<div>Along those same lines, you could run a piece of metal down in the pipe and use a metal detector to find it. It will work if the pipe is not too deep.</div> <div> </div> <div>Bob R.</div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Ken Thompson <kthompson@stx.rr.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Local utility companies find underground pipes by using a tracer wire that <BR>would be installed along with the pipe, if it was privately installed they <BR>probably didn't use a tracer wire in the install.<BR><BR>If the pipe is PVC the best way would be to blow a wire through the pipe and <BR>charge it with a signal, that signal is tracable with the right equipment, <BR>such as the local utility uses.<BR><BR>I understand many have used the dowsing method, but it doesn't work for <BR>everyone.<BR><BR>Ken<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Ron Van Putte" <VANPUTTE@COX.NET><BR>To: "NSRCA
Mailing List" <NSRCA-DISCUSSION@LISTS.NSRCA.ORG><BR>Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:13 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help<BR><BR><BR>> The location is up in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in<BR>> southwest Georgia. The well services a group of about twenty cabins<BR>> and the pipes were installed in about 1977. We want to install a<BR>> cutoff valve in a 4" PVC pipe about 100 yards from the well, but want<BR>> to minimize the digging to find the pipe. I can't find any record of<BR>> how the pipes were installed; no layout plan. I think the pipes were<BR>> privately installed, so no local utilities were involved.<BR>><BR>> I don't mean to impose on the Discussion List to solve the problem,<BR>> but I thought someone might be able to save me some time and energy.<BR>><BR>> Ron Van Putte<BR>><BR>> On Apr 6, 2008, at 3:20 PM, rj520@aol.com wrote:<BR>><BR>>> Try your local utilities locate phone #.
They seem to be able to<BR>>> find just about anything.<BR>>><BR>>> Randy Johnston<BR>>><BR>><BR>><BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> From: "Ron Van Putte" <VANPUTTE@COX.NET><BR>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <NSRCA-DISCUSSION@LISTS.NSRCA.ORG><BR>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 3:04 PM<BR>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>> I am trying to trace the route of a 4" PVC water pipe about 100 yards<BR>>> from a well. The pipe is buried about 12" to 14" underground. I<BR>>> think it goes fairly straight. I don't want to dig down to find the<BR>>> pipe until I'm sure where it is, because the soil is VERY difficult<BR>>> to dig in, due to lots of gravel and clay. Although I'm sure there<BR>>> are instruments which will enable one to trace the route of the pipe,<BR>>> I don't have a clue who to ask. Any help available out there?<BR>>><BR>>>
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