Tag: cast iron pipe locating

Safety Sweep: How Crews Use Pipehorn to Find Unmarked Utilities Before Digging

Calling 811 and verifying locate marks is the first step before excavation. But experienced crews know that not every line is easy to locate. Sometimes there is damaged tracer wire. Sometimes there is an abandoned service no one knew was there. Sometimes marks are missing, or the route just does not make sense. That is […]

Difficult Utility Locates: Finding What Others Can’t

four common difficult utility locates including short services poor conductors broken tracer wire and corroded tracer tape

Difficult Utility Locates: Finding What Others Can’t Not every locate is straightforward. Sometimes the signal disappears halfway down the target.Sometimes the pipe won’t carry signal.Sometimes the tracer wire or tape you’re counting on is broken or corroded. These are the kinds of locates that stop other locating equipment. They’re also exactly situations where Pipehorn outperforms […]