yoothgeye
I build stuff.
If you guessed 910, you're wrong... well, in my world.
I bought a building permit yesterday, $100, to build a small deck off the back of my house. My father-in-law has designed it and is giving us most, maybe all of the supplies and helping build it.
Today we got started, the inspector said he wanted to see that we had a block in the bottom of each post hole before, so the goal today was to set the posts (only 4 that needed inspecting) and get the framing done.
So I'm digging the 3rd hole and all of a sudden "PPPPPPPSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!" I hit a natural gas line with my post hole diggers.
I quickly filled it back with dirt and pretended like nothing happened... well, not really, I did fill it with dirt to help disperse the gas.
I didn't know who to call, so I called 911. The next thing you know, I have a fire truck, a ladder truck, the BIG rescue squad truck, the fire department suburban, volunteer fireman, a police car, blocked roads, and people coming out of their houses.
It was a little... embarrassing, but hey, what are you gonna do? The deed was done, I might get fined, but I just sat back and watched all that I had created and had a nice laugh. At least I didn't blow up. :lol:
The gas man came and did a temporary repair and will be back tomorrow to fix it for good since we're having a big storm come through right now and he didn't want to be working under my big oak trees.
So, what number comes before 911? 811... it's the number you call, you know "Call before you dig."
Oh yeah, the new ladder truck sat out blocking the road for over an hour, $560k, with a 98 foot ladder... the tallest building in town is only 5 stories high. :roll:
I bought a building permit yesterday, $100, to build a small deck off the back of my house. My father-in-law has designed it and is giving us most, maybe all of the supplies and helping build it.
Today we got started, the inspector said he wanted to see that we had a block in the bottom of each post hole before, so the goal today was to set the posts (only 4 that needed inspecting) and get the framing done.
So I'm digging the 3rd hole and all of a sudden "PPPPPPPSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!" I hit a natural gas line with my post hole diggers.
I quickly filled it back with dirt and pretended like nothing happened... well, not really, I did fill it with dirt to help disperse the gas.
I didn't know who to call, so I called 911. The next thing you know, I have a fire truck, a ladder truck, the BIG rescue squad truck, the fire department suburban, volunteer fireman, a police car, blocked roads, and people coming out of their houses.
It was a little... embarrassing, but hey, what are you gonna do? The deed was done, I might get fined, but I just sat back and watched all that I had created and had a nice laugh. At least I didn't blow up. :lol:
The gas man came and did a temporary repair and will be back tomorrow to fix it for good since we're having a big storm come through right now and he didn't want to be working under my big oak trees.
So, what number comes before 911? 811... it's the number you call, you know "Call before you dig."
Oh yeah, the new ladder truck sat out blocking the road for over an hour, $560k, with a 98 foot ladder... the tallest building in town is only 5 stories high. :roll:
