Demolition, clearing and grading

Oxbow · Oct 8, 2015

CM1995 said:
Glad to hear ya'll came out OK.

:iagree

dirty4fun · Oct 8, 2015

Looks like areal mess, will create a few new jobs, once it dries out. Glad you and your equipment are ok, hang in there it will dry out again.

Landclearer · Oct 11, 2015

First I wanted to thank you guys for the post and PM's to check on us. It made a mess for sure but we were much luckier than a lot of people who had some major damage.

Everything is still wet but we did get to do a little work. We moved the sur charge off the pool house and placed it in front of the building as well as cut through a hill in front so they can build a deck.

You know you have to much water on a site when an alligator moves in.

CM1995 · Oct 11, 2015

LC good to see ya'll getting back to work.:thumbsup I though it was pretty cool what LSU did for SC for the game yesterday.

Didn't know ya'll had gators?

Occasionally there will be one found in the central AL region but we're too far north for them to live year around.

Is it common practice to place surcharge loads on building pads? How long did the surcharge load sit on pad?

JDOFMEMI · Oct 11, 2015

Glad you came out OK LC.

I enjoy checking in on your threads. It is sure a contrast from the rock I am in most of the time.

Landclearer · Oct 11, 2015

CM1995 said:
LC good to see ya'll getting back to work.:thumbsup I though it was pretty cool what LSU did for SC for the game yesterday.

Didn't know ya'll had gators? Occasionally there will be one found in the central AL region but we're too far north for them to live year around.

Is it common practice to place surcharge loads on building pads? How long did the surcharge load sit on pad?

Yeah I saw what LSU did, that was cool.

We got plenty of gators. Not so as many inland as right along the coast but here on the island there are tons of them.

It is not real common to do a surcharge but it is not rare either. Lots of times they will drive piles instead. As for time, 3 to 4 weeks if they do not see any settling. If they see movement, it might be several months until it stabilizes. I like surcharges, haul it in and haul it out making money both directions and sometimes you can have a job that needs the dirt

Landclearer · Oct 11, 2015

JDOFMEMI said:
Glad you came out OK LC.

I enjoy checking in on your threads. It is sure a contrast from the rock I am in most of the time.

Thanks, no rock around here for sure. I grew up in KY seeing rock and clay and I don't get to work in either one(unless it is mucky clay).

Landclearer · Oct 18, 2015

Well we got an emergency pipe repair job this week. We priced it to not get it but got it anyway. We got the pipe delivered and well pointed this week. We got 6 joints in the ground on Friday afternoon but for some reason did not get any pics.

As you can see in the pics, the pond is blocked with what they call Aqua Barriers. They work good but from what the guys that installed them said, they are very very expensive.

The pipes were supposed to be 48's but are actually 42's. I wish we were laying 42's, it would make it a lot easier.

Landclearer · Oct 18, 2015

Hitachi225 · Oct 18, 2015

Looks like a nice job! Love reading your thread!

JNB · Oct 18, 2015

LC- Do you use swell stop strips or mastic when laying RCP? I have a bunch of 18" residential culvert / precast safety ends to set. Neither the city or inspector specify, so just wondering what your preference is.

Landclearer · Oct 18, 2015

Hitachi225 said:
Looks like a nice job! Love reading your thread!

Thanks Hitachi. It's not a bad job, just a ton of utilities to dig around.

Landclearer · Oct 18, 2015

JNB said:
LC- Do you use swell stop strips or mastic when laying RCP? I have a bunch of 18" residential culvert / precast safety ends to set. Neither the city or inspector specify, so just wondering what your preference is.

JNB, we use rubber gaskets or I guess you could call them o rings with joint lube. We also wrap the joints with a non woven fabric. They have all but stopped using the mastic(ram neck). I prefer to use the rubber gaskets since they are technically better than the mastic strips and less chance of leaking. I will say the rubber gaskets are a 2 man job to put on 48 inch pipe

CM1995 · Oct 19, 2015

LC the Aqua Barrier is pretty slick. How well did they work holding the water back?

Landclearer · Oct 19, 2015

CM1995 said:
LC the Aqua Barrier is pretty slick. How well did they work holding the water back?

CM, it works real good. No water comes underneath them. The guys that install them come out and check them everyday and if they need to they add some water to them.

Landclearer · Oct 25, 2015

We finished up the pipe job this week. Got the curb in and rock down. Here are a few pics of the job progress.

Pulling one of the old steel pipes out from under the power, phone and cable lines.

A picture of one of the joints, nice and tight.

Backfilling with 57's

Gently getting some rock out of the truck.

Landclearer · Oct 25, 2015

A couple more. Here is the picture of the sagging waterline. We had to put a joint restraint on it. Once we got the dirt off of it it did relax some as you can see in the pics. You can also see the pipe is much deeper than the pond. Hows that going to work out?:beatsme

CM1995 · Oct 25, 2015

That looks like a job I would get myself into..

Still don't know why engineers still spec corrugated metal pipe, asphalt coated or not. I've replaced a lot of it and it all rusts out on the bottom and fails over time.:beatsme

You can also see the pipe is much deeper than the pond. Hows that going to work out?

So the outflow is lower than the pond? Might get a CO to dredge the pond.

Landclearer · Oct 25, 2015

CM1995 said:
That looks like a job I would get myself into..

Still don't know why engineers still spec corrugated metal pipe, asphalt coated or not. I've replaced a lot of it and it all rusts out on the bottom and fails over time.:beatsme

So the outflow is lower than the pond? Might get a CO to dredge the pond.

So you are like us, you get the junky jobs nobody else really wants

I agree, steel pipe is not the answer. It has been in the ground for about 30 years. It was tar covered but it still had some major holes from rust. The salt water makes it even worse for us. We dredged out in front of the pipe but the ponds are only about waist deep. I wouldn't mind dredging them, give me a long reach and I will be all

CM1995 · Oct 25, 2015

So you are like us, you get the junky jobs nobody else really wants

I chock it up to a challenge and then ask myself 1/2 way through "why the hell did I take this".:bash

Regarding the CMP, it's similar here as we have acidic soils that attack the metal, not as corrosive as the salt you deal with but eats the metal none the less.

Concrete is tried and true. ADS works well in certain applications and if it's bedded properly.

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