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what to do, what to do????
1911a1-fan
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water line is busted between my house and meter, 600 for a backhoe to do it, min 350 a day to rent one, the line is right at 36" deep total 30' long
i think i am going with 4 drunks and a couple shovels for a few cases of beer, watcha think?
i think i am going with 4 drunks and a couple shovels for a few cases of beer, watcha think?
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If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
Tell-em the beer is 4ft. deep !!!![:D][;)]
[:D][:D] Perfect!
Mine broke before also, but I could tell the general area, and just started digging. Found it in about an hour by myself.
Fixed it, and left the hole open for 24 hours.
Anyway,....hire the drunks.[:D]
However in your case I'd go with the Mex.....I mean "day laborers" because time might be a factor.
Also, whatever is down there I would change out for poly pipe from the meter connection to under the house so I would never have to bother with it again.
[But some one will be along shortly to say I'm wrong about the poly].
I'm partial to drunks normaly, being one myself.
However in your case I'd go with the Mex.....I mean "day laborers" because time might be a factor.
Also, whatever is down there I would change out for poly pipe from the meter connection to under the house so I would never have to bother with it again.
[But some one will be along shortly to say I'm wrong about the poly].
You are wrong about the poly pipe, and you are a drunk.[:0][:D]
quote:Originally posted by 9 on the floor
I'm partial to drunks normaly, being one myself.
However in your case I'd go with the Mex.....I mean "day laborers" because time might be a factor.
Also, whatever is down there I would change out for poly pipe from the meter connection to under the house so I would never have to bother with it again.
[But some one will be along shortly to say I'm wrong about the poly].
You are wrong about the poly pipe, and you are a drunk.[:0][:D]
See?
[:D]
then YOU can drink the beer & tekillya[}:)]
I would think you should have some sign of soggy ground to indicate the general area.
Mine broke before also, but I could tell the general area, and just started digging. Found it in about an hour by myself.
Fixed it, and left the hole open for 24 hours.
Anyway,....hire the drunks.[:D]
Mine was the blue poly butyl line that thankfully was covered under a class action lawsuit at the time. I started digging where the water was bubbling up. The leak ended being almost 6ft away horizontally. Wet Georgia clay is no fun to dig by hand. I patched it temporarily and then had the new (COPPER) line put in a few days later. All I had to pay was the upcharge from plastic to Cu.
yes i used to own a backhoe operating one is no problem, my problem is 350 bucks for a small one, plus gas to get it, fill it back up, you must take it to a car-wash before returning it, daylights a ticking why add the pressure
i have 2 sons, 2 drunks and 4 shovels, it will cost me breakfast and a few cases of beer for the road{not for my sons}, this is not my first rodeo in the water or sewer department, 2 sewer lines, and 3 water lines in my life so far, yes i have located the leak, i would wager i can dig strait down and get within 18" of it
why 30' ? i want 1" poly line if feasible, when i open it up and see what i am dealing with {5/8 or 3/4 copper}
yes i used to own a backhoe operating one is no problem, my problem is 350 bucks for a small one, plus gas to get it, fill it back up, you must take it to a car-wash before returning it, daylights a ticking why add the pressure
i have 2 sons, 2 drunks and 4 shovels, it will cost me breakfast and a few cases of beer for the road{not for my sons}, this is not my first rodeo in the water or sewer department, 2 sewer lines, and 3 water lines in my life so far, yes i have located the leak, i would wager i can dig strait down and get within 18" of it
Is that the only rental store near you??
quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
why 30' ? i want 1" poly line if feasible, when i open it up and see what i am dealing with {5/8 or 3/4 copper}
yes i used to own a backhoe operating one is no problem, my problem is 350 bucks for a small one, plus gas to get it, fill it back up, you must take it to a car-wash before returning it, daylights a ticking why add the pressure
i have 2 sons, 2 drunks and 4 shovels, it will cost me breakfast and a few cases of beer for the road{not for my sons}, this is not my first rodeo in the water or sewer department, 2 sewer lines, and 3 water lines in my life so far, yes i have located the leak, i would wager i can dig strait down and get within 18" of it
Is that the only rental store near you??
no but it is the cheapest
i have this nasty habit of turning a 50 dollar job into a 500 dollar job by a)biting off more than i can chew from the get go and b) not knowing when to quit.
i pay pros to do the work that i cant do. i sleep well at night. i dont stress whether my half assed repairs will hold and i know that if it goes pear shaped, someone else gets to pay for it.
i would happily pay the 600 hundred and let a licensed and bonded man do the work and take the risk while i sit on the veranda with a beverage and a cheroot relaxing.
i have this nasty habit of turning a 50 dollar job into a 500 dollar job by a)biting off more than i can chew from the get go and b) not knowing when to quit.
i pay pros to do the work that i cant do. i sleep well at night. i dont stress whether my half assed repairs will hold and i know that if it goes pear shaped, someone else gets to pay for it.
+1 sometimes it's best to "pay the man"....
I repaired a 3" mainline and re plumbed 2 2" electric valves the Main was 38" down and I had to dig 6" farther to have room to work.
I also had a 14" caliber long leaf pine about 12' away..
30 feet of "slit trench" goes fast..
Tell-em the beer is 4ft. deep !!!![:D][;)]
And 32 ft long... [^]
Just my 2 cents. [:D]
Jon