Knocking a pipe under a road

[Dman2]

How easy is it to knock a steel pipe under a road for a new water main
Years ago when old steel pipe started leaking wife`s Grandad just pulled a length of 1/2 through
Always had crap water pressure.
Now looking to the future and the possibility of converting some of the old buildings into residential, we know we are going to have to improve water system

 

[Lincs Lass]

How many services are in the verges or under the tarmac .

 

[KennyO]

How easy is it to knock a steel pipe under a road for a new water main
Years ago when old steel pipe started leaking wife`s Grandad just pulled a length of 1/2 through
Always had crap water pressure.
Now looking to the future and the possibility of converting some of the old buildings into residential, we know we are going to have to improve water system

No drains or culverts under the road to run pipe through?

 

[Dman2]

none under road
Telephone and water on other side, can see where they are though, because our meter is there and telephone comes out of ground and up a pole

 

[Pan mixer]

Get someone in to thrust it under with a hydraulic thing, cost me 750 and job was just done quick for a 70 mm pipe.

 

[principal skinner]

As above, can be done on a Sunday morning if needed so as not to worry the council

 

[Exfarmer]

Much depends on the soil under the road.
Firstly does it belong to you both sides?
Are there any services?
If you own it I do not believe that you can be stopped pushing a pipe through.
However if you have any services be careful, a telecom cable can be very expensive to repair , in the tens possibly 100s of thousands.
Then if the soil is stony the pipe can be diverted ether down or straight up, very embarassing.
Take care and have fun

 

[TomO]

We’ve done it. It was hard work with the sledge hammer. how bigs the road??

 

[Kidds]

Just do it.
Any issues tell them it was badgers.

 

[David.]

Jousting with scaffold tubes were they...

 

[Sharpy]

If there is a steel pipe with a smaller pipe through it could you not push it all through with a scaffold pole with a collar and end up with a scaffold pole under the road?

 

[Pan mixer]

One of the difficulties of pushing a pipe through by hand is having a big enough trench on the starting side to get the whole thing through, thos hydraulic things need a 6 foot long trench about an inch deeper than you want to go, ours ended up barely an inch from where it was aimed 10 yards away.

 

[Nearly]

Hydraulic jackhammer here.
Just need to put pallet tine behind it to push.

 

[Dman2]

I`ve already got a hydraulic hammer so half way there already
Just not sure how to make sure it turns up in the right place om other side of road

 

[upnortheast]

I`ve already got a hydraulic hammer so half way there already
Just not sure how to make sure it turns up in the right place om other side of road

Pray there or no big boulders under the road
Have you someone local with a thrust borer. Can not beat having the right tool for the job

 

[How much]

Got a guy from down your way to mole some a pipe in for us from the water meter went under two roads they can can do about 10m per pit to pit he was called mole N the hole from Seham did a good job probably worth a call other than that the directional drilling would do it PBU in Sedgefield do it but i suspect considerably more cost

 

[Dman2]

Got a guy from down your way to mole some a pipe in for us from the water meter went under two roads they can can do about 10m per pit to pit he was called mole N the hole from Seham did a good job probably worth a call other than that the directional drilling would do it PBU in Sedgefield do it but i suspect considerably more cost

Cheers
Wife has family in Dene house Road Seaham
Will have a word

 

[pettsy]

If you’re going to pay someone to do the job, use a larger duct than you actually need then there’s space if you want to pass anything else under further down the line!

 

[teslacoils]

Make absolutely sure there are no services anywhere near first.

 

[upnortheast]

Google says there is a company at Barney doing this

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04979295 ​