Question 1

Running a water line to a barn on a Sussex property, where to start?

Accepted Answer

Running a Water Line to a Barn in Sussex

Start with locates and permits before anything else, because the order matters as much as the dig itself. Several steps have to happen in the right sequence.

Locates first. Info-Excavation, reached through Click Before You Dig, needs three working days' notice before digging starts; the locate is valid until the end date written on your request. NB Power runs its own separate underground locate service and asks for at least five business days' notice;

Question 2

Trench for a new sewer connection keeps caving in Fredericton, why?

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Why a Sewer Trench Keeps Caving In

A trench that collapses repeatedly is a serious safety situation. Everyone should stay out of it and back from the edges until the cause is identified and the walls are properly stabilised. That is not a judgment call: WorkSafeNB's General Regulation 91-191 requires that any trench 1.2 m (about 4 ft) or deeper that workers need to enter must be shored, sloped or benched, or cut in solid rock, and any shoring must be certified as adequate by an engineer. Ask t

Question 3

Replacing a water line under a paved driveway in Riverview?

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Replacing a water line under a paved driveway in Riverview means cutting through asphalt, trenching to the pipe, and then backfilling and repaving. Machine time is the best-published figure for this kind of work: a mini excavator with operator runs $65 to $150 per hour and a standard excavator with operator runs $150 to $250 per hour, based on published price guides read in September 2026. Few New Brunswick prices for trenching per foot are published, so the quote you receive will be built from

Question 4

Replacing an old water service to the street in Saint John, what permit?

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Replacing a Water Service Line in Saint John

For a water service renewal in Saint John, the City requires a Water and Sewerage Permit Package for all new, renewal or repair water, sanitary or storm sewer installations. That permit package is your starting point before any trench is opened. A Street Excavation permit is also listed among the City's street and sidewalk permits, so ask the City of Saint John's permitting office which of the two your job needs.

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Water & Sewer Trenching

Running a water line to a barn on a Sussex property, where to start?

Trench for a new sewer connection keeps caving in Fredericton, why?

Replacing a water line under a paved driveway in Riverview?

Replacing an old water service to the street in Saint John, what permit?