Metallics DT6FO Detectable Underground Tape ORANGE 6"x1000ft

One roll of DT6FO is 6 inches wide by 1000 feet long, so a single roll covers 1000 linear feet of trench. Order minimum is 1 roll (each), and the roll weighs 8.31 lbs.

The DT6FO tape is orange with a black legend printed on it. Under the APWA uniform color code, orange marks telecommunication, alarm, signal, conduit, and cable lines. If you are burying electrical power conduit, you want red tape instead; blue is potable water, yellow is gas, oil, or steam.

Not the same. Detectable tape like the Metallics DT6FO carries a metallic core so a locator can pick it up from the surface, which means a line crew can trace the run of a non-metallic conduit or pipe without digging. Plain non-detectable warning tape only warns someone who has already opened the trench. If your buried line is PVC, HDPE, or fiber and you need it findable later, use the detectable version.

No. The DT6FO is not Buy American compliant and is not ARRA compliant, with country of origin listed as multiple. If your project carries a domestic sourcing requirement, this roll will not satisfy it.

It is specified for electrical, plumbing, and heating and air conditioning work, laid in the trench above buried conduit, pipe, or cable as a warning and locating layer. Common use is on direct-buried runs under parking lots, drives, and landscape where a future excavator needs a warning before reaching the line.

The tape body is plastic film, printed orange with a black legend. Plastic construction is what lets it stay intact in backfill without corroding, while the detectable element is what the locator reads.