Chuck wrote:
> But I assumed it would be at least 6" down
> and I only needed to cut down an inch or two. Nope. It
> quickly became clear that the cable had simply been laid on
> the ground and then covered with sod when the house was
> built. Scrunch!
Possible, but I actually suspect "float". Frost/freeze cycles,
combined with vibration (nearby road, lawnmowers, oversized
neighbors), will cause rocks and cables to rise up through the
soil. In some cases, up to six feet over just a handful of
years.
We have a situation near where I grew up where a gas pipeline
ran through very sandy soil and what was buried between four and
nine feet is now pretty much sticking up out of the ground.
AG
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