Private Utility Locating in Colorado Springs & the Front Range
811 stops at the meter. We sweep for the private lines past it - power, gas, water, irrigation, and sewer laterals on request (priced separately) - and mark what we find before the trencher or excavator goes in. Colorado Springs, Monument, Palmer Lake, Castle Rock, Larkspur, Franktown, Sedalia, Elbert, Falcon, Peyton and the Denver metro.
Benefits
Why Choose Our Utility Locating Service
What 811 doesn't mark
811 marks the utility companies' lines up to your meter, free of charge. Past the meter is private: the power to the shop, the gas to the fire pit, the irrigation, the sewer lateral, the line to the well. That is what we look for and mark (a sewer trace is priced separately).
Electromagnetic locating and radar, marked in APWA color
We trace with an electromagnetic locator, direct-connected to the line where we can, and sweep with ground-penetrating radar for lines that carry no signal where the job calls for it. Marks go down in the APWA color code at the line's approximate horizontal position on the surface.
What we can miss, and what happens then
We work to find it all before you dig, but plastic pipe with no tracer wire, old clay or concrete sewer, and abandoned lines may not show, and no locate can promise every line. Whatever we could not find or confirm is noted with the marks. Expose marked lines by hand before a machine crosses them. If you hit a line, stop work; if it is gas, leave the area and call 911 and the gas company. If digging turns up a line we did not mark, call us: we come back on our next route day in your area to trace and mark it, as your quote or booking sets out.
Flat rate for the visit, price in a minute
Residential locates are one flat rate for the visit: it covers the trip within 30 driving miles of Monument, with no per-line charge. Farther out adds a travel charge, and Price in a minute shows your total. Within 60 driving miles, a home on our route day in your area pays the in-area price; your own date adds the travel charge. Sewer and septic tracing is a separate charge. Visits book 2+ business days out, grouped by area. Need it today? A same-day visit adds a small charge when we can fit one in. Small commercial sites have their own flat package; larger sites and investigations are booked by the half-day or full day, with every tool we carry on site. See your price in a minute online, or send the address and what you are digging and we send a firm number.
Digging this week? Call 811 first, then send us the address.
Homeowners: see your price and book in a minute. Contractors and commercial sites: send the request form or call or text (719) 800-4937 for a firm quote.
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions about Private Utility Locating
I already called 811. Why do I need a private locate?
Still call 811; it is free and it is the law. But 811 only marks the utility companies' lines, and those stop at your meter or the end of the utility's own line. The gas line to the shop, the power to the garage, the irrigation, the sewer lateral and the line to the well are yours. 811 will not mark them, and those are what a trencher hits. A private locate covers that side.
Which lines can you find, and which might you miss?
Anything that carries a signal: metal pipe, power and communication cable, tracer wire on plastic pipe, and steel or ductile water and gas lines. Ground-penetrating radar picks up much of what does not. What can hide: plastic pipe with no tracer wire, old clay or concrete sewer, and abandoned lines, especially in wet clay. Whatever we could not find or confirm goes in writing with the marks. Electrical line locating is our most common request: power to a shed, shop, well, gate or landscape lighting, and the feed to a detached garage. Metal conduit and direct-burial cable both carry a signal and trace well.
Do you do residential and commercial work?
Both. Homeowners, landscapers, fence and irrigation crews, electricians and plumbers get a flat-rate visit. Sign companies and other small commercial sites get a flat site package. Engineering firms, property managers, school districts and telecom contractors book by the half-day or day, with a written record, GPS positions or a markout summary when the project needs one. If you have recurring locates, ask about batching them on one route day.
How do I book, and how fast can you come?
Most homeowners can see the price online in about a minute (the Price in a minute button under the page heading) and book from there. Visits book 2+ business days out. Need it today? A same-day visit adds a small charge when we can fit one in. Commercial and quoted work: send the request form or call or text (719) 800-4937 and you get a firm quote.
Contact Us
Request a Quote
Send the address, what the work is and when, and you get a firm written quote within 1 business day (Monday to Friday). Rather talk? Call or text (719) 800-4937; our assistant answers right away, and Reggie follows up.