I figured just the opposite. If this guy installed a 250' water line 6' deep and power the same distance and 4' deep, then why is he here on DIY asking this question?

Guessing you haven't picked up a taping knife in a decade either.

…hence me being able to explain to them what’s required and what they will actually have to do for positive outcome to occur and how much money that will cost. No. I haven’t rented in about 30 years. I’m a hustler when it comes to making money and have always invested in a variety of things including properties

This shows you haven't been a renter in a while. At best they are going to grab a 4-8" metal drywall patch, a 4" plastic putty knife and a pint of Drydex. They are out for $25 at this point and still have to either match paint or if they are lucky there is paint in the rental. The paint will still flash. There is little to no chance they will be able to repair a spot bigger than 8" without it looking like crap.

What material did you use for the underground line? What state are you in? How deep did you bury?

Since the sub is /r/DIY - it's probably OP who did the installation.

Make sure its not shut off at the house. They could have done a pressure check and shut it off at the house.

I had a break in a pipe from my house to my barn too. I thought a lot about how to detect where the leak was. Then i had a contractor working in my basement, unrelated, and he detected a small pinhole leak in a water pipe in the basement. He called me and i told him where the water shutoff was and that i'd be home in an hour. Well he turned "off" the wrong valve and turned ON the water to the barn that had a leak. Needless to say, when i got home there was a huge puddle in front of the barn where the undetected leak revealed itself. I dug the 4' down to find a PVC 90 elbow had collapsed underground. I replaced with brass and all is good now.

How's your weather? Did the water line freeze?

5' is code in Northern MN, Ottawa is basically 6' but I agree. That is very deep, probably has more to do with savings on digging one deeper trench to install water + electrical than having to do with the frost line

It’s mostly wealthy asians and Indocanadians that run the market here. Very particular. Sometimes they’ll change the wall color as soon as your finished the whole job and ask you to re do the whole thing They always expect the world

Leak??

Let’s say your a tenant and your trying to repair a hole you’ve made. Let’s say it’s a party wall. So you need 5/8 drywall. That’s $50 a sheet here in van. Then you need a knife to cut it with. $16. Pan, 3 taping knives. $100.00. Tape $2.00. Bucket of mud $30.00. That’s around $200.00. Only to pump out a crappy job that the landlord is gonna take your whole damage deposit for. Rent here is minimum $1500 for a bachelor. A whole house in the burbs might be $3800 or more. $200 is a chunk when Your paying these rates here

Here in ohio when the housing market got wild we saw a lot of very poorly done quick buy and flips which looked awful, but still sold. One such house had globs of paint that they never bothered to sand down. It was a shit show. Some of the best finishers I've worked with come from doing houses, but also all the worst finishers I've worked with come from doing homes too haha.

Expensive DIY drywall mistakes? Lol

So I could let people have the benefit of my extensive experience and knowledge. I figured I might be able to help people avoid costly mistakes

Dig

Why do you subscribe to DIY?

Yeah. What kind of houses are people living in. Here in Vancouver that wouldn’t fly at all. Our housing market is probably the hottest in North America right now. Cheapest most rundown house in Vancouver proper is over 2 million. People are always looking to flip their house and make a quick 100k. Everything has to be spot on all the time. And the homeowners know this so workmanship has to be top notch

Yea, i tell people to brush down in diy work because it can be a pain to sand down a lap mark you coated over, and i expect lower quality work from diy home owners. Scraping down with a 6 definitely works okay for diy though.

See any puddles out of nowhere between the two?

If so start digging

I’m dealing with 150 million dollar developments. My portion might only be 400000 or less. Trust me it takes days of pouring over blueprints on the computer to calculate installable items or linear footage of something like parapets. Only to find out some other larger company is throwing in your items for cost so they go with them. It’s a real pain in the ass

I am asked to do a quote. If it’s accepted it’s accepted. Then 8 months Later I start t he job

I don’t understand the image thing your talking about

Lol. Sure.