Will the locator mark my hot tub line in Manotick?

The line from your house to a hot tub is a privately owned line, and we found no statement from Ontario Dig Authority either way on whether private lines will be marked. Ask about any private lines on your property when you submit your locate request.

Here is what the locate law does say. The Underground Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012 defines anyone who breaks ground as an excavator, including someone digging with a hand shovel. No one may dig before a locate request is made and answered. Ontario Dig Authority does not mark lines itself; each utility sends its own locator. The Act requires a locate request, and Ontario Dig Authority asks for it at least 5 business days before you dig. Requests are free and can be submitted no more than 30 days before the dig date.

A fence around a hot tub can fall under the Pool Enclosure By-law instead of the Fence By-law; ottawapoolinstallation.ca covers that.

After the locate is done and any fence work is complete, keep the written contract, the itemized quote, the locate confirmation and photos of where the posts went; those records are worth holding onto long after the crew has left.