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Bringing Water to the Park
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I've spent $12,000 total.
This includes the tap fee, the road bore, two gate valves and 860 feet of C909 six inch water pipe, plus all the little accesories. I will aslo have a 1 1/2 inch tap with a meter to service my workshop that I'm building.
All in all, I'd say it was extremely cheap.
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Holy Cow!!! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I'd say you are doing extremely well on your price! Do you have that sort of negotiation skills?! If so, I need you up here to help me on bids to put in a bridge! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Heck, by the time I paid my "tap in" fee, and just paid for the materials only to run water 981 feet to my house, (labor was free as was the use of the equipment) I had nearly that much money spent back in 1990! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
This includes the tap fee, the road bore, two gate valves and 860 feet of C909 six inch water pipe, plus all the little accesories. I will aslo have a 1 1/2 inch tap with a meter to service my workshop that I'm building.
All in all, I'd say it was extremely cheap.
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Holy Cow!!! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I'd say you are doing extremely well on your price! Do you have that sort of negotiation skills?! If so, I need you up here to help me on bids to put in a bridge! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Heck, by the time I paid my "tap in" fee, and just paid for the materials only to run water 981 feet to my house, (labor was free as was the use of the equipment) I had nearly that much money spent back in 1990! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
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EddieWalker
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The white bucket is full of a type of chlorine. About every hundred feet, they tossed in half a cup of the powder.
From what I'm told, it's much stronger then pool stuff, it's a white powder, and it kills all the bacteria that might be in the pipes.
When I finish installing the pipe, they will preasure it up with a 2 inch opening in the end to let the air escape. Then they will seal it up and take a sample to test it. If it passes the test, I can drink it. If not, then they will add more chlorine until it does pass.
From what I'm told, it's much stronger then pool stuff, it's a white powder, and it kills all the bacteria that might be in the pipes.
When I finish installing the pipe, they will preasure it up with a 2 inch opening in the end to let the air escape. Then they will seal it up and take a sample to test it. If it passes the test, I can drink it. If not, then they will add more chlorine until it does pass.
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EddieWalker
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Dargo,
Thanks, but it's no negotiating skill on my part. I think the biggest secret to my keeping prices down is no government interferance. NONE. No permits needed. The regs are so minimal as to be non existent.
Here is my water line, attached to the 12 inch main. Turn on that valve, and presto!!!!!!! I get water.
Thanks, but it's no negotiating skill on my part. I think the biggest secret to my keeping prices down is no government interferance. NONE. No permits needed. The regs are so minimal as to be non existent.
Here is my water line, attached to the 12 inch main. Turn on that valve, and presto!!!!!!! I get water.
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This is the last section that the Water Department will install.
They cut the pipe in half to install the gate valve just inside my property line. This way I can turn the water off at anytime and it's out of the way of anything the Highway People might want to do.
Eddie
They cut the pipe in half to install the gate valve just inside my property line. This way I can turn the water off at anytime and it's out of the way of anything the Highway People might want to do.
Eddie
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Funny thing about the cowboy hats. I'm not a native, so it's all new to me, but it's rare to see one. )</font>
That's really surprising, because they were probably the most common headgear when we lived 60 miles south of Dallas. I had a Stetson I really liked with a 4" brim that was great to block the sun, not only from my eyes, but my ears and back of my neck. Then one day, after working in the garden, I sat down on the patio, took the hat off and laid it on a table there, then got up and went inside to get a cold drink, came back to find a neighbor's big old pup had gotten it, ran back to his yard, and chewed it to bits. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif I had gotten it at a great price because there was a hat and cap factory in town that had an outlet store, but then they had gone out of business, so I never replaced the hat.
That's really surprising, because they were probably the most common headgear when we lived 60 miles south of Dallas. I had a Stetson I really liked with a 4" brim that was great to block the sun, not only from my eyes, but my ears and back of my neck. Then one day, after working in the garden, I sat down on the patio, took the hat off and laid it on a table there, then got up and went inside to get a cold drink, came back to find a neighbor's big old pup had gotten it, ran back to his yard, and chewed it to bits. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif I had gotten it at a great price because there was a hat and cap factory in town that had an outlet store, but then they had gone out of business, so I never replaced the hat.
SkogenMe
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Looks nice! little bit different than in our neck of the woods...I bet the frost doesn't hit 6 ft too often for you /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Looks like they were putting in locating wire...make sure you put it in on your pipe...it will make it a heck of alot easier to find when you want to tap it or repair it in the long distance future /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
good luck
good luck
JeffSpencer
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Very cool, EddyWalker! I work for the gas company here in North Eastern NC. We hold the world record for the longest pull from a bore. The reason I say "pull record" is that they bored from each side of the Currituck Sound and connected in the middle, coupled the bore stems together and then pulled the gas pipe through. Total distance was about 3.5 miles. This was done to provide natural gas to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It costs us about $5 million for that one!
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EddieWalker
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I kind of got distracted from this project for a bit, but now it's time to get back on it.
When it gets too hot out for building, I get on the backhoe and spend an hour or so digging my trench. Even sitting under the canopy, it gets too hot and I have to hide inside for a bit.
When it gets too hot out for building, I get on the backhoe and spend an hour or so digging my trench. Even sitting under the canopy, it gets too hot and I have to hide inside for a bit.
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EddieWalker
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The location of were the water line was brought in dictated using a 22 1/2 degree fitting. To install it, you lubricate the o-rings and slide the pipe in. Then you hit the tabs lightly with a hammer to compress the locking ring until the two tabs are close enought to pull together with the bolt.
The first side went together real easy. The other side didn't.
As you can see in the picture, there was an air gap in the tab just were it would be the weekest.
The first side went together real easy. The other side didn't.
As you can see in the picture, there was an air gap in the tab just were it would be the weekest.
