Locating underground gas pipe using ground penetrating radar

On the western side of Victoria, the gas company provides a free locating service.
They will come out and locate the gas mains in the street and also the gas service from the street to the gas meter within the property.

They won’t locate the gas from the meter to the house, which for the majority of properties is not an issue, as the meter is next to the house. However, on some properties, the meter is not next to the house. In these situations, we can help.

If the gas pipe from the meter to the house is copper or if it is plastic but has a copper trace wire buried alongside it, then we can simply hook the locator up to it and locate it.

If however the pipe is plastic and there is no trace wire then it is a lot harder to locate.

In this video, you will see we have been able to locate the pipe with the ground penetrating radar.
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Geelong Cable Locations are the experts to call when you need to know where underground cables and pipes are buried.

We service Geelong, Melbourne and Country Victoria.

We offer:
- Electromagnetic Field Locating (also known as digital locating, or just cable locating)
- Ground Penetrating Radar
- Non-Destructive Digging (also known as hydro excavation, or vacuum excavation, or even just known as NDD)
- Concrete scanning
- Acoustic locating (perfect for locating poly water pipes)
- Drafting
- GPS plotting
- Project management

We’ve been in business since 1998, making us one of the oldest and most experienced service locating companies in Victoria.

Our manager Ben Minutoli was the first in Victoria to obtain his Dial Before You Dig certification and, to date, we’re still the only company in Victoria to have multiple technicians within the company who are DBYD certified (if you don't know, that’s the highest level of certification for a locator in Australia).



If you have a question about either of those blog posts or, better still, if we can be of any assistance to you with any of your locating needs—or even if you’d just like to discuss a project you’re working on—then feel free to call us toll-free on 1800 449 543.
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