FAQ12

Q. We don’t have locates, but we have been quite successful in the past using witching rods; If we “witch it”, will you drill?

A. Almost everyone has an opinion when it comes to witching, but until it becomes an acceptable practice to the scientific/geophysics community and becomes an industry standard procedure for utility locating, we will not be drilling based on the results of your witching clearance. We are glad though, that you have been successful (lucky?) in the past, as we hate it when we lose clients to electrocutions and explosions.

Utility Locate FAQs

1. No drilling was undertaken – Will we be invoiced anyway?
2. Will you drill if locates are beyond 30 days old, even if nothing has changed?
3. Do we need Ontario One Call for drilling inside?
4. Can we just get a private locator instead of One Call?
5. Do we need locates to decommission existing wells?
6. What if most locates are done?
7. What if the locator is coming later?
8. What if other drillers will do it without complete locates?
9. No locates, but the site owner knows where everything is
10. What if we take responsibility for you hitting a line?
11. We have as built drawings instead of locates
12. We have witched it Is that okay?
13. Do we need to contact hydro too?
14. The building is abandoned; do we need locates?
15. We are drilling at the base of an excavation
16. There is more than one municipal address
17. We are drilling on private property only; do we still need to get all the locates?