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Resurrection of a CFEI 100 KVA Induction Furnace
awemawson:
So 24 hours later and a few millions of gallons of run off later there is little sign of yesterdays flooding!
(Actually this is typical)
awemawson:
Phil rang me last night to announce that he was dropping off his 3 ton digger, and starting this morning would be finishing off the land drain connection. I warned him that I'm emulating a peg leg and couldn't be any help at the moment as my trapped nerve is still playing up - but 8 am there he was with all his Tonka Toys - Phil likes his ground work machines - he has diggers ranging from 3 to 36 tons and all pretty modern - no, I'm NOT jealous (much!)
To get the levels he started by exposing the existing land drain in the driveway (the one I connected the bore hole over flow into) and then started deepening the grip along the side and end of the foundry. This exposed two cast iron pipes. A smaller 3" one that I was aware of that had taken water from the old settling tank (that is now under the Tractor Shed) and was definitely abandoned, and another much larger 6" one that doesn't feature on the plans or way leaves but almost certainly is the main feed from the pumping station to Sedlescombe Village. If you look, it is UNDER the corner of the slab that the foundry has been built on. They have no way leave for it so not my fault !!!!
Finding these pipes determined the depth of the grip / french drain, so that the new perforated pipe could pass under them and yet still have the right fall from end to end.
Once in place the perforated land drain was covered in pea shingle and a line marker laid from it's end to the connection point.
Trench then dug carefully avoiding water and electricity pipe to the greenhouses, a feed to an outside tap, and the flow and return for the furnace chiller. No pipes were hurt in this exercise - thankfully.
Then it was a case of connecting into the existing land drain, back filling and tidying up. everything is very wet so the end finish is rather 'slick' but time and rain will cure that as the grass grows back - I hope!
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awemawson:
.... cont
russ57:
-russ
Spurry:
Good to see some proper toys on the job. :thumbup: You did not mention all that clay being a problem, gluing itself inside the bucket, which is what happens to me if any attempt is made at earthworks in our current kind of weather.
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