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GAS LINE PROBLEM
GAS LINE PROBLEM
Snagged my gas line and it pulled apart under ground.
Can't find where it came apart under there.
Need suggestions on how to find where it was connected together?
Thanks
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GAS LINE PROBLEM
Guys thanks for the replies.
Problem Solved my next door neighbor who retired from the gas company after 35 years helped me find it.
BTW it was my gas line not the Gas Companies.
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GAS LINE PROBLEM
The gas line is definitely my line as it's on my side of the meter.
For over 40 years I have always done my own personal plumbing as well as the plumbing for my company Budget Homes Co. that I owned for over 30 years.
So I have had a little experience running gas and water lines.
As for my neighbor he worked for the local gas company for over 35 years as their pipe line welder and the last 10 years before he retired as their construction crew supervisor.
He was probably their most experienced employ when he retired.
I don't think I could have gone anymore professional than that!
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Your guys are a BLAST.
kthompson
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This could be taken 2 ways?
Which one did you have in mind?
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Did you tell how you found the spot and I missed it?
kthompson
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No I didn't but here is how I found it.
I tore out about a 6 foot section from where the line came up out of the ground.
I marked out a radius with aluminum paint of 6 feet from where the pipe came out of the ground.
I knew the line under ground had to be within that 6 foot circle else the section I tore out would never have ranched the part of the line sill under ground.
The only thing I didn't know was how deep!
Next I laid out the torn out line in the path I felt would most likely be the way that piece of line was installed originally.
At the end of the line I painted a 2' square with aluminum paint with the end of the line centered in the square.
This gave me what I figured was my best guess of what area of the 6 foot circle the buried line was in.
Now I was ready to Start Digging.
My neighbor watched the Back Hoe Bucket as I dug starting in the 2 foot square area I'd marked out with the paint.
We found the undamaged line on the third scoop with the BH.
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More fun water in gas line
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