Groundworkers and wastewater pipes/manholes??

paddy147

Do groundworkers also move and reinstall the likes of underground wavin piping and manhole covers/ajs??


Apart from digging up the ground and doing foundation work....do they also do wastewater pipe and manhole/aj work??


Thanks.:)

One shot on kill

Ye they do.

Pending the circumstances of we're the question come from.

Do they do it
Or
Can they do it

Which do you mean.

paddy147

One shot on kill wrote: »

Ye they do.

Pending the circumstances of we're the question come from.

Do they do it
Or
Can they do it

Which do you mean.

I suppose it would be..."do they do it".

Removing and then relocating underground wastewater wavin pipes and rainwater gulleys and ajs for deep excavation work.

One shot on kill

Ye they should be able to manage that type of job alright.

paddy147

One shot on kill wrote: »

Ye they should be able to manage that type of job alright.

Thanks for that.:)


One more quick question.


Would a ground works person be able to secure/shutter up a deep hole (8 feet wide and 8 feet deep) to prevent any subsidence and possible damage to a garden wall or a garage foundation?


Thanks

One shot on kill

I don't know about that now

Are you talking about underpinning the foundation and wall.

paddy147

One shot on kill wrote: »

I don't know about that now

Are you talking about underpinning the foundation and wall.

Nope,just shuttering the side walls of the hole with metal panels,so that the surrounding soil around the hole doesnt collapse into the hole.

If the soil collapses,then the boundary wall and its foundation might be jeopardy of moving/cracking.

One shot on kill

Oh right ye sorry.

I presume so but that might just depend on the guys you get to do it.

martinn123

paddy147 wrote: »

Thanks for that.:)


One more quick question.


Would a ground works person be able to secure/shutter up a deep hole (8 feet wide and 8 feet deep) to prevent any subsidence and possible damage to a garden wall or a garage foundation?


Thanks

Paddy,that's pretty specialist work, 8' deep, you would need more than metal sheeting, probably block work, or concrete.

One shot on kill

Pending no long its going to be open for obviously.

In terms of block work shuttering is actually a term used as a form to poor concrete into.

I get the im getting the impression its not a long term hole I could be wrong doe.

martinn123

One shot on kill wrote: »

Pending no long its going to be open for obviously.

In terms of block work shuttering is actually a term used as a form to poor concrete into.

I get the im getting the impression its not a long term hole I could be wrong doe.

A picture would help

paddy147

It will be a temporary hole (yet to be dug)...its for a 7000 litre underground precast tank to be lifted into the hole.

It would involve some underground wavin pipe (from a garage) being moved and relocated,as well as a plastic aj/manhole cover too.


Sorry for the mix up in terms...I thought shuttering was the temporary metal panels installed down into deep excavations to prevent soil/earth collapse.

paddy147

The hole would be probably be dug and left for around 1 week,before the tank would be delievered,craned over onto site and down into hole.

One shot on kill

Ah shuttering g isn't the wrong term either. Not that that's important

If it were me I'd dig the hole when the tank is on te crane dig most of it and just finish of then. Just before to drop the tank in. Obviously pending what is going on at the site at that time.

Does the tank have to be set up level or is it just dropped in.

You know there is some company's that actually specialise in what your talking about doing.

paddy147

One shot on kill wrote: »

Ah shuttering g isn't the wrong term either. Not that that's important

If it were me I'd dig the hole when the tank is on te crane dig most of it and just finish of then. Just before to drop the tank in. Obviously pending what is going on at the site at that time.

Does the tank have to be set up level or is it just dropped in.

You know there is some company's that actually specialise in what your talking about doing.

Base of hole has to be compacted,solid and level and tank has to be placed in the hole to be level aswell.

Can you tell me names of companies who do this please?

Thanks.:)

duffman21

Whats the tank for? Rain water harvester?

paddy147

duffman21 wrote: »

Whats the tank for? Rain water harvester?

yep

duffman21

Good stuff Paddy, wish you all the best with it.... I'd be interested in finding out how it performs once you have it all up and running