Joining pitch fibre drain

[mogget]

Good luck with the nail file to cut through that pipe.

I think I'll have to borrow one from the elephant keeper at the zoo...

 

[doitall]

That's why you bench it with weak concrete. Pea gravel is for plastic pipes

Thanks for the info. So the pipe is mainly for waterproofing, and concrete for structure?

Yes where there was a load over it, if it was in open ground it laid in the dirt the same as clay.

Joints if you're interested was x tapers that you smacked together with a lump of wood.

 

[mogget]

Hi, just a quick post to say thanks for everyone's help.

It was the nastiest, toughest and most horrible job I've ever had to do, and I hope I never have to do another like it Got it done in the end though, with much help from my dad mixing and shifting concrete.

The pipe was easy to cut with a hand saw, and I used some stubs of pvc pipe with rubber collars to make the join.

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• mogget
• 4 Mar 2009
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