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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on January 26, 2007, 2:26 pm
>>
>> > ...
>> >> > ...the underground wire tracer is the next best bet.
>> > ...
>> >> 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.
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