Bury My Lines

By: Mr. Wilson on May 28, 2008
I had no idea that LES will bury your power lines for free. The only thing you have to pay for is for an electrician to come out and change the meter entrance to your home. That is awesome. I hate the way the power line (and cable line) awkwardly cross my yard and attach to my house. I have talked about having those lines buried since we first moved in, but I held off because I assumed the cost/benefit ratio would be unfavorable. Do any of you know how "destructive" the burying process is to the ground? Unless I get to tell them what path to follow, the wires would go straight through my garden. Assuming they prefer the straight-as-an-arrow path from the main line to the house, I'll probably have to wait until after my garden is finished producing for the year.

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Al
May 28, 2008 at 2:17PM

I had mine buried last summer.  It was quite destructive on the yard.  And they half-ass backfill it.  But it was worth it.  With some sweat, seeds, and water, you can’t tell the trench was ever there now.

Diane Kaye
May 28, 2008 at 6:12PM

I had mine buried after the 1997 storm. It was wonderful!

I didn’t even hire an electrician, but did the work myself as the homeowner, with my ex (an electrician) telling me what to do. Then I had it inspected and passed with flying colors. It wasn’t difficult at all, and I had never done electrical work before.

They dug a narrow trench, which had to go through my backyard, angle around some stuff in its path, go around my line of grapes, and backtrack to the pole, but it wasn’t bad at all. They were very cooperative in letting my provide input on the trench path, and I have no complaints.

Of course, that was all 10 years ago…

Regardless of any temporary trench mess, it’d be worth it!

Fletch
May 28, 2008 at 8:59PM

Will Time Warner bury theirs at the same time? Do they offer that - is it free?

Or, are they too busy not adding any new HD content and not fixing their software to help you?

Rip
May 29, 2008 at 4:16AM

LES will bury the Time Warner and Windstream lines at the same time. But you have to make arangements to have TWC and Windstream hook them up. Its worth the time money and effort to have this done.

Fletch
May 29, 2008 at 4:45AM

If mine weren’t already buried, I’d do it in a minute…

It’s odd living in a newer neighborhood, because you take that for granted. When we had that huge snowstorm in October of 97 (or whatever year it was), I would have had no idea if I hadn’t had KFOR on on the radio that there was anything amiss. People were without power for days, some neighborhoods looked like a war zone. I was slightly put out because my cable was out for a couple days. The reason? A generator they were using had run out of gas. The filled it, cable on, no disruption of my life. Had I only looked out the window, it would have just looked like a deep snow. No idea what was happening elsewhere in the city.

I’ve sinced moved (to an even newer neighborhood), and I just drove thru that neighborhood, and the trees seem huge. One or two came down in the Sunday night storm. 10 years ago, that wouldn’t have really been noticeable.

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