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I’ve known of scaffold pipes pushed under roads to put water mains through.not as big as job as you would think with a digger
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Cup post knocker on a pecker works well with scaffold tube, apparently.
I’ve known of scaffold pipes pushed under roads to put water mains through.not as big as job as you would think with a digger
nick…
Medium pressure gas main and fibre optic make it quite risky.Why not do it yourself?
Agreed but the gas main has been replaced since the Victorians installed my water pipe. There is no guaranteed of any space between the two.the gas should be 4 ft cover so just push a pipe under the road and above the gas above with the digger
Tried to pull out a short section of the same pipe a few years ago, either the pipe broke apart or the steel cable broke or we could not pull it!Maybe feed some high tensile through the metal pipe first. If the pipe breaks you can drag bigger cable through until you can attach the alkathene.
1 1/4 galv, heavily lime scaled. Need min 50mm alkathene.How big is the pipe that's already there? You might be able to shove an alkathene pipe down the inside of it.
The best solution could be video showing the sewage pipe replacement, does anyone know a firm that does that.?What's the old pipe, metal ?
I have successfully pushed 2 pipes under tracks, where there are no services.
Cup post knocker on a pecker works well with scaffold tube, apparently.
Is your water pipe above, or below the gas main then?Need to replace our private supply under a B road. Cannot mole as there is a medium pressure gas main in the middle of the road.
Can any one recommend a company to dig up the road. SN6 area ideally or a national company with local depots.
I am sure there are plenty with Irish names but I'd like one who won't cock it up!
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Contractor dug a twin wall pipe across a B road for us this spring to allow us to access land on other side with umbilical slurry. All done with council consent/licences, traffic lights,etc. Cost £1400 all in, not as expensive as many think.Certainly worth a try, you will need licence to dig road, lights etc, looking at several K.
again another option. Pipe would need a chamfer passed down first to remove old sediment
Local council here charged £750 licence to mole a road 15 years ago, no idea price today.Contractor dug a twin wall pipe across a B road for us this spring to allow us to access land on other side with umbilical slurry. All done with council consent/licences, traffic lights,etc. Cost £1400 all in, not as expensive as many think.
Yes, pipe bursting is an option but I expect the gas people will want to be present.May be way out on this but I seem to remember from when the water board was here doing a new main that you can get a mole that will follow an old pipe and bust it to put a new one in
@Cab-over Pete can bring some holes can’t understand why he’s not been on here.
Surprised that a licence was needed, but I guess it will depend greatly on the road classification?Local council here charged £750 licence to mole a road 15 years ago, no idea price today.
A licence is required to place any “apparatus “ under any road. Whether by driving or cut and cover. It is arguable that any farmer who owns both sides should not need one as he owns the subsoil of the road too.Surprised that a licence was needed, but I guess it will depend greatly on the road classification?
I have heard of moles being pushed through/under country roads, out of sight, out of mind. 2m hole either side and mole through... Not cheap mind, based on the prices quoted to mole a 33k power cable under our farm track earlier this year! We agreed on a trench, or rather, I did...
Says Mr Clipboard himselfWhy not do it yourself?
you'll be quicker than you think with the wife's boot up your arse.Bit busy with whisky and hookers, but I won’t be long
Had a go at this caper….without the digger…welting it with a sledgehammer..Larger pointed end on it to help with penetration and friction.I’ve known of scaffold pipes pushed under roads to put water mains through.not as big as job as you would think with a digger
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