- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
Watch this, awkward on a different level.
So you think you've welded in an awkward place?
- Thread starter shumungus
- Start date
- Location
- East Sussex
Saw that. With experience I expect that's a really nice job. Knew a guy that used to dive down and weld up intake grills at sea (Holland I think). Said it was pretty much zero visibility and they'd jump of the raft/boat a float along with the current until the lanyard went tight at exactly the right length and start work basically blind.
Why didn’t they pump it out?
The pipes 3/4 full so surely they could pump it out.
14 years ago this week the utilities sent a frogman down a 750mm main on my farm to repair it with resin,the pipe is dug into a very steep hill and they sent him down about 100m,the repair didn’t work.
Was talking with an old chap who’d been down the same pipe on a trolley some 600m,when he returned out the pipe the gang working above let the water come,if he’d have been 30seconds slower on the job he’d have been killed.
The pipes 3/4 full so surely they could pump it out.
14 years ago this week the utilities sent a frogman down a 750mm main on my farm to repair it with resin,the pipe is dug into a very steep hill and they sent him down about 100m,the repair didn’t work.
Was talking with an old chap who’d been down the same pipe on a trolley some 600m,when he returned out the pipe the gang working above let the water come,if he’d have been 30seconds slower on the job he’d have been killed.
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
When you think about it not pumping it out means no chance of gas build up or explosion and those underwater men can weld underwater as good as on a workshop bench. The claustrophobia would get me.
Very impressive, must cost a lot but pipe goes under a river so impossible to do any other way? Two divers sharing the work or one for rescue?
davidroberts30
Member
- Location
- pembrokeshire
Dont know if I'd want to be in a pipe welding or outside on a live gas main
tomlad
Member
- Location
- nr. preston
That is impressive 
Dont think i could cope under there
Dont think i could cope under there
Pistonbroke
Member
Not in that league,I know,but the worst I have had to do was hauling the welder 80ft up the down spout of a reco silage tower. Not a little inverter either
ollie989898
Member
I don't mind diving but I'm fudged if I'm doing that inside a pipe.
I reckon there’s a joke there somewhere
something left a bad taste in his mouth ?
ratchet spanner
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- Location
- Scottish Borders
Dont know what he gets paid. But he deserves every penny
- Location
- Shropshire
Looks like it’s under the river so it’s wet around the outside of the pipe too so would just keep flooding in.Why didn’t they pump it out?
The pipes 3/4 full so surely they could pump it out.
14 years ago this week the utilities sent a frogman down a 750mm main on my farm to repair it with resin,the pipe is dug into a very steep hill and they sent him down about 100m,the repair didn’t work.
Was talking with an old chap who’d been down the same pipe on a trolley some 600m,when he returned out the pipe the gang working above let the water come,if he’d have been 30seconds slower on the job he’d have been killed.
tomlad
Member
- Location
- nr. preston
Could see a suction and filter on vertical shaft
Possibly pumping constantly eh
Does he have to back.out to the bend with more room to turn around
Possibly pumping constantly eh
Does he have to back.out to the bend with more room to turn around
Exfarmer
Member
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
I believe itis standard for them to work in pairs if possible for safety
Wanton Dwarf could be a useful buddy?
I suppose it depends which end of the tunnel your diving
Also, I think I would rather float for 10 mins down a pipe rather than crawl. You’d want the oxygen down there dry or wet.
spanners and hammers
Member
- Location
- cambridgeshire
surprized he got down that pipe with the size of the bxxlocks he must have 