Paint the ground, not the driveway.

[Trent3342]

No comment....

[Goldenboy]

I would be livid if I was the homeowner. I just had a concrete drive installed two years ago and it cost $4800.00. If somebody painted it like that I would want to kill them.

[big boots mcghee]

Did a newer tech do this locate? If so I'd blame his trainer for not teaching proper locating etiquette.

Was it a low profile type of ticket (landscaping, tv drop) or was there going to be some serious work done out front? The type of work being done does dictate the potential for us marking a job like this on occassion. However, if it was a low profile ticket and there was no work being done under the driveway then I'd be just as pissed as anyone else to see this.

[UULC]

I hope this was a nooby who painted this.

:scold:

:rules:

:mad:

:complain:

[gypsygirl]

Wow... a few dots at most across the driveway would have been sufficient... but maybe they are putting in a water main or something on that side of the road?? That would be about the only reason for putting that much paint across driveway (knowing they were tearing it out anyway)....

[sprayandpray]

Wow... a few dots at most across the driveway would have been sufficient... but maybe they are putting in a water main or something on that side of the road?? That would be about the only reason for putting that much paint across driveway (knowing they were tearing it out anyway)....

I agree on the dots, especially if pictures were taken

[yahoo]

trent 3342..........this is how we've always done it.........just joking.....Go LSU!!!!!!! this guy obvious did not come from my way?????? i see a beating coming his way....can we assume he does not own a concrete driveway....:blahblah::blahblah:

[TBONE]

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u290/kittiefan07/Driveway.jpg

How about this one...lol :escape:

[yahoo]

that is sorry:rules::rules::mad::complain:

[TBONE]

yep took him forever to scrub that one:hammer:

[underground quester]

yep took him forever to scrub that one:hammer:



TBONE

Did his paint gun stick on and he did not realize it or were there other factors involved here?

[UULC]

What was this person thinking?

:rules: :scold: :yikes:

[sprayandpray]

Why is it that nearly all oversprays like this are RED?

[big boots mcghee]

Why is it that nearly all oversprays like this are RED?

Because red means angry, and we want everyone to know how pissed off we are.:mad:

[locomike]

that is f-d up must have been a new locator that instructor said paint everything in site we need proof we were there!!!

[Dracula]

Why does the homeowner have a dryer in front of their house? Redneck country?...lol

[TBONE]

Why does the homeowner have a dryer in front of their house? Redneck country?...lol
LOL.... Sorry lazy US Marines house on base :scold:

[TBONE]

that is f-d up must have been a new locator that instructor said paint everything in site we need proof we were there!!! No he was walking back after packing up and the way he was holding his equiptment the wand started spraying and by the time he noticed it it was too late

[yahoo]

that makes me feel a lot better ..

[underground quester]

Here is a photo I took today. This was done a new locator to us but not new to the business. Thought they would have known better.

The customer just moved in to his new house and had his driveway poured a few weeks back. I imagine he is pretty happy!!:mad:

This is a "duplex type house so the driveway is quite wide. The paint covers about 2/3's of the width of one owners driveway.


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This is a classic example where maybe one or two small dots of paint would have sufficed.

[Goldenboy]

I guess I just don't understand what some people are thinking. Unless someone is boring under a driveway or replacing the driveway I won't put any paint on the driveway. And even if they are boring under a driveway I just put "dots" on the driveway.

I'm just wondering what some of these tickets were for. If they were landscaping or any other typical ticket why would you need any marks on the driveway.

[sprayandpray]

Again, what's with nearly all of the overspray being Red?

[underground quester]

I guess I just don't understand what some people are thinking. Unless someone is boring under a driveway or replacing the driveway I won't put any paint on the driveway. And even if they are boring under a driveway I just put "dots" on the driveway.

I'm just wondering what some of these tickets were for. If they were landscaping or any other typical ticket why would you need any marks on the driveway.


