Dirtman2007
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- Raleigh, North Carolina
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- Heavy Equipment Operator
Today we were looking at another pond to dredge out, the owner said before we left.
"by the way, the pipe has a leak in it, can you look at it"
Walked behind the dam and found this. Sir... you have a problem!
Video of it:
http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee145/Letsdig18/?action=view¤t=004-51.flv
30 years of rust. 36" pipe 15' off the ground, held up by a light pole and some rebar, oh yeah
For the fix I'm going to dig back 45 feet to where the metal joins to concrete and replace all the metal back with concrete. When It get to about where the water is pouring out now I'm going to stack a few of the concrete man holes and have a 36" hole cut in the side of the top one. Slide it over the pipe comming out of the back, that way the water can pour down to the bottom of the man hole. Then I'll have another pipe at the bottom of the man hole to release the water into the stream. This way the water does not have to pour down 15' and wash out a huge hole in the backside of the dam.
how does my idea sound? If you can understand what I said
"by the way, the pipe has a leak in it, can you look at it"
Walked behind the dam and found this. Sir... you have a problem!
Video of it:
http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee145/Letsdig18/?action=view¤t=004-51.flv
30 years of rust. 36" pipe 15' off the ground, held up by a light pole and some rebar, oh yeah
For the fix I'm going to dig back 45 feet to where the metal joins to concrete and replace all the metal back with concrete. When It get to about where the water is pouring out now I'm going to stack a few of the concrete man holes and have a 36" hole cut in the side of the top one. Slide it over the pipe comming out of the back, that way the water can pour down to the bottom of the man hole. Then I'll have another pipe at the bottom of the man hole to release the water into the stream. This way the water does not have to pour down 15' and wash out a huge hole in the backside of the dam.
how does my idea sound? If you can understand what I said
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