Jobs you wish you had never started

[Munroast]

I'm sick of this one already - and i have just started
A pipe round the edge of the garden for a couple of taps - could eventually save me having to open the garage door to fill the watering can up....

hole through the wall (second attempt as the first hole was not very well thought out)

then yesterday afternoon burying the pipe along the side of the house

now moving big paving slabs and a trench

and this is just the beginning

 

[Brigadier]

 

[noseall]

I'm sick of this one already - and i have just started
A pipe round the edge of the garden for a couple of taps - could eventually save me having to open the garage door to fill the watering can up....

hole through the wall (second attempt as the first hole was not very well thought out)
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then yesterday afternoon burying the pipe along the side of the house
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now moving big paving slabs and a trench
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and this is just the beginning

Why didn't you move that mat out of the way then you could have dug the trench in a straight line?

 

[motorbiking]

Perhaps he wanted to avoid an underground joint in the pipe, which might leak and any concrete foundations for his fence posts.

Obviously a professional builder would stick a 90 degree connection in the pipe, "forget" the correct insert and know there would be a nice follow up job in a few years/months, when it leaks

 

[kingandy2nd]

Got to love a good trench... did you dig it all with that little shovel?!

Sorry to be 'that' guy, but I'd suggest you turn off the inside tap during the winter months as your pipe isn't buried very deep (regs want 750mm down for water) so there's a chance it could freeze/burst.

 

[RrogerD]

Why didn't you move that mat out of the way then you could have dug the trench in a straight line?

Good question. What is under that mat? Why the change in direction?

 

[Munroast]

it does seem a bit mad, however it is a 135° turn and as I don't seem to be able to find such a connector for MDPE at 90° would have still been a nuisance - through that fence is my log store so the pipe will need to be flush along the back edge (it will be above ground in the log store)

if i had used a right angle I would have still had to dig into the grass

the big sweeping curve seems a bit mad in some ways, but no joint to worry about - which is a bonus

 

[noseall]

it does seem a bit mad, however it is a 135° turn and as I don't seem to be able to find such a connector for MDPE at 90° would have still been a nuisance - through that fence is my log store so the pipe will need to be flush along the back edge (it will be above ground in the log store)
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if i had used a right angle I would have still had to dig into the grass

the big sweeping curve seems a bit mad in some ways, but no joint to worry about - which is a bonus

Curve the pipe. You will not bother the MDPE. It's sold coiled up, and if you saw what those that clamp it etc do, it'd make your eyes water. It's tougher than you think.

 

[Munroast]

Curve the pipe. You will not bother the MDPE. It's sold coiled up, and if you saw what those that clamp it etc do, it'd make your eyes water. It's tougher than you think.

I have used those (inc a home made one) and it is amazing they don't burst the pipe

but i still would not like to force a tight curve so close to a connector - I would worry the oval distortion may affect the fitting.

 

[Ihavenojob]

I'd have persevered with the watering can.

 

[Munroast]

Got to love a good trench... did you dig it all with that little shovel?!

Sorry to be 'that' guy, but I'd suggest you turn off the inside tap during the winter months as your pipe isn't buried very deep (regs want 750mm down for water) so there's a chance it could freeze/burst.

It is a consideration, I can't see hard frosts (and -10 is not uncommon here) bursting this blue pipe, but it would burst the taps and may be the joints, and most of this pipe, about 75m of it will be on the surface .
It will be off all winter, and I have put a drain in at the lowest point, but even drained, there will be some water sitting in the pipe - can't see that causing problems ?

and here is my little drain in its own little access box (I love over doing things to the point of ridiculousness)

 

[noseall]

It is a consideration, I can't see hard frosts (and -10 is not uncommon here) bursting this blue pipe, but it would burst the taps and may be the joints, and most of this pipe, about 75m of it will be on the surface .
It will be off all winter, and I have put a drain in at the lowest point, but even drained, there will be some water sitting in the pipe - can't see that causing problems ?

and here is my little drain in its own little access box (I love over doing things to the point of ridiculousness)

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Neat.

Drop some glass wool over it - job done.

 

[Notch7]

I’m in the process of planning automatic watering for front and back, I’m fed up of watering loads of pots daily with a watering can (hosepipe ban Southern water)

Also I’ve got a single outside tap currently, I want to turn it into a triple: one for the hose, one with a lever valve for watering can and one for automatic watering. Gives me an excuse to do a bit of end feed soldering, which I enjoy, it’s very satisfying.

 

[Munroast]

A bit more done pipe into back of log store

Paving slab relaid and grass but back

and now a really tedious bit - empty all these logs out, run pipe along the back then re stack all the logs
that’ll be fun