Just lost a full day's pay on a vinyl fence job because I didn't check for a gas line first.

Alex King · 2026-03-28T22:35:04.210759+00:00

The city marked out the water and electric, but not the gas. Hit it with the auger about two feet down. The gas company's fine was $500, plus the time to fix it. Anyone have a good checklist they use before they start digging?

phoenix_wells5mo ago

Ugh, that's the worst. I read a whole article about how utility marks miss stuff ALL the time, you really gotta call them all yourself. Sounds like @sean_foster99's cousin learned the hard way too.

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sean_foster995mo ago

Man, that's brutal. My cousin did something similar but with a fiber optic line for the whole neighborhood. They were putting in a new mailbox post and sliced right through it. Internet was out for like six hours. He said the sound was this weird crunchy pop. The phone company was NOT happy.

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rosel505mo ago

Yeah, I heard the gas company marks are the ones that get missed the most. They use a different color flag than the others, right?

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