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we have everything but the pondWe have all of the camping gizmos to drink dirty water. We also have a wood stove on which to boil water. We have a pond... and of course we often have snow.
we have everything but the pondWe have all of the camping gizmos to drink dirty water. We also have a wood stove on which to boil water. We have a pond... and of course we often have snow.
It is piped from a reservoir at the top of the hill behind us. There was an issue with the reservoir, and once the engineers fixed that and turned the water back on, apparently it caused 9 bursts on the line to us (we were the 9th). Pipes laid in 1949, clearly need a revamp! But that would be massively disruptive. They kindly dug down by hand to avoid felling my 20 yr old pittisporum, next to which the water was bubbling up, but I can't see them doing that right through the garden!Does your house water come from a well, or the city?
You have reminded me of the ancient solution to this issue.before plumbing, my ancestors took the time (in ROCK country, so the labor involved is impressive), to dig a huge underground cistern.
Yep, its a mess! Couple years ago we had to take a jackhammer to the basement floor and remove my patio to replace orangeburg sewer pipe. It had completely disintegrated in spots and was blocked with roots and dirt. Previous attempts to roto-rooter had put holes in the pipe and more spots for roots and dirt to enter. Not a fun time.
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I suspect our water board will resist that unless and until they are forced to by the regulator or someone else with authority over them.
Was it Orangeburg pipe?thanks all; lots of good and useful advice here.
It is piped from a reservoir at the top of the hill behind us. There was an issue with the reservoir, and once the engineers fixed that and turned the water back on, apparently it caused 9 bursts on the line to us (we were the 9th). Pipes laid in 1949, clearly need a revamp! But that would be massively disruptive. They kindly dug down by hand to avoid felling my 20 yr old pittisporum, next to which the water was bubbling up, but I can't see them doing that right through the garden!
You have reminded me of the ancient solution to this issue.
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This is the basilica cistern built by the Romans, as one of many under the city Byzantion/Constantinople/Istanbul.
And this is my son gobsmacked by the Piscina Mirabilis near Naples, built before Vesuvius erupted of course
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These were both lined by Roman hydraulic cement.
Yep, its a mess! Couple years ago we had to take a jackhammer to the basement floor and remove my patio to replace orangeburg sewer pipe. It had completely disintegrated in spots and was blocked with roots and dirt. Previous attempts to roto-rooter had put holes in the pipe and more spots for roots and dirt to enter. Not a fun time.i just had to look it up. basically wood pulp infused with tar/pitch. sold in the USoA during WWII years instead of using metals which were needed for the war effort. oh ghods, what a mess that would be...
i doubt that kind of pipe made it over the pond.