Re: How deep are drops buried? in Comcast Cable TV http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20425064 en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:34:22 EDT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:34:22 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20449339 anon : Comcast had to run a new line into my house. That weekend I hit the line...with a lawn mower.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20449339 Wed, 07 May 2008 23:54:57 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20440998 Weasel :
You think that is bad, in my new construction home, the contractor, just pulled back the newly sodded lawn and placed the cable under it.
My sod hadn't been put down yet, so the cable was laid on the ground and the contractor kicked dirt over it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20440998 Tue, 06 May 2008 16:22:09 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20438345 Warzau :
said by Onazuka See Profile :

A couple of weekends ago I ran my Comcast cable through my basement wall so it would be buried all the way into my house. My hole in the basement wall was 16" below the surface, which was the same height that the phone line came in. However I was shocked that the Comcast cable was buried only about 2" below ground.
You think that is bad, in my new construction home, the contractor, just pulled back the newly sodded lawn and placed the cable under it. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20438345 Tue, 06 May 2008 05:07:18 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20429528 owlyn : The markering people often get my house wrong. The cable line was re-routed due to tree roots. The marking people follow the old line, because the power, phone, and old cable lines are next to each other (at different depths, of course). If I see them working, I show them where the correct cable line is, and then they find it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20429528 Sun, 04 May 2008 10:35:36 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20429477 rody_44 : yes you often light up other utilities. but a signal is signal and anything that lights it up you need to worry about.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20429477 Sun, 04 May 2008 10:20:28 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20429406 mhaider :
said by rody_44 See Profile :

yea, its NOT a metal detector. its a tool that puts a signal on the line and another tool that follows the signal. it can tell you exactly how deep and where it is. if you want you can rent the tool from your local tool rental store.
You're right, a signal is applied to the line with a transmitter and a receiving device follows the signal, but it's not always as easy as that. If there are a lot of underground facilities in the area the signal can and often times does jump over to something you're trying NOT to locate. Many times cable or tele are grounded to the electric and the signal will follow the path of least resistance. Locating is more of an art than a science, and don't ever believe the depth reading they may give, the best way to know the actual depth is to expose the line. When a line location is painted on the ground the line isn't neccesarily directly under that paint mark, in my state the rule is the underground line could be 18" either side of the paint mark, and sometimes it's outside of that area too. When an electic line that runs behind your house can carry thousands of volts, it's way to dangerous to rely the machines depth reading. I've gotten off topic here, but this is something the average home owner doesn't know about and it's important for safety sake. The only time you ever want to try and locate a line yourself is if it's a private line you've buried on your property, otherwise leave the locating of other facilities to the owner of that facility.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20429406 Sun, 04 May 2008 09:56:46 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20429365 Onazuka : A couple of weekends ago I ran my Comcast cable through my basement wall so it would be buried all the way into my house. My hole in the basement wall was 16" below the surface, which was the same height that the phone line came in. However I was shocked that the Comcast cable was buried only about 2" below ground.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20429365 Sun, 04 May 2008 09:40:36 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20429241 rody_44 : yea, its NOT a metal detector. its a tool that puts a signal on the line and another tool that follows the signal. it can tell you exactly how deep and where it is. if you want you can rent the tool from your local tool rental store.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20429241 Sun, 04 May 2008 08:33:49 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20427990 shamrock_94 : A Metal dectector, duh! :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20427990 Sat, 03 May 2008 21:40:11 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20425224 mhaider : I work for the utility company where I live, and for 18 years I worked as a "locator", the person that marks the gas, elec, and water lines when a locate request comes in. If you call the onecall center for your area they should contact all affected utility companies in your area, ie gas, elec, water, sewer, cable, and telco. As far as the depth of lines, it can vary due to many factors, but the only way to really know how deep your lines are is to call your onecall center to get your lines located, then dig a hole to expose them to see the actual depth. I wouldn't do this if I was just aerating my lawn, but for other projects it's a good idea. For example, I'm going to be planting trees in my yard, I staked out the locations as to where I'm going to plant them and called for locations, where I planned on putting one tree was right on top of the gas line, so now I have to adjust that trees location. One other thing, if you do expose a line to see how deep it is, be very careful not to nick the outer coating, in time the nick could allow moisture to get into the line and cause it to fail which would cause an outage for that particular service to your house. Even worse would be cutting an electric or gas line which could be potentially dangerous.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20425224 Sat, 03 May 2008 09:38:37 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20425143 Greg_Z : Yeah, a Metal Detector.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20425143 Sat, 03 May 2008 09:11:48 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20425064 shamrock_94 : Is there some tool used to detect the line? As a contractor buried it, not Comcast. Just to clarify this is the orange coax that run from the box in the yard to the house.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20425064 Sat, 03 May 2008 08:32:42 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20425059 owlyn : It varies by locality. Each municipality would have its own building code. I doubt aeration would cause a problem in any event.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20425059 Sat, 03 May 2008 08:30:42 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20424240 Greg_Z : About 2-4". In other words, Call Utility locate, or Comcast to figure out where the drop is. If you have other utilities buried, still call. Then take a drawing of your yard, and copy to that to keep a record on hand.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20424240 Fri, 02 May 2008 23:58:53 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421712 Warzau : Nope up here all in co-op come out to mark their lines. Water, phones, cable, telco, gas. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421712 Fri, 02 May 2008 14:38:04 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421709 Warzau : Well 811 and Julie are interchangeable, I call JULIE they told me either one would have been routed to them. So if OP has a similar JULIE in his area 811 would have routed his call to his local one.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421709 Fri, 02 May 2008 14:37:26 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421641 dishrich : I don't know about up in Chitown, but everyone down here calls JULIE, who will coordinate w/all utilites to mark ANY cable &/or phone facilites. (along with other underground services) ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421641 Fri, 02 May 2008 14:20:24 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421619 shamrock_94 : I doubt 811 would have helped. I thought that only public utilities were marked. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421619 Fri, 02 May 2008 14:14:47 EDT Re: How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421458 Warzau : IIRC 6 inches, but don't count on it. It will vary. If you had time you should have called 811.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421458 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:39:28 EDT How deep are drops buried? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20420807 shamrock_94 : I'm having my lawn aerated this weekend, and wondering will this be an issue. Anyone have an idea?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20420807 Fri, 02 May 2008 11:29:50 EDT