Gas Line Under Concrete Patio
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Gas line under concrete patio. If you re pouring footings or digging holes for posts design your patio or deck around the location of the lines. I m wanting to put a driveway in for a car can i concrete over the buried gas and water for that matter. Hi the gas main from the street runs under the garden to the house. Call before you dig.
First if the gas line is old request the gas company come out and test the line for leakege. The gas line was just replaced in my back yard this past summer and i would like to put a 10x10 concrete slab in my backyard for a patio set any info would help. Other times it was a nightmare. This is a step by step tutorial on how a stepped drill b.
I can t think of the number of times i had to extend a drain pipe cable irrigation line gas line etc. If you re building a simple shallow paver patio with the right precautions you should be able to build it on top of existing lines. My gas line runs from my meter in the alley under my back yard to my house. Under a driveway sidewalk or retaining wall without disturbing the finished surface material.
If code allowed a gas line under a slab or if someone just innocently poured concrete over a line to make a patio drive way or sidewalk. This byot diy project details how to get a sprinkler pipe under an existing concrete slab side walk.