Digging up gas lines

[rf33]

You were right though, I would never know if my surface area firction were a dit hight for any type of pipe /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Dozernut]

Sounds like a Scottish Highlander speaking. Picture this: Captain Kirk to mr. Sound guy, we need more pipe! Aye captain, but the area firction is a dit hight for that pipe! Just do it mr. Soundguy!/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif My apologies to all the Trekkies out there!

 

[patrickg]

Hey SoundGuy, about that spill chicker... "firction is a dit hight"???

I have talked to folks who have done up to about a quarter mile at a time and based on their methods and success, I'm not toooooooo worried about my firction being a dit hight.

Thanks for the "plug" idea, that sounds real good. I thought of a variation on that theme. I have some of those rubber thingies that have garden hose thread on one end and an orifice at the other that are used to clear blockage in plumbing. I could put a hose clamp and a piece of material on the outlet end to stop up the orifice and put it on the end of a length of 1/2 inch water pipe with a hose thread adaptor. Shove it into the pipe to be cut, turn on the water and it will blow up like a baloon, sealing off the pipe. Then use torch to cut the pipe, being careful to not cut the 1/2 inch pipe. Should stick the ruber thingie a ways farther than where the cut is to be made so the rubber isn't heated.

Thanks for the seed of this idea, I am confident it will work fine. I take back one of the terrible things I said about you!!!

Patrick