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On Jan 26, 11:17 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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...the underground wire tracer is the next best bet.
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Do you need a building permit to install underground sprinklers? If
so, I
wonder if the location of all items might be listed, particularly
since
there would be concern about installing near gas & water lines.
Nowhere I'm aware of, certainly. The depth of a lawn sprinkler system
barely scratches the ground, nothing close to the depth of any
utilites
so the interaction there is of minimal concern at most.
How deep are the pipes under the soil?
Which pipes? Lawn sprinkler systems (as opposed to golf courses, etc.,
that may be quite a bit deeper sometimes owing to the size and that
they tend to not count on draining them for cold weather, etc.) ime may
be as shallow as 4-6", most often 6-12" and rarely, if ever, deeper.
Often they're installed w/ a slitter rather than a trencher to minimize
damage to existing sod.

Utility water lines, otoh, are at least below frost line and any buried
electrical/telephone, etc., are also deeper.



Even though utility pipes are deeper, I asked the question because ****
IF **** a permit were required, the town might want to see a diagram of
all component locations, compared with utility pipes. The reason is
simple: To minimize the STOOPID FACTOR - an installer who doesn't bother
checking where utility lines are.

Very few bother with permits. Their main concern would be about anti
siphon valve location.

Utility with a few exceptions like cable TV are always relatively deep.
Cable TV might be just below the sod but no permit there anyway.


True, but here, the electric company has these "Call Before You Dig" logos
on our bills, on the sides of their trucks, etc. If you call, they'll stop
by for free and mark the paths of the lines. I called them when I dug a new
garden, because I go down 3 feet for new beds.

So...I'm just sayin'...not for nuthin... Never mind. :-)