Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 3:42 pm
Was lifting a section of tarmac yesterday to install a new gulley and connections for linear drains as part of a paving job around the back.
It was a 3 foot wide entrance to the back of the house between the garage and the kitchen so i had a look in the garage and sure enough the boiler was in there so thought i'd be careful.
I had to cut the bitmac to avoid lifting the rest of it when levering up the section to be removed so i thought i'll just make a saw cut 2 inches or so and then dig it all by hand until i find the heating pipes.......
CH Feed pipe was 40mm under the finished surface of the bitmac. The guy had even removed the insulation from the top to get the required depth of black above it.
I;ve come across ntl cables shallower than this but never a pipe, god knows how it didn;t freeze.
So come on lets hear em'. Who can beat that?
It was a 3 foot wide entrance to the back of the house between the garage and the kitchen so i had a look in the garage and sure enough the boiler was in there so thought i'd be careful.
I had to cut the bitmac to avoid lifting the rest of it when levering up the section to be removed so i thought i'll just make a saw cut 2 inches or so and then dig it all by hand until i find the heating pipes.......
CH Feed pipe was 40mm under the finished surface of the bitmac. The guy had even removed the insulation from the top to get the required depth of black above it.
I;ve come across ntl cables shallower than this but never a pipe, god knows how it didn;t freeze.
So come on lets hear em'. Who can beat that?