The city sidewalk is now 2 years old. The city does a final check with the original contractor and if they find any problems, the contractor must fix them and have the areas rechecked. Once everything is okay, the city gives them the F.A.C. (final acceptance certificate) and releases the contractor from the 2 year commitment.

The white marks on the CITY sidewalk belong to the contractor indicating where they must repair the walk. The power/phone marks belong to the locator.

Given this type of locate, typically, a few small dots might do to let the contractor know about the crossing, though in reality, the power cables are buried at 5 to 6 feet and the contractors are maybe going 12 to 18" down.

[Mr Blunderbuss]

One of my former team mates had gotten a locate ticket for a residence. On the ticket was a threat of a lawsuit from the homeowner if anyone painted his new asphalt driveway.

[LadyLeatherneck]

Ya'll are crazy. And spray what are you saying about Marines?

[sprayandpray]

Ya'll are crazy. And spray what are you saying about Marines?

Huh? Am I missing something? I don't remember making any comments about the Marines. :confused:

[LadyLeatherneck]

Oh, my bad! Sorry Spray - IT WAS TBONE!!!!!!!!!!

[sprayandpray]

[QUOTE=LocatingLarry;2938]Oh, my bad! Sorry Spray - IT WAS TBONE!!!!!!!!!![/QUOTE

Whew! I thought I had had a Senior Moment there:bonk:

[LadyLeatherneck]

Obviously spray I'm the one having a senior moment!!!!!! :cry:

Still looking good for a senior though don't ya think? :yahoo:

[sprayandpray]

Well, now that you mention it:good:, I was going to say something earlier but I didn't know how jealous your husband is. (And more importantly - how Big he is)

[LadyLeatherneck]

He's 6'2" and medium size with a great sense of humor (he'd have to have with me as a wife) and not jealous at all, no need to be, except when you are talking to me on the vine spray!:icon_redface:

[UULC]

This is a private road that was painted. This was a contract locating company
that marked this. The HOA wants the paint removed from the brick pavers.



:scold: :scold: :scold:

[big boots mcghee]

Gee, look at that, more red paint....

[wet_boots101]

Hey b.b.mcghee do you remember when one of the new guys in Mel's group marked the duct run under the sidewalk in front of the golf course in Bolingbrook where the mayor went every day? He marked it like, every other sidewalk square! I need to take a photo of that, the paint is still there 5 years later!

Yup, and it is definitely RED.

By the way, nobody's mentioned how to get it off... I have been told that oven cleaner will do the trick. Anyone else know any tricks?

[UULC]

Goof Off in the spray bottle. It works great. You will need a wire brush and water to go with it. Spray it on and let it sit then use the wire brush. scrub and then use water to rinse it off. Be sure to have plenty of water or the paint will resettle and stick where it stands.


GOOD SCRUBBING!!!!!

[LadyLeatherneck]

1. Help me out here please. What's the deal with paint? Must be some sort of inside joke. I'm at a loss. (But just in case, I use mostly orange, some red, some yellow).

2. UULC could you elaborate on the situation in which you used your removal technique? I personnally have never heard of "Goof Off" but sure seems like an interesting story.

[wet_boots101]

What's the deal with paint?

??? Oh I see, the word "red" didn't show up in your post.

Well, y'know, red is an angry color. Like in bullfights, the matador has a red cape to get the bull to charge at & all that. Remember Bugs Bunny? (That's where I learned it from anyway.)

BLUE = down, depressed
GREEN = horny~!
YELLOW = happy, cheerful

That's about all I can figure out. It has been a long time since 2nd grade!

[LadyLeatherneck]

Oh, I guess I did leave out "that word", oops! Sorry! I didn't know those colors meant that. Thanks for enlightening me. It's been a long time since I was in second grade too.

[UULC]

1. Help me out here please. What's the deal with paint? Must be some sort of inside joke. I'm at a loss. (But just in case, I use mostly orange, some red, some yellow).

