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Charles Bishop[_2_]

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On Sun, 06 Nov 2016 12:01:51 -0600, dpb wrote:

On 11/06/2016 10:20 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 11/6/2016 10:47 AM, dpb wrote:

Unless it is extremely deep and/or the soil is very difficult, 50-ft
could be hand-trenched and replaced for considerably less than $17,000
unless it's under a patio slab and/or other obstructions.

I admire your energy to hand trench 50' by a minimum of 4' deep.

Been dere, dun dat! 'Course, was younger when did stuff meself, but
in most places there's absolutely no problems getting day labor...

If it's really as deep as 4-ft, there's some pain indeed, most
residential lines anywhere I've ever seen aren't close to that deep,
however.

Rental places have machines for excavation. You can rent them by the
hour or a full day. That beats hand digging and will still save a lot
compared to having a plumber do it.

It's a 3" pipe, probably 4' down on average, and you need to get the
pipe out, even if in pieces, and new pipe down (ABS).

How wide would you make the trench, and is there a machine you know of
that would do this work that can be rented?

Oh, there may be sprinkler pipe in the path of the trench.

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harles