Drilling For Gas

Last week Laclede Gas tapped into the main gas line in that runs under the street and put in the lateral gas line to the house.  They used a machine that drills a pipe under the ground, horizontally from the house to the main rather than having to dig it with a backhoe or shovel.  I was there for only a short time, but one of the men from the gas company told me that when the pipe would break through into the hole where the main line was that they would be within five inches of either side of the tap.

Main Gas Line Under the Street With Tap Installed

Drilling the Lateral Line

Gas Line At  The House Ready For the Meter