The cable company is going to drill underground to get to our house. Got an email saying “Your existing utilities have been marked! We’ll let you know within 24 hours when we will install the new cable.”
I’m pretty sure nobody was marking our utilities but my wife made me look. “Nope no marks.” Called the cable people. “Oh - they are marked digitally. Our crews are very professional, you have nothing to worry about.”
Anybody that does this type of work knows that the utility plans don’t show where the stuff actually was installed.
Yep.
Theory and practice....
“Field routing”.....
I was pulling sprinkler pipe in a friend’s yard with my small ford tractor. He had the cable, electrical, and water marked. I was 10’ from the tv cable when I dragged it up. I killed Oprah, The View, and everything else for three blocks of houses. Guess who wasn’t very popular until the cable guy showed to repair the break and admitted he marked it wrong. Those ladies were pissed off. Another reason I carry a gun. 🥴
“Oh - they are marked digitally”
That makes sense.
About 25 years ago, we needed to dig for something and one of the utility guys came out with divining rods - bent steel wires from those little marking flags and two short pieces of copper pipe - one in each hand. I thought he was joking. He wasn’t. He was certain of the underground utility location and marked with spray paint. I’m still not over it.
Just for my curiosity...why would you be installing cable when anything you might want to see can be DL from the internet for a fraction of the cost?