Does anyone have a disclaimer that customers have to sign before you will dig on their property. I'm looking to start requiring a signature that relieves me from the responsibility to repair underground waterlines, cables, drainage, etc.
I understand this does not apply to utilities. I always call miss utilities for those to be marked.
I also use my own locator to locate items such as metal pipes, propane lines, or wires.
I have just found that once you dig in someones yard you will always be responsible for everything that goes wrong for years to come.
One instance I hit a dog fence wire. I think I have been called out 3 times to fix it and only one of the times was it because of the trench I dug. I still billed them for the other two problems that I found but it seems that they still think its your fault.
Another time I hit a PVC water line that went into the woods to a spicket. The homeowner said after I hit it "O yeah I forgot that was their" But he still expected me to go find stuff to splice it. A week later he calls and says the ground is wet. I dig it up and tighten the clamps and its sealed. A year and three months go by and I get a call from him asking me to come out again because it must be dripping again. Wanting me to dig it back up. My thought on this was that its not really my problem.
How am I suppose to step on someones property and know the history of any underground installs. I also can not locate PVC water lines.
I would just like to have a paper for them to sign. If I hit a water line going to their shed its on them to fix. I just finish my work and move on. Or if its an electrical wire they can pay me extra to fix that. Underground uf splices get expensive when you have to use two just because of the damage a trencher does to the wire. It also is a lot of time loss.
I understand this does not apply to utilities. I always call miss utilities for those to be marked.
I also use my own locator to locate items such as metal pipes, propane lines, or wires.
I have just found that once you dig in someones yard you will always be responsible for everything that goes wrong for years to come.
One instance I hit a dog fence wire. I think I have been called out 3 times to fix it and only one of the times was it because of the trench I dug. I still billed them for the other two problems that I found but it seems that they still think its your fault.
Another time I hit a PVC water line that went into the woods to a spicket. The homeowner said after I hit it "O yeah I forgot that was their" But he still expected me to go find stuff to splice it. A week later he calls and says the ground is wet. I dig it up and tighten the clamps and its sealed. A year and three months go by and I get a call from him asking me to come out again because it must be dripping again. Wanting me to dig it back up. My thought on this was that its not really my problem.
How am I suppose to step on someones property and know the history of any underground installs. I also can not locate PVC water lines.
I would just like to have a paper for them to sign. If I hit a water line going to their shed its on them to fix. I just finish my work and move on. Or if its an electrical wire they can pay me extra to fix that. Underground uf splices get expensive when you have to use two just because of the damage a trencher does to the wire. It also is a lot of time loss.