On 2/25/2014 6:07 PM, Tekkie® wrote:
The Daring Dufas posted for all of us...

And I know how to SNIP


On 2/24/2014 7:50 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 2/24/2014 8:19 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, January 23, 2011 6:28:52 AM UTC-8,
wrote:
I have a yard hydrant in my barn. It had heat tape on it,
and the top part above the ground was not frozen (I took off
the head and put a wire down). Its frozen under the ground.
I know it's not to the bottom, because its down at least 5
feet into the ground. Its frozen below the surface. I have
concrete around it, but there's a 1 inck gap around the pipe,
and I did have the heat tape down a few inches, but I found
that right below that tape the ground is frozen because I
tried to drive a piece of steel rebar into the soil.

I put a propane torch on the pipe right above the concrete
level and got water to boil out the top, but it's still not
working and cant lift the plunger. Is there some sort of
electrical rod that I could drive melt into the ground or
anything made for that? I did dump some boiling water around
it too. I capped the top so I can use the rest of the water
on the property. and have an electric heater next to the
pipe, (heat tape is off now, so I could use torch). This
hydrant is in a small room, so that electric heater should
heat the room but it's not going to get what is underground.
Anyone have any ideas what to do?

Then, when I do get it unthawed, what can I do under the
concrete level to keep it thawed? They say not to put that
heat tape underground. I did have it down abiut 2 inches
into the concrete, but not more. I sure cant think of any
other way to do it.

IDEAS NEEDED????

Thanks

Jake


Jan of 2011. Wonder if he got it "unthawed" yet?

Though, with the cold this week, might need to "unthaw" it
again.

I use liquid nitrogen to "unthaw" most things. ^_^

TDD

If a plane crashes on the border between US & Canada where do they
bury the survivors?

Before or after they're unthawed? ^_^

TDD