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Cordeledawg
Cordele, GA
(Zone 8a)
March 16, 2008
11:45 PM Post #4673203
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A local plumber will run a water line from my well to the other side of my 3 acre property for $800 if I cover up the trench line myself. DH says for me to do the whole job myself and save most of the $$ for their labor savings. I'm considering the task if I only had an idea of what all is involved. I can't drag 500'+ of water hoses again this year. My dog has chewed through his last hose and my back can't take the lugging another hot drought stricken summer. What's a girl to do?
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Ozark
Ozark, MO
(Zone 6a)
March 17, 2008
12:03 AM Post #4673261
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I've done a few jobs like that, and I'd consider paying the $800 if I were you.
If you do it yourself you're going to have to rent a trencher like a Ditch Witch. You'll have to get it to and from the rental place - maybe you've got a truck or trailer with ramps. The walk-behind machine will cost a couple of hundred dollars to rent for a job like that, and you'll have to be pretty strong to run it. There are bigger trenchers that you drive, but I don't know what one would cost to rent.
If your well is like ours, you'll have to dig about 4 feet down to unscrew a yard faucet and put in a "T" for your new line. Both PVC pipe and flexible water pipe have gotten real expensive - with your faucets and fittings, figure a couple hundred for materials.
I don't know what your soil is like. Around here it's all rocks, making a job like that a nightmare. Maybe you don't have that problem, I hope.
One good thing - you're in Zone 8a so you don't have to run the line very deep to prevent freezing. I'd think a foot deep would be OK where you are? The ditch would be fairly easy to refill - a hoe and a rake, then tamp it down.
That $800 bid sounds pretty reasonable to me. I think you could save about half of that money by doing it all yourself, but it's a big job. |
Cordeledawg
Cordele, GA
(Zone 8a)
March 17, 2008
12:32 AM Post #4673344
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Just getting the Ditch Witch to the house would be my first problem and then from what you are saying, it would be an uphill battle for me just to operate the thing. I do appreciate your quick reply. It may help me win a debate with my DH, and hopefully a contract with my plumber! |
horseman_tanker
Hawthorne, NV
March 24, 2008
10:15 AM Post #4702495
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sometimes its worth spending the money on a plumber, ours is kinda expensive but he does good work, the funny thing is that I used to work for him. However he can do it faster and usually doesn't make mistakes,ha anyways good luck. |
Cordeledawg
Cordele, GA
(Zone 8a)
March 24, 2008
10:40 AM Post #4702620
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Dh says no to spending the money for me to play in the dirt. :( I'm going to go and hide his golf clubs. |
fremar
Comer, GA
(Zone 7b)
May 10, 2008
6:30 PM Post #4934001
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CD make him lug those hoses a few times and $800 doesn't sound so bad. I don't have any idea what kind of footage your talking about but pipe was $1.25 per foot for 1" pipe, buyer beware covering that ditch will be more work than you think, I've been plumbing for 25 years and have done my share like that buy LOTS of ben-gay before you start! |
Cordeledawg
Cordele, GA
(Zone 8a)
May 10, 2008
11:21 PM Post #4935057
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You're right. I should and after the ephisode I had with leg cramps last night he will help me next week. We (I) were (was) talking about lugging those 500' ft of water hoses across my shoulders today. I had kept him up all night moaning & groaning and springing out of bed with leg cramps from pulling on those hoses yesterday.
I'm saving my money and it will be a done deal next year. I have two grown sons (with friends) that could cover the pipes. But if I start now saving, I should have enough to pay for the whole job. The starting point at the well is on the south end edge of our 3 acre property. The line would go northward straight across & would make two curves around the pond. That's the same distance I pull and tug on those water hoses every three days while I try to help new plantings get established. If I can hold up all summer I figure by fall I'll have built up the muscles in my legs enough to take up Sumo wrestling. Wonder how much it pays? LOL |
fremar
Comer, GA
(Zone 7b)
May 11, 2008
10:45 AM Post #4936322
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with those kind of muscles you could "MAKE" dh pay for the new line |
Cordeledawg
Cordele, GA
(Zone 8a)
May 11, 2008
11:37 AM Post #4936524
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There ya go! |
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