My lawn retains a lot of water and I've read that using a fork to put holes in can help.
I've already started but I'm afraid to go too deep just incase i got a pipe.
How can i work out where the pipes are?
Locating pipes in garden
gardening
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Best Answer
In typical UK homes, critical infrastructure, like electrical power, gas, water and sewage should be deep enough that there is no danger of hitting it with a garden fork from the surface. About two or three feet would be typical I believe. You can check the depth of your sewer pipes at the manhole located near your home.
For example, according to Anglian Water
750mm is about 2½ feet.
In other countries the situation may differ of course. If you have a very old home or unusual terrain you might need to take more care.
In addition, I don't think you could realistically puncture any of these with a manually operated garden fork. I assume you have not sharpened the tines and are not using a club hammer to force the fork into your lawn.
Tracing underground services from the surface needs expensive specialised equipment (random example, another) which can be hired (random example).