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How to properly enclose a cable line running through an open ditch?

Posted on 1/4/19 at 12:25 pm
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
51587 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 12:25 pm
I was digging out my ditches yesterday to improve drainage and while doing so I came across what I assume is my own cable line. It wasn’t inside a pvc pipe or anything but you can tell it was at one point. Someone else had clearly cut through it in the past and tried taping the end of the remaining pvc with duct tape but left the rest of the line exposed and buried. Kind of a shitty thing to do but nonetheless it’s a line that feeds my house and would like to protect it. Right now it’s just exposed in mid-air inside my ditch running from one side to the other side.

How can I cover it and still allow the water to drain around and under it?

To be clear: it’s still connected. It’s just the pvc it had been inside of prior to whoever cut through it in the past cuttingbthrough it and pathetically taping it with duct tape.
This post was edited on 1/4/19 at 12:27 pm
Posted by terd ferguson
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Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 1/4/19 at 12:26 pm to
Call the cable company and tell them to come fix their shite.
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
51587 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 12:27 pm to
Won’t I get fined if they find out? They will surely think it was me.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
68603 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 12:28 pm to
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Call the cable company and tell them to come fix their shite.

I'll bet $100 they'll send you a bill too
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 1/4/19 at 12:29 pm to
Did you call 811?



And they aren’t coming out for conduit.

What is it? Coax? Fiber?

This post was edited on 1/4/19 at 12:31 pm
Posted by puse01
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 1/4/19 at 12:29 pm to
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This post was edited on 11/16/21 at 11:26 am
Posted by UpToPar
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
23079 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 12:30 pm to
I would just put some of this around it and call it a day:
Posted by canyon
MM23
Member since Dec 2003
22391 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 12:30 pm to
Probably not but they may give you shite for not doing a One Call before digging .
Is it your ditch or parish?
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
24332 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 12:32 pm to
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Coaxial cable is directly buried without any type of conduit. Just cover it up with dirt.


This, but if your digging left the line hanging in midair you might want to splice in some additional length and then re-bury it.
Posted by madmaxvol
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Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 1/4/19 at 12:32 pm to
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Coaxial cable is directly buried without any type of conduit. Just cover it up with dirt.



This...if it really bothers you, you can put in split sleeve over it. But that is a waste of effort in my opinion.
Posted by terd ferguson
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Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 1/4/19 at 12:37 pm to
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Won’t I get fined if they find out? They will surely think it was me.


Most utilities own everything up to where they connect to your house. If it's in the ditch I'd tell them I was clearing out debris and found their wire hanging there.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53509 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 12:41 pm to
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Won’t I get fined if they find out? They will surely think it was me.


My cable in my front yard has been cut before. Cable company showed up next day, patched it and went about their day.
Posted by BHM
Member since Jun 2012
4108 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 1:04 pm to
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My cable in my front yard has been cut before. Cable company showed up next day, patched it and went about their day.



Yeah, they bury it about .000025" deep. Cut mine removing sod. They showed up the same day and fixed it.
Posted by gmac8604
Green Bay, WI
Member since Jun 2012
1475 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 2:08 pm to
Sounds like you need to dig a ditch inside the ditch.
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
33146 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 2:11 pm to
They don’t bury that very deep. Maybe an inch or two. The lawn guy hit one in my yard with a core aerator.
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