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Posted by RLM on October 30, 2006, 8:27 am
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:42:42 +0000, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> A friend was complaining last night about how major repairs often come in
> clusters, when you can least afford them. The latest: It seems the AC wire
> to her freestanding garage has rotted away. The installation's probaby 50
> years old. The BX cable comes out of the ground right at the garage, and
> there's no indication of it having been run through any sort of protective
> pipe. It enters the house through concrete block, below ground level. The
> garage is only 18 feet from the house, and although the ground is very easy
> to dig, the wire has to pass below a sidewalk to reach the house.
>
> The sidewalk is adding to her nightmare because she's thinking that removing
> any soil at all (to run the new wire) will cause some pavement to collapse,
> so she'll end up needing masonry work, too.
>
> Anyone know what's really involved in replacing a wire like this? In a
> perfect world, there would be no sidewalk or other annoyances, I'd install
> the wire in the appropriate pipe, there'd be birds and flowers and everybody
> would live happily every after with free beer. But...ya know....
Water jet underneath the sidewalk using a piece of plastic conduit. Dig a
shallow hole on each side of the walk. Shove the conduit from one hole to
the other with water running, under pressure, through it. Easy to do where
I'm at in Fla. with the whole state being one big sandbar. Worth a try
where you are in NY.
Once through, cut off the 3/4" male pipe threaded nipple you added to
connect the hose to.
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