Yeah, joe shmoe the average homeowner is never going to hit a water main. Those are going to be over 6ft down so there’s basically no way you hit one with a shovel.
Comment on Call Before You Dig
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks agowww.callbeforeyoudig.org/washington/
At least in Washingon there are free services to locate pipes and lines for this exact purpose.
Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In Canada, click before you dig (same thing rebranded) they can only locate public utilities. So water, power, gas, maybe main data lines. But private lines aren’t, so if someone installed a shed and ran power, clock before you dig can’t find it.
Sometimes you need to pay a private locator, they will dig through permits and use tools to locate possible lines. But if a homeowner buried their own power or water lines…. Your SOL in all regards.