Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

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Mad Mike said:
I don’t think municipalities govern the part of the trench on your property. They can set standards on the municipal portion of a service line (like the boulevard, a road cut, or easement), otherwise I believe ESA governs.

I’ve only done this twice, once to my garage, but that was a 5’ trench becsuse of water. The other at a place in Schumacher ON last year. ESA passed a TEC cable at 24”.

The city made me change from aerial to underground for a 200a upgrade.
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Agreed. How a utility is treated is dictated by the owner of said utility.

Whether hydro, telecommunication, gas, or water...each utility has their own standards, rules, and requirements for installation.

Don't adhere to their requirements...oops...no utility for you.

I'm on the hunt for the conduit, rope (apparently some pulling rope - nothing else allowed), and a trencher / mini-ex for rent.

Good times indeed.

Had a chat with dad last night, and he also indicated that he's regretting not upgrading the cottage earlier. They see now how dated it is and how much it should have been updated.
 
We rented a walk behind ditch witch trencher from Home Depot to run a 200 ft trench the length of a gravel parking lot . It was required to be 36” deep with a Tek cable . The electrician doing the hookups on each end sent photos to the municipal inspector who signed off . We put cable in trench and once we got confirmation, filled it in leaving the ends out for the sparky to take care of .
It was a sixty yr old parking lot that was created with trucked in fill so some rocks were the size of a refrigerator and had to be detoured around , trench took six hrs . But it cost three hundred bucks . The rental walk behind is like a two ton chainsaw , you drop the arm and it digs . According to our electrician, they just chew through tree roots with no issue . They will also chew through water lines , gas lines and anything else they find so know where your going to.


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crankcall said:
We rented a walk behind ditch witch trencher from Home Depot to run a 200 ft trench the length of a gravel parking lot . It was required to be 36” deep with a Tek cable . The electrician doing the hookups on each end sent photos to the municipal inspector who signed off . We put cable in trench and once we got confirmation, filled it in leaving the ends out for the sparky to take care of .
It was a sixty yr old parking lot that was created with trucked in fill so some rocks were the size of a refrigerator and had to be detoured around , trench took six hrs . But it cost three hundred bucks . The rental walk behind is like a two ton chainsaw , you drop the arm and it digs . According to our electrician, they just chew through tree roots with no issue . They will also chew through water lines , gas lines and anything else they find so know where your going to.


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Wow nice! Thanks for the additional info!

Currently seeing rental prices in the $200-300/day range for micro/mini excavators with bucket.

The trencher is also an option just need to reach out to a few but the only ones I found had a 36" trencher.

Locates ordered this morning, but the next few weekends are a busy mess so I'm now on the lookout for the PVC pipes.
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