2. UULC could you elaborate on the situation in which you used your removal technique? I personnally have never heard of "Goof Off" but sure seems like an interesting story.

Goof off is an all around paint and marker remover. You can buy it at Home Depot. It breaks up the paint pigmitation. A little scrubbing and some water will wash it away. I have had some boneheads, paint just about everything. On a few occasions I had to go out and remove the paint. You can find it in the paint remover, paint thinner section of your big box stores. I have even seen it at Wally World.

[Goldenboy]

I'm still waiting for the complaints to come in on this job. I didn't have much of a choice but to mark it. They are directional boring a new cable into the manhole. I tried to keep my marks as short and neat as I could. They will be core drilling the manhole.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/predrunner/cablevine/bricks.jpg

[UULC]

There looks like you could not have avoided marking up the bricks. The contractor will be cleaning the road for sure.


:rotflol: :good: :escape:

[scap]

that's in that subdivision off airline when you turnin next to the dealership. I want to say the sign says Briarwood, but I forget because I rarely go there.

had a 3 mile locate in the ass of the subdivision in there, on Quail something dr. was no big deal ,just a bunch of fiber going one way and a few cable crossings.

Glenfield is a street in the subd.

[scap]

I'm still waiting for the complaints to come in on this job. I didn't have much of a choice but to mark it. They are directional boring a new cable into the manhole. I tried to keep my marks as short and neat as I could. They will be core drilling the manhole.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/predrunner/cablevine/bricks.jpg

ouch. over quality mason work.

it happens...gotta do what you gotta do, at least it turns white after a few weeks....so basically you're just cleaning the road :) unless you used oil based :(

[wet_boots101]

I mentioned the sidewalk in front of the golf course here in my area being marked some years ago by a newbie in my supervisor's group? Well, out of curiosity I drove past it a few days ago and - still there! Check the pix!

[yahoo]

yikes that is a year old.....that is just scary...looks bad ...........looking at goldenboys picture though....i mean what else can be done we have to show where the cables are.......good job goldenboy

[gypsygirl]

Well at least it is all uniform & looks professional... :good:not much of a choice there Golden...

[ifinditunderground]

Ugly, low quality work.

[Goldenboy]

I mentioned the sidewalk in front of the golf course here in my area being marked some years ago by a newbie in my supervisor's group? Well, out of curiosity I drove past it a few days ago and - still there! Check the pix!

I paint plenty of sidewalks in my area. We don't have a choice when they run the utilities under the sidewalk and then call in tickets for adding more. It has to be marked, to me the main thing is keeping your marks as neat as possible when marking sidewalks.

[yahoo]

i use dots then label it using the nearest rd way.......such as att duct or att F/O never had complaints my way

[TBONE]

We was acually charged with a damage one time because we didint paint on the driveway we had a few dots on it and the service ran the entire length of the driveway but we were charged because we didnt stripe it and the contractor didnt see all the dots it was somewhere in our contract that we had to paint it on hard surfaces just as soft :rules:

[locomike]

No he was walking back after packing up and the way he was holding his equiptment the wand started spraying and by the time he noticed it it was too late

that makes sence i was about to say i thought we had the same instructor.

[underground quester]

is that just primary power or is it a power duct bank under the walk? Are you required by contract to mark the approximate width of the utility?
That is some kinda grafitti!!! :yikes:

[yahoo]

trent doesn't get on here that often....you may be waiting for a response for a while.....

[Trent3342]

is that just primary power or is it a power duct bank under the walk? Are you required by contract to mark the approximate width of the utility?
That is some kinda grafitti!!! :yikes:
3-phrase Primary....and the homeowner was Pissed!!! ( I would have been too). Luckily, I knew the general contractor building the house. I just made sure the homeowner only paid the cost on each soiled pallet and had one of my guys pressure wash the driveway for free.....that made him happy