Hey all just thought id share some pics with you all showing a typical day at work for me. Today im replacing 80ft of 6inch sewer line 9 1/2ft deep from the house to the city main sewer. This job has turned into a mess been fighting the rain all week now, gotta love a wet winter.
stinson89 It could've been a lot worse! Try doing that in below zero temps and you'll know what I mean! Looks like about 6-7 feet deep?
Yooperdave yeah its not any fun in below freezing temps, but you get used to it after awhile as long as i have been doing this for. Also it was 9 1/2ft deep
Does the city cover all of it Stinson? Or is the home owner on the hook? Home owners here have to pay from basically the sidewalk.
Well stinson89 umm that's a chitty job.. yup had to do 180 feet of 4 inch in july.. was 90 degrees out.. but at least it was mine! some stupid homeowner (me) put a 10,000 gallon pool on a d box
no d box was 45 feet from tank... with 4 lines 40 foot parallel. . of course not marked anywhere.. cut down tree.. put in 200 odd feet retaining added 16 yards of pool sand and set pool on a 1 foot wide 5 inch thick ring... took 6 years for lines to fail... all stone in lines then half of pool sand effectively caused a block! Rules in this state say I can fix it.. but if I take it out it has to be engineered stamped etc etc.. read 20 grand... so I fixed it correctly.. with the best of intentions to stay within the rules!
Glad to see you pulling a box. I know it's a pain in a butt for you guys but like Yooperdave said, be careful. We want you around on FHC for a long time.
Credit given for pulling a box. But if OSHA pulls on site and sees that, get your checkbook out. That's why contractors are so expensive, we have to be. A proper trenchbox is still cheaper that a funeral.
