Redcar GUY
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WHAT A DAY!
I thought I would take advantage of the nice 60 degree weather we were going to have today, Picked up the trencher at 8:40 am, Got it to the house and started right away! The trench itself is 4 feet deep, 6in wide and 70 feet long. I could only get so close to the house and garage with it (if you have ever used a trencher you know what I meanï�Š) It took about an hour to dig the whole trench, we had to stop a few times to dig around some tree roots and cut them out with the sawzal. Next we dug under the garage foundation and cut a one foot by one foot hole in the garage floor then dig out 4 feet of dirt so we could get the pipes under the foundation and through the floor. We used ¾ copper for the water supply line, it is in the bottom of the trench. On top of that we ran a 4in PVC pipe for Phone, TV cable, cat5 wires; I also ran a ¼ rope through the pipe to “pull throughâ€� any wires later. I used 4in because in the future I may need to add other wires? So far we have the pipes installed up to the house and the water hydrant installed in the garage, I used a outdoor hydrant that has a drain back system so I will never freeze even if the garage heat is off, we did a pressure test on the water line, No leaks
and I have about 15 feet of the trench backfilled, when I was backfilling I did add a yellow caution tape about 2 feet below the surface to help if anyone in the future would dig there(thx to the ultimate garage for that idea ) so in the morning I have to dig out more around the house and cut the hole in the house foundation, then hook everything up. Let me tell ya, if you have never dug under a foundation it is a lot of work! I didn’t have time to take to may pics because we were trying to beat the rain that was on it way. I know these pics suck but it is the best I got. More pics and updates later
This is me cleaning out the last off the dirt that was in the trench
This pic is taken towards the garage I had already started to back fill in this pic
I thought I would take advantage of the nice 60 degree weather we were going to have today, Picked up the trencher at 8:40 am, Got it to the house and started right away! The trench itself is 4 feet deep, 6in wide and 70 feet long. I could only get so close to the house and garage with it (if you have ever used a trencher you know what I meanï�Š) It took about an hour to dig the whole trench, we had to stop a few times to dig around some tree roots and cut them out with the sawzal. Next we dug under the garage foundation and cut a one foot by one foot hole in the garage floor then dig out 4 feet of dirt so we could get the pipes under the foundation and through the floor. We used ¾ copper for the water supply line, it is in the bottom of the trench. On top of that we ran a 4in PVC pipe for Phone, TV cable, cat5 wires; I also ran a ¼ rope through the pipe to “pull throughâ€� any wires later. I used 4in because in the future I may need to add other wires? So far we have the pipes installed up to the house and the water hydrant installed in the garage, I used a outdoor hydrant that has a drain back system so I will never freeze even if the garage heat is off, we did a pressure test on the water line, No leaks
and I have about 15 feet of the trench backfilled, when I was backfilling I did add a yellow caution tape about 2 feet below the surface to help if anyone in the future would dig there(thx to the ultimate garage for that idea ) so in the morning I have to dig out more around the house and cut the hole in the house foundation, then hook everything up. Let me tell ya, if you have never dug under a foundation it is a lot of work! I didn’t have time to take to may pics because we were trying to beat the rain that was on it way. I know these pics suck but it is the best I got. More pics and updates laterThis is me cleaning out the last off the dirt that was in the trench
This pic is taken towards the garage I had already started to back fill in this pic
