I've got a crew coming in the morning to start an addition onto our barn. There is a water line running out to the barn now which I capped below ground a few years ago when the hydrant began leaking. We don't need water there so it was cheaper/easier than buying a new hydrant and I can dig it up down the road if needed. They're be digging post holes first thing and I have the tools and materials needed to plug the line if they hit them. I'll be putting the backhoe on the tractor as well so if it happens it shouldn't slow things down too much.
I've been operating under the assumption that there is no way to locate the plastic lines underground but figured it was worth asking. We had (have) 3 hydrants in or near the barn but I'm hoping only one of them is in danger of being hit, that being the capped line. Other than standing by ready to get in there if it happens, anything else I could do aside from dousing rods?
I've been operating under the assumption that there is no way to locate the plastic lines underground but figured it was worth asking. We had (have) 3 hydrants in or near the barn but I'm hoping only one of them is in danger of being hit, that being the capped line. Other than standing by ready to get in there if it happens, anything else I could do aside from dousing rods?