200A Residential Underground Service — Pedestal to Panel

A new-build residence needed 200A service brought in from a pedestal in the yard — underground, code-compliant, and on the schedule the GC was already moving on. Underground feeder runs are unforgiving work: get the depth wrong, skip the warning tape, sloppy backfill, and you've created a problem someone will dig into a year later. Get them right, and they're invisible for the life of the house.

Coordinated with the GC on trench route and timing. Excavated to 36" minimum to top of pipe — the industry standard for residential underground feeders. Pulled conduit and feeder cable from the pedestal connection to the house disconnect. Half-ditch backfilled. Laid red electrical-caution tape across the length so anyone digging in this yard for the next twenty years knows exactly what's underneath. Finished the rest of the backfill with proper compaction so the dirt doesn't settle out from under the lawn down the road.

200A service energized from yard pedestal to house disconnect, single day of work, zero downtime to track since this was new construction. Trench backfilled, caution tape buried at proper depth, compaction done. Site cleaned up — we try to leave it in better shape than we found it.