The inexpensive extras that make a buried line findable and safe from the next shovel: warning tape, tracer wire and marker balls.
Plastic pipe and conduit cannot be found with a metal locator. Years later, nobody remembers where they run. The fix is inexpensive and easy while the trench is open: warning tape above the line and a copper tracer wire along it.
Warning tape is a brightly colored plastic ribbon laid above the pipe. A digger who hits it knows something is below and stops. Tracer wire is a coated copper wire taped along the pipe, with access points at the ends. A locator sends a signal into it and the line can be traced from above. Marker balls and route records add a further layer.
Color-coded by utility.
Lets locators find plastic pipe.
Wire ends at boxes or risers.
Where the line runs, on file.
Digging stops at the tape.
Easy to add with the trench open.
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Trench Volume and Spoil CalculatorEnter trench length, width and depth and see cubic yards of soil, truckloads and bedding stone to plan for.Try it 
Pipe Slope and Fall CalculatorEnter run length and slope and see the total fall and the invert elevation at the far end.Try it 
Underground Utility Cost EstimatorPick a project and a size and get a ballpark planning range.Try it Plastic pipe and non-metallic conduit usually do. Metal lines can be found without it.
Colors follow the utility color code, such as red for electric, yellow for gas and blue for water.
Not easily. It is best installed while the trench is open.
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