Natural gas main - how deep?
Imagine my surprise yesterday when I started removing a concrete path that runs across the front of our house, and I discovered a bright yellow plastic pipe running *right* underneath the path.
I can only assume this is the natural gas main, as it runs in a direct line between the gas meter and the street, and there is nothing else it could be.
So the question is, how deep should this pipe be?
When I say it was running underneath the path, I mean I lifted a section of path, and there it was. No digging required. The concrete must have been laid right on the pipe.
I now have a problem. I plan on replacing the concrete path with a crushed gravel path. Obviously this pipe is now in my way. Is it the supply companies responsibility to lay this in a sensible manner, or is it mine?
Sam