Still snowing here, so I am puttering around online.
I share the first several hundred feet of my driveway with a neighbor. His house is about 1000' from the road, a piker compared to my 1500'. He has battled his septic system for years, maintaining a swampy section of lawn above the drainfield most of the time. He finally caved in (might be looking at selling the place in the future) and decided to connect to the sewer system that runs along the road at the end of our driveway. Back when the sewer lines were installed each homeowner was required to connect unless your setback was longer than a certain distance. I and neighbor were well beyond the required distance. At that time we were offered the option to "buy" and have installed the T in case of future need/desire to connect. It was made clear that installing the Tee during the installation would be substantially cheaper than doing it later should it be needed. I did, neighbor did not. Fast forward 10+ years, neighbor needs it and the price is more than 5 times greater what I paid. And, though he tried to convince the sewer authority to just tap into my Tee they were on the ball and protected my future.
Now to the purpose of this post. To get the line from house drain exit to the street connection, my neighbor selected to have a grinder and pump installed at the house, then run the sewer line through 1¾" PVC to the street. He also decided on contracting a directional driller rather than opening a trench. It saved him from trenching his turnaround and parking area, and also saved trenching the road (our luck, the line is other side of the road). Of course, my neighbor would never consider digging and repair like I did a couple years ago, (See Jere work: https://www.mytractorforum.com/88-my...ld-repair.html) he is more of the "money is no object" kind of guy.
Now, in another thread I was accused of being a snoopy neighbor, I prefer to think of myself as an "inquisitive Neighborhood watch" guy, and as I mentioned, this is a shared driveway for which I hold deed. So, I feel authorized to observe and chat with the workfolks (they bid this job and are not being paid by the hour by my neighbor).
A couple pictures:
This is the drill, the business end tips down into the ground and has a radio control that manages the steering:
You can see the battery of drill extensions there kind of boxed to the right, the operator backs his force exertion ram back, rolls another extension out of the box and drills another length. There is a large tank truck of water connected to the drill which provides some lubrication to the drill face. They tell me this drill is good for about 500' runs, but not in rocky soil (and it is very rocky here) so they are making 3-400' drill runs. Then they steer to the surface, hook the pvc to the ugly looking drill face, and pull it back to the drill machine.
Ultimately they will have three places where they have drawn two overlapping pipes to the surface. Here a backhoe will be brought in to excavate enough of a hole so the two pipe sections can be joined and buried.
I'll not likely ever hear a cost for this project, and I certainly hope I never learn what my even longer connection might cost. For now, I'll keep my shovel polished in my garage.
I share the first several hundred feet of my driveway with a neighbor. His house is about 1000' from the road, a piker compared to my 1500'. He has battled his septic system for years, maintaining a swampy section of lawn above the drainfield most of the time. He finally caved in (might be looking at selling the place in the future) and decided to connect to the sewer system that runs along the road at the end of our driveway. Back when the sewer lines were installed each homeowner was required to connect unless your setback was longer than a certain distance. I and neighbor were well beyond the required distance. At that time we were offered the option to "buy" and have installed the T in case of future need/desire to connect. It was made clear that installing the Tee during the installation would be substantially cheaper than doing it later should it be needed. I did, neighbor did not. Fast forward 10+ years, neighbor needs it and the price is more than 5 times greater what I paid. And, though he tried to convince the sewer authority to just tap into my Tee they were on the ball and protected my future.
Now to the purpose of this post. To get the line from house drain exit to the street connection, my neighbor selected to have a grinder and pump installed at the house, then run the sewer line through 1¾" PVC to the street. He also decided on contracting a directional driller rather than opening a trench. It saved him from trenching his turnaround and parking area, and also saved trenching the road (our luck, the line is other side of the road). Of course, my neighbor would never consider digging and repair like I did a couple years ago, (See Jere work: https://www.mytractorforum.com/88-my...ld-repair.html) he is more of the "money is no object" kind of guy.
Now, in another thread I was accused of being a snoopy neighbor, I prefer to think of myself as an "inquisitive Neighborhood watch" guy, and as I mentioned, this is a shared driveway for which I hold deed. So, I feel authorized to observe and chat with the workfolks (they bid this job and are not being paid by the hour by my neighbor).
A couple pictures:
This is the drill, the business end tips down into the ground and has a radio control that manages the steering:
You can see the battery of drill extensions there kind of boxed to the right, the operator backs his force exertion ram back, rolls another extension out of the box and drills another length. There is a large tank truck of water connected to the drill which provides some lubrication to the drill face. They tell me this drill is good for about 500' runs, but not in rocky soil (and it is very rocky here) so they are making 3-400' drill runs. Then they steer to the surface, hook the pvc to the ugly looking drill face, and pull it back to the drill machine.
Ultimately they will have three places where they have drawn two overlapping pipes to the surface. Here a backhoe will be brought in to excavate enough of a hole so the two pipe sections can be joined and buried.
I'll not likely ever hear a cost for this project, and I certainly hope I never learn what my even longer connection might cost. For now, I'll keep my shovel polished in my garage.