the water

: july 6 we rent a ditch witch, its basically a big machine that digs a 3 foot hole in the ground, generally for laying piping. so after a few hours of working the machine my muddy front yard we finished the trench

: july 7 decided to dig the rest by hand. which went ok except for the fact that the ground was rock solid clay. water company comes and suggests a plumber...lol 1800 To Flush :) so over he comes, asseses the problem and says ok we'll do it. accept the hole along the whole line had to be another foot deeper.

: july 8 some sort of gas pipe locating service person comes and marks off the locations of all the underground lines. he stated clearly that the gas line went far to the right away from where we were digging. locating guy leaves. plumber and his 2 mexican workers come. after a good six hours of the plumbers mexicans digging the trench deeper, they can barely moved a few feet. so they go out and rented a mini back hoe. so that was working wonderfully. they made their way up the hill then, pisssssssssssssssssssssssssss. they hit the gas line. everyone out of the house. gas company fire, first aid and tons of cops showed up. gas company patched the line within minutes, quite amazing actually.

: here's the pictures if you want to see the damage. my front yard is ridiculous.....and i still don't have water!!!!

: link is coming, my server is down :(

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- gotta be like 3 feet. it get cold here in the winter nm Alex (90se5spd) 08:50:21 7/09/2002 (0)

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: : it all began last week. water leak in the front yard. turns out the water main broke for no apparent reason. : : so......being the DIY'ers july 5 we dug and dug and dug. 5 foot hole and we weren't even close to finding it. apparently most of the hill my house is on was built up at the time of construction. water company came and shut off the water earlier in the day. had them turn it on after we thought we were close. the 5 foot hole fills up with water. off goes the water : : july 6 we rent a ditch witch, its basically a big machine that digs a 3 foot hole in the ground, generally for laying piping. so after a few hours of working the machine my muddy front yard we finished the trench : : july 7 decided to dig the rest by hand. which went ok except for the fact that the ground was rock solid clay. water company comes and suggests a plumber...lol 1800 To Flush :) so over he comes, asseses the problem and says ok we'll do it. accept the hole along the whole line had to be another foot deeper. : : july 8 some sort of gas pipe locating service person comes and marks off the locations of all the underground lines. he stated clearly that the gas line went far to the right away from where we were digging. locating guy leaves. plumber and his 2 mexican workers come. after a good six hours of the plumbers mexicans digging the trench deeper, they can barely moved a few feet. so they go out and rented a mini back hoe. so that was working wonderfully. they made their way up the hill then, pisssssssssssssssssssssssssss. they hit the gas line. everyone out of the house. gas company fire, first aid and tons of cops showed up. gas company patched the line within minutes, quite amazing actually. : : here's the pictures if you want to see the damage. my front yard is ridiculous.....and i still don't have water!!!! : : link is coming, my server is down :(