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

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?

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phoenix_wells1mo 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.

sean_foster991mo 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.

rosel5028d 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?