Cabin 3 In-Ground Service Stubs-out Winterization

[Ben Cheek]

Currently, Cabin 3 has services near the future building site — namely water and LP Gas. Both are in capped lines in holes covered by old pallets and scrap roof metal. Neither will over-winter well in the current state, especially not the water line that will be subject to freezing.

Options:

• Bury the lines and mark them for future excavation and connection.
• Run the water line to a curb-cock and shut the line off with a new empty stub-out ready to go to the building.

The first option’s downside is the labor that will be required to dig up the lines in the future. The second option’s downside is expense now and also the likelihood the lines will be damaged in the course of construction.

[Ben Cheek]

DL wrote: What if we dug a hole and boxed it in, then filled with insulation. It would be easier to get to later. just a thought.

Let’s take a look at how close it is to where the foundation is marked out. The big thing at this point with any solution is whether machines will be moving over/around it. If so, it’s better to bury it.

[Ben Cheek]

I completed the winterization. The hole for the water line was widened to the South, the coil of black poly pipe was laid down on a bed of rock dust / man sand, three skid loader buckets of man sand were applied on top, and the hole was back-filled with soil. The north board in the hole marks the entrance of the line into the hole and the south board marks the furthest extent of the coil in the ground.

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