Closing a water course with Concrete pipe

case5130

Have a drain about 75-80 feet long running across a field making two parcels outa the field I'm thinking of piping it with 12in concrete pipes and making the field one any one know what the price of pipes are

White Clover

case5130 wrote: »

Have a drain about 75-80 feet long running across a field making two parcels outa the field I'm thinking of piping it with 12in concrete pipes and making the field one any one know what the price of pipes are

I'd suggest using corri pipe. Far easier to handle.

case5130

White Clover wrote: »

I'd suggest using corri pipe. Far easier to handle.

12 corri dear i nearly sure I payed 100€ for 10in length before

White Clover

case5130 wrote: »

12 corri dear i nearly sure I payed 100€ for 10in length before

Last time I bought it was 64 for 12 inch. Not jfc. Twas brown in colour and got in local kerry store. Can claim back vat on it too !

case5130

Ya must price it tomorrow if it not to dear will make a job of the field

newholland mad

I think piping watercourses is similar to removing ditches, that is you have to apply to the dept and get it approved first, could be wrong but check with your adviser first

raypallas

White Clover wrote:

Last time I bought it was 64 for 12 inch. Not jfc. Twas brown in colour and got in local kerry store. Can claim back vat on it too !

The brown isn't as strong as the black, have seen it collapse first hand but it was fairly shallow. Having said that if its two feet plus in the ground I'd say it be okay.

td5man

newholland mad wrote: »

I think piping watercourses is similar to removing ditches, that is you have to apply to the dept and get it approved first, could be wrong but check with your adviser first

AFAIK it's the same as hedges you have replace it somewhere else.

Farmer Pudsey

newholland mad wrote: »

I think piping watercourses is similar to removing ditches, that is you have to apply to the dept and get it approved first, could be wrong but check with your adviser first

If it is a drain you can pipe it. Definition of a drain as opposed to a water course is that a drain will go dry. For it to be a water course it must have water in it at least 9 months of the year( I think). Last time I bought the black corri I think I paid about 75 for a lenght of 12". Even if it was 3 or 4 times the price I used corri as opposed to concrete pipes. Disadvantage of conc pipes is that they wil break with traffic over them unless they are well buried. Even then one can crack and you have to replace.

The other thing is to make sure pipe's are big enough to take flow of water.

kowtow

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

If it is a drain you can pipe it. Definition of a drain as opposed to a water course is that a drain will go dry. For it to be a water course it must have water in it at least 9 months of the year( I think). Last time I bought the black corri I think I paid about 75 for a lenght of 12". Even if it was 3 or 4 times the price I used corri as opposed to concrete pipes. Disadvantage of conc pipes is that they wil break with traffic over them unless they are well buried. Even then one can crack and you have to replace.

The other thing is to make sure pipe's are big enough to take flow of water.

Hmm.. is there an easy way to figure the flow?

We have a ditch which runs in the wet... what we used to call a winter well growing up, and I want to put a paddock entrance across it, only need to cross with the cows and the quad, perhaps the odd tractor in the drier months.

Whats the best way to set the corri pipe in? cover with shingle? and how would I know if 12" is likely to be enough?