Question about fence posts... and national grid
Discussion
I was just about to order some fencing and decided I would try out my new fence post hole digger, an auger (big corkscrew) thingy which you turn by hand. As I have quite a few to do, I decided to time myself, and after about 10 minutes I was glad to be 18" down, with only 6" to go. 450mm out of 600mm if you're metric. As I started again, I heard a rushing sound... what??? Panic, realization, water??? Wait, no, what's that smell??? Gas! Excellent, just what I needed at 6.30pm on a Thursday evening.
So national grid are outside, waiting for the team to arrive to dig out the plastic pipe and repair it, probably at my expense. The air outside stinks, and I've had to apologize to my neighbours because they're going to be cold for a short while.
Apparently it happens all the time, and I didn't do anything stupid, although that's not what my wife thinks... doing WHAT? In the DARK? Are you mad? etc. There is no way to detect plastic gas pipes, according to the man from national grid (not British Gas anymore, in fact, don't even mention British Gas) until you make a hole in one. He's a nice bloke so we gave him a cup of tea while he waits for the men with shovels.
Anyway, my question is, does anyone want to buy a big corkscrew?
So national grid are outside, waiting for the team to arrive to dig out the plastic pipe and repair it, probably at my expense. The air outside stinks, and I've had to apologize to my neighbours because they're going to be cold for a short while.
Apparently it happens all the time, and I didn't do anything stupid, although that's not what my wife thinks... doing WHAT? In the DARK? Are you mad? etc. There is no way to detect plastic gas pipes, according to the man from national grid (not British Gas anymore, in fact, don't even mention British Gas) until you make a hole in one. He's a nice bloke so we gave him a cup of tea while he waits for the men with shovels.
Anyway, my question is, does anyone want to buy a big corkscrew?
yeah unfortunatly without the buried services for any given area, a lot of cables/pipelines are undetectable even With specific Cable Avoidence Tools such as RD4000 or the 9000000 that can pick up a gnats fart from 20 miles, it still wont help you with plastic pipes!
be thankful your were not using a petrol auger, and i see you have the morals to not just fill the hole in and be on your merry way which i know a fair few people have!!
be thankful your were not using a petrol auger, and i see you have the morals to not just fill the hole in and be on your merry way which i know a fair few people have!!
-Pete- said:
As I started again, I heard a rushing sound... what??? Panic, realization, water??? Wait, no, what's that smell??? Gas! Excellent, just what I needed at 6.30pm on a Thursday evening.
To misquote what Steve forgot to say about lemons, 'If you strike gas, sell gas' 
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