Bringing Power In

[EddieWalker]

James, your more then welcome to stop by anytime. Just tell me when, and I'll have the gate open for ya!!!

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

When I tried to glue my conduit toghether I found out the glue had dried out on me. OOPS!! Anyway, I was heading to town anyway, might as well add glue to my list.

This is the 3 inch conduit that will bring the power to the meter box from the pole.

 

[EddieWalker]

The trench is 8ft deep. I'm running this pair of conduits so deep because I'll be running my sewer main across here at 4 ft deep along with my water main, wich will be 3ft deep. There will also be electrical runs and some one inch water lines crossing it.

My reasoning is to make it deep enough that it won't be in the way when I start installing those other lines.

I'll keep it this deep for about a hundred feet, then bring it up to about 4 ft until I hit the workshop.

 

[EddieWalker]

My electrician decided the distance he wants the conduit spaced. I decided what I need power for, and when I'll need it. The buckets are to mark the end of the lines for easy location when I get ready to use them.

 

[EddieWalker]

I used a 2x2 as a story board to mark the spacing of the conduit. Then I put screws into it on either side of the pipes and wraped them with duct tape.

 

[EddieWalker]

The shovel is on one bucket, and you can see the other bucket up close. They are really nice for digging up buried lines in the future.

The pad is built up a few inches above grade, and ready for the next step.

 

[EddieWalker]

Now that the conduit is in place, I can measure the locations of the pipes for the utility boxes. Each box will get two pipes.

The middle two are pretty close together, so I'll drill one hole and expand it with my clam shell.

 

[EddieWalker]

A 2x6 was the perfect size for a spacer from the conduit to the pipes. I created a story board on it also to line up the location of the pipes.

You can see how close these middle ones are and how they fit in the same hole.

 

[EddieWalker]

You can see the 12 sacks of redi-mix concrete in the back of my truck. My goal for the day was to get thise pipes set in concrete so I could form out the pad and pour sometime this weekend.

The pad will be a seperate pour and will just lay on top of this pour. I'm not concerned with strength on this since it will only be supporting two electrical boxes and a pad to stand on while working, or service them.

 

[AntrimMan]

Eddie you are a lucky man. What a nice clean trench that is. It's not posible to trench like that any where around here. We end up with major side excursions because of these (download).
Our trench looks like a string of bomb craters, not nice and clean and straight sided like yours.
Do you have a target completion date or do you just keep your own pace?

All the best,
Martin