Posted: 5/17/2006 3:38:07 AM EDT
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Had to dig up the front yard to repair my water line yesterday. Been putting it off for over a year. I wish I had taken a picture of the little pin hole leak at one of the joints in the PVC. It looked like the world's smallest geyser. It's had to believe a leak so small could create such a huge wet spot in my yard. Hours of labor: 2 Cost of repair materials: $5 Hours for PVC cement to cure: 2 - 3 Inability to take a shower or wash my hands: Priceless Went to Mom's and took a shower and then took my wife and kiddies to Outback for a belated Mother's Day dinner. I really like their prime rib. Hope ya'll had a good Tuesday too. 
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The only place that I can think of is here Equipment Trader. Is yours just a backhoe? I have been looking for a inexpensive small tractor w/ an FEL and a bushhog. Accountant |
Are ya'll talking about plowing a hoe in my thread?  My wonderful repair had a tiny leak, drip.... drip.... drip... So I got to do the whole thing again. I'm w/o H20 right now while I'm waiting for it to cure. Hoping for better luck this time.  I made sure that all of the connections were very dry and clean. That's a PITA when your dealing w/ pipes that are already buried. Since most of my neighbors are from south of the border, I didn't want to alienate myself by using heavy equipment. I wouldn't want Manual Labor to get mad at me. |
You mean Florida? I totally concur.  I exploded a faucet last month and the whole house went w/o water for a night...boy was I glad the Ace Hardware guys took my bribe to open 30 min early in the morning. 
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So far so good, looks like I did it right (this time). I'll check it again in the morning before I bury it again. Did ya'll see the thread about the FBI looking for Hoffa's body in MI? Only thing interesting I've ever found on my property was a mule shoe. www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060517/NEWS11/60517015 |
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thats not how you do it.. 2 years ago I had the line sever when the ground dropped more than the house. Here are the pics.. Plumber quoted $5900, I did it myself for $450 including some cool tool usage.. http://want2race.net/house/images/May24%2410.JPG http://want2race.net/house/images/may24%2403.jpg |
I'm guessing you had better results than Tim the Toolman. I paid a plumber @ $400 to do the repair a few years ago. |
haha The irony is I killed the sprinkler system in the process.. But who is counting :) Part of it works |
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This is PEANUTS compared to having septic tank problems. Not JUST septic tank problems, but problems with the septic tank company who is supposed to be fixing the septic tank problem. In a previous life, we had to have the tank pumped at our old house. First, we heard the pump truck that they sent when it was still about 3 miles away. It sound like a blitzkrieg coming. I kept thinking to myself, "Oh God, please tell me that isn't the truck coming here." Well, it was. Truck pulls up in front of the house in a roar and a huge bellowing cloud of smoke. Seems the rear differential had burned out some 20 miles before they got to the house. It was quite aromatic as well. One guy gets out and starts working on the truck right in the middle of the street in front of the house while the other proceeds to start looking for the tank in the yard. The septic tank company couldn't locate the thing. They T'd everywhere in the yard and didn't hit a thing. This goes on for about an hour, all over the yard. I'm all for aerating the yard, but this was ridiculous (don't forget, Goober is still in the street banging and clanging away underneath the still smoking, still smelly, broken down pump truck). Them: "It's not out here." Us: "Yes it is. It's right there. (pointing to an area in the yard) Them: "No, we looked there. It's not there." (proceeding to the far corners of the yard) Us: "It's right THERE" Them: "There's no way. It must be in the backyard." Us: "Well, I certainly hope its not." Them: "Why not?" Us: "Because there is a 20' X 40' inground pool thats 7.5' deep back there." Them: "We'll have to go to the courthouse tomorrow and pull the plot." Us: "That won't do any good" Them: "Why not?" Us: "Plot says its in the backyard." Them: "We'll have to come back tomorrow with a scanner." Of course, the pump truck could not be fixed and it is now too late to call a mechanic or a wrecker so they ask if they can leave it parked in front of the house. They return the next day with a supervisor crew in one vehicle (it takes at least 4 people and 2 days to locate a tank I think) and the workers in another. They bring yet ANOTHER pump truck since the first is still DOA. Turns out, the tank was exactly where we told them it was. The only problem was that it was about 8 feet below ground. At least 8 feet, if not more. There was no way the T-handle could ever have reached it. So, now they need a backhoe which they have to call for. Nothing can be done until the backhoe arrives. Oh, Goober, the driver of the first pump truck and apperently a part time mechanic as well, came back and is again banging and clanging underneath the broken truck. That's another vehicle now parked out front. The backhoe arrives and, after some slight yard modification (tracked vehicles make a mess in a sodded yard), begin digging out to access the tank. It is buried directly underneath the walkway to the house with a cap on each side of the walkway. Great!!! Oh. lets do a quick inventory of the growing parking lot of company vehicles parked in front of my house: Nothing like 2 pump trucks (one broken), a supervisor truck, another truck w/ the workers and now a third truck which also is pulling a trailer with the backhoe. along with Goobers personal vehicle. Do you think that might draw a little attention from the neighbors? What else can possibly happen? Right? Goober, after two days of clanging around in the middle of the street, finally decides the truck can't be fixed where it sits. He calls for a wrecker. Not just any wrecker mind you. It takes a SPECIAL wrecker, one of those semi-looking types to haul a broekn down pump truck. So, add to the fleet of vehicles parked in front of my house one GIANT ass wrecker. When the wrecker lifted the truck up by the back wheels to haul it away, it begin pouring a combination of burnt gear fluid and raw sewage all the way through the neighborhood on its way out. By this point, I am just sitting on the porch with a cold one, chuckling about everything. What else can you do? Once the septic tank is exposed (ah, the aromatic fragrence of an open septic tank on a warm summer day!!) and is being pumped out, it is discovered that the main line from the house has a bow in it causing some settling, which then has to be dug up and replaced as well. I don't guess running the backhoe over it had anything to do with it. What really capped off a perfect afternoon was all the dumb ass neighbors walking up the whole time, looking at the hole, and saying things like "Ya' having your tank pumped?" No, Professor Eienstein, we discovered Blackbeards booty, but don't tell anyone. The smell is just to throw people off. Here's your sign.  Ah, just another typical day around our house (just ask anyone who knows me) |