The township say I need to cut and cap sewer and water at curb for house lift. How far down is it usually? Location is all sand, no rocks, on an island.
thanks
kevin
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It depends on the elevation of the main you are going to be tying into. you don't want to be below that for sure.
It varies a lot, some are only a couple of feet, I have seen some as deep as 10 to 12 feet.
Depth of tap varies with location.
Mine is 39".
Across town we tied into one greater than 8 ft.
Your local govt. should have the info available, block by block or house by house. Otherwise, just dig until you find it. <G>
Also, find the point where the city tap ends and the cleanout is installed. Quite often a fernco type junction is used rather than a glueup. You could then just easily disconnect and dry-cap the tap end.
It sounds like the jurisdiction is going to make you reslope the entire waste run to the street. Otherwise you could cut and paste further back unless they think the initial drop to reconnect would be too severe for the flow. It's not, otherwise a second floor commode would also be too much. Why not ask for a cut and reconnect closer to the house at the point of the first cleanout? Could save a bunch of work on your part as well as a bunch of cash.
Edited 11/27/2006 11:50 am ET by RalphWicklund
I'm guessing you guys are talking about the water line, or were you speaking about the sewer as well? I'll call water and sewer dept, just thought it might be a standard depth. Thanks
Kevin
The water line feed by pressure. It can be any depth, just as long as it is below frost depth. So that is usually where it will be.Sewer has to flow by gravity. So wherever it has to empty out and the local terain and that will set the depth and it can be most anything.
Open the manholes upstream and downstream from the house and see how deep the line is from the street- that'll give you an idea of how deep it'll be at your lot. The water line will likely be 3-4' deep.
Bob
except for the places where it is eight or ten.Every municipality is different, but they should have public records.The prt of this that amazes me is that the town is will ing to let the individual do the tap in. Usually they do it themselves and charge a fee.
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"The prt of this that amazes me is that the town is will ing to let the individual do the tap in. Usually they do it themselves and charge a fee."I'm not tapping in at all. The plumbing inspector wants me to replace the sewer line, and by me I mean I hire someone, once the house is set back down. That goes for the water also. They assume both will be destroyed with the process of lifting the house. Since all this stuff is only 20 years old, there's a chance it is not a cast iron sewer line. If it's plastic I'll be hoping it won't be destroyed so I don't have to replace it. If it's anything other than plastic, I want it upgraded regardless. Either way, a pro will be doing it. The water table is so high, once you go down a foot or so the hole starts to fill with water and you need pumps etc to continue, a job for a pro.
Thanks
Kevin
Doc's in NJ, so I was going by what's typical depth here. Also, it's typical here for the homeowner's contractor to have to do the sewer tap- not the township. The water companies are usually separate entities from the townships, and they normally do their own taps for residential services and leave you a curb box to connect at.
Bob
I see. Was going by my own experiences in smaller towns
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You might simply ask your plumbing guy. They usually have a good idea since many areas of town are similar. Excavators who do this kind of work also have a good idea of what's common.
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Called the water and sewer department and it so happens the superintendent there used to date the former owner. He actually did some work on the plumbing and said he was almost positive the sewer line was cast iron. Said the best way to make sure was crawl under the house and find the connection of the black ABS and the sewer line just a few inches underground at that point. If I dig at the curb it could be very deep and the hole would fill with water.
Thanks
Kevin