I just recently bought some land with a home and want to drive some T-posts and bury some trees. My driveway is fairly long and the shutoff for the water is near the road. Because of this, I know roughly where the pipes start but I have no idea where they go after. I called the 811 number and had all of my utility companies mark out their lines. For cable and power this was simple as they are ran overhead. For water, they only marked up to the shutoff valve, which is like 5 feet from the road. As I mentioned, my driveway is fairly long and so they really only marked out probably 2% of the total water line.
I'm guessing this means that the rest of the line past the shutoff valve and going into my home is private pipe. What are my options for locating this? I've contacted a private company but these seem mostly for construction companies as they listed me a whopping $700 price. Is there any way I can do this myself, or should I just start driving T-posts and eat the cost if I break something? I'm assuming it just follows a straight line parallel to the driveway but once it gets close to the house there's a possibility they could have cut through the yard instead of following the driveway, and the yard is where I'd like to drive some T-posts.
I've attached a rough sketch. Hopefully someone with some knowledge on how water lines are usually ran could help me determine if it's likely that the water line is ran through the yard area or if it's more likely that it's ran parallel to the driveway all the way to the house.
I'm guessing this means that the rest of the line past the shutoff valve and going into my home is private pipe. What are my options for locating this? I've contacted a private company but these seem mostly for construction companies as they listed me a whopping $700 price. Is there any way I can do this myself, or should I just start driving T-posts and eat the cost if I break something? I'm assuming it just follows a straight line parallel to the driveway but once it gets close to the house there's a possibility they could have cut through the yard instead of following the driveway, and the yard is where I'd like to drive some T-posts.
I've attached a rough sketch. Hopefully someone with some knowledge on how water lines are usually ran could help me determine if it's likely that the water line is ran through the yard area or if it's more likely that it's ran parallel to the driveway all the way to the house.
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