Installing Shovel Barrier creates a safer installation. Shovel Barrier is able to provide three-in-one functionality; direct protection, warning labeling, and a locatable wire. It is a cost-effective simple way of adding a layer of protection to underground utility lines. The barrier's synthetic properties make for long-lasting protection against excavation by hand tools. Shovel Barrier adds the needed time for recognition of the gas line that is being hit before causing a leak and provides additional peace of mind for property owners utilizing the many benefits of gas-powered appliances and equipment.

Shovel Barrier is highly portable, coming in 325 foot long compact rolls that are easily stored and transported. The product provides significant impact and cut protection in addition to having extreme tensile strength. It can either be laid directly on the gas line or it can be applied in a typical warning tape fashion above the gas line. A twist-on connector is provided with each roll to connect the tracer wire together for runs that require multiple rolls of Shovel Barrier. After there has been full coverage of the underground gas line, the barrier is cut off the roll, and the normal backfill process of the trench is continued.