On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:59:00 GMT, Stuart Noble
wrote:

Lawrie wrote:
Hi,
Had a problem with a blocked drain recently which grateful advice from this
group sorted out.
But the last manhole cover before the road is in the middle of our front
garden and having lifted it to rod through, both the cover and the frame are
so rusted through that they need to be replaced.
Unfortunately the garden slopes down towards the house and the sewer
obviously the opposite way so that the sewer is a long way down way beyond
arm's reach. I am worried that when chipping away the old frame and cement
and re-cementing that nothing falls down into the sewer which is the last
thing I want; don't want any more blockages.
Has anyone any ideas for stopping stuff falling into the manhole; had
thought of a sheet of hardboard resting on screws into the side of the
manhole or on some sort of clips resting on the edge of the manhole.
Or is there any obvious way that I am missing,
Thanks, Lawrie



Maybe pump up an old lilo bed? Something inflatable that will wedge
itself in the hole, and then a sheet of hardboard or something to stop
it puncturing.

Or one of those containers that you get sand delivered in with ropes
attached to the handles to haul it back up...I've no idea how much
room is down there tho'