SHOVEL BARRIER UNDERGROUND PIPE PROTECTION

Standard caution tape serves no purpose when typical underground gas lines are installed shallow enough to be struck by excavation on the first penetration of ground. Standard caution tape also commonly fails to notify the excavator because it is easily broken and easly missed because of its random placement in a trench. Shovel Barrier has the ability to bring excavation to a halt by having strategic placement and acting as an actual barrier over gas line. A woven geotextile with close to 4,000 lb. breaking strength, Shovel Barrier adds significant protection, warns, and can be used to locate any underground gas pipe it is over. Comes in lightweight 325 ft. rolls with the attached 14 AWG copper-clad steel tracer wire. 

Shovel Barrier provides the most complete form of protection for underground polyethylene line. It features three in one functionality; protection, warning, and traceability. The barrier's synthetic properties make for long lasting protection against excavation. Shovel Barrier adds the needed time for recognition of the gas line that is being hit before causing a leak.

The Need:

• Polyethylene line is easily damaged by excavation
• Well known industry fact - underground gas line repair is frequently needed and costly
• Gas line breaks require an emergency response
• Common reasons for gas line hits; planting shrubs or trees, building a deck, digging a patio, installing a fence