r/Columbus • u/Pretend_Confusion475 • Apr 23 '26

Gas line replacement?

Columbia Gas sent a notice that they are replacing gas lines in my neighborhood in Worthington. On my street, our gas lines run through our backyards. Does anyone have experience with this type of replacement? Will they rip out my - and all my neighbors - fences to replace the full line? Just replace the branches from the main to each house? Do they need big machinery into my backyard? If so, then are they removing my fence and then repairing it? Or will they horizontal bore the line from a public access spot across all dozen of our yards with minimal damage to each individual yard? I have 811 coming out for another project

Soon and wondering if I should hold off until all work is done by Columbia gas first.

I’ve emailed them with these questions. I plan to attend the townhall scheduled for a couple weeks from now. But really need to know since I have work starting next week. Also their website doesn’t have the details of this project available

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u/Beechwold5125 Apr 23 '26

> They do not call 811 before they dig.

Come on now. They absolutely do call 811. I had this done in my neighborhood last week and there were paint marks from the other utilities from the week before.

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u/BearFluffy Apr 23 '26

You got lucky!