hi all,
I'm trying to prepare my trench for the new water main, however there are a couple of complications. The pipe has to pass through my rear property which is higher up then the main property (we are on a hill) and at this time I have not decided on whether to dig out the open basement. The entry point for my property is also on an external wall. Now the regulations state dig a trench 750mm below ground level and 750mm within the property external wall before coming up.
Now my preferred jorney would be 750mm underground from the street, which would mean 200mm above ground in my rear property. Hang the pipe on the wall to the yard, then into a 750mm deep trench to my main property. where it would come up 100mm outside my property and into the connection. This latter connection would be boxed in externally in a timber cupboard.
The former position could be changed once the rear building work starts, i.e. if we dig it out, we will have to dig 1.5 meters down, and then take the water main down below that.
The water guy mentioned you can now get such good insulation that this should be possible to have above ground poritions?
basically I'm wondering if this is going to be possible or do I have to dig a trench in the rear building and probably end up digging it up again and moving the pipe in the future.
hope that makes sense, if you need some drawings let me know I'll try and get some up.
cheers
I'm trying to prepare my trench for the new water main, however there are a couple of complications. The pipe has to pass through my rear property which is higher up then the main property (we are on a hill) and at this time I have not decided on whether to dig out the open basement. The entry point for my property is also on an external wall. Now the regulations state dig a trench 750mm below ground level and 750mm within the property external wall before coming up.
Now my preferred jorney would be 750mm underground from the street, which would mean 200mm above ground in my rear property. Hang the pipe on the wall to the yard, then into a 750mm deep trench to my main property. where it would come up 100mm outside my property and into the connection. This latter connection would be boxed in externally in a timber cupboard.
The former position could be changed once the rear building work starts, i.e. if we dig it out, we will have to dig 1.5 meters down, and then take the water main down below that.
The water guy mentioned you can now get such good insulation that this should be possible to have above ground poritions?
basically I'm wondering if this is going to be possible or do I have to dig a trench in the rear building and probably end up digging it up again and moving the pipe in the future.
hope that makes sense, if you need some drawings let me know I'll try and get some up.
cheers
