A dodge I found, in cloying tough soil, was to connect a length of pipe to a hose, turn on the tap, the pipe will then dig it own hole without effort.
No one near me wants this job - New ground rod
- Thread starter barki
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A dodge I found, in cloying tough soil, was to connect a length of pipe to a hose, turn on the tap, the pipe will then dig it own hole without effort.
Only a lunatic would do that for a score. Going to cost hundreds.Book an EICR in they will test it, buy a new clamp and say...
"alright mate I've done you a cup of tea and I've got you some chocolate biscuits" half hour later say " I bought a new clamp as that one looks a bit rubbish, as you seem a great electrician would you mind replacing it for me?
Then give him 20 quid extra.
That's a novel idea.
My latest brainwave is chop back the concrete immediately around the old rod, buy a threaded coupler (both old and new rods are 5/8), hope the threads match, then use SDS driver to push the old rod 4' further into the earth and this end up with an improvement. Also would avoid services risk this way. Question is, will I be able to shift the old rod down further or will the corrosion have completely gripped it. Tbh, success seems unlikely.
My latest brainwave is chop back the concrete immediately around the old rod, buy a threaded coupler (both old and new rods are 5/8), hope the threads match, then use SDS driver to push the old rod 4' further into the earth and this end up with an improvement. Also would avoid services risk this way. Question is, will I be able to shift the old rod down further or will the corrosion have completely gripped it. Tbh, success seems unlikely.
To change a clamp? 10 minute job.
The electrode - not just the clamp. But nothing will be done for a score. It's not 1942 anymore.
Well I was on about the clamp, the rod might test ok, the clamp looks rubbish
It's clearly corroded though. Does no-one else use Denso tape anymore?
I was planning on wrapping some self amalgamating tape I have around the top few inches that pass through the concrete before I mortar up around it.
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