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today I prepare my irrigation and found pipe line was broken, I believe this is caused by the fiber optics installation which happened last year. There is no sign or contact info on the fiber optics box in my front yard.
Do you know which company that I can contact for repair reimbursement?
today I prepare my irrigation and found pipe line was broken, I believe this is caused by the fiber optics installation which happened last year. There is no sign or contact info on the fiber optics box in my front yard.
Do you know which company that I can contact for repair reimbursement?
I'm guessing the repair would cost you under 100 bucks, probably not even worth your time to prove and file a claim.
It's going to depend of it is google or att. The Google boxes typically say GFBR on them. Att should be marked somewhere also. The town may be able to help and they are tracking all this work.
I'm guessing the repair would cost you under 100 bucks, probably not even worth your time to prove and file a claim.
Still worthwhile to ask, in my opinion. If it gets to the point of them blowing the OP off, then yeah not worthwhile to pursue.
I worked for a service company and we did pay out when we damaged someone's property (as simple as replacing grass or a mailbox that was accidentally hit) in order to maintain a good reputation and provide good customer service.
today I prepare my irrigation and found pipe line was broken, I believe this is caused by the fiber optics installation which happened last year. There is no sign or contact info on the fiber optics box in my front yard.
Do you know which company that I can contact for repair reimbursement?
Are you sure that you had placed the irrigation on your property? Typically there is a 10 to 15 foot easement on the side of the road for utilities.
I was going to say the same thing as Supernc42. Many people end up installing their irrigation system on the right-of-way, which for those of us with roads owned by the NCDOT, is not actually our property. If anything damage happens to irrigation systems that are placed on the street right-of-way it's usually your responsibility as you decided to place the system on that area that had encumberances.
And Google at least was fixing stuff they broke anyway.
Right of way is an easement.
If it wasn't a charged line, they might not even be aware that they broke it. It's also going to be a tough claim to make when it's been so long since the damage occurred, so they may just deny the claim and you'll have to wade through bureaucracy to get any action.
The right of way is land that is part of the road and extends a certain distance from the centerline of the road. It is not owned by the homeowner. An easement is an agreement to allow someone else to have access to land that is owned by a homeowner. They are not the same thing.
In my yard the right of way stops about a foot inside the sidewalk, about 8 feet from the back of the curb. This is technically the municipality that owns this. They can do pretty much whatever they want here and if a utility has an agreement with them, they can to. The corner surveying marker for my lot sits at that spot.
Further, there is a 10 foot utility easement on my property that starts at the pin and goes onto my property. The city can't really do anything in that, but the utilities can, subject to their standard easement agreement.
Am I the only one who was thinking how lucky Flying Tiger is to have fiber already run to their house? They can dig up all my wife's plants (I don't have an irrigation system to offer for sacrifice) if it gets me Google Fiber.
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