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Posted by J.A. Michel on August 28, 2007, 5:28 pm
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>> >>I want to use a SonoTube as an access port for an underground valve.
>> >>The valve will be about 4' under ground. I thought if I painted the ST
>> >>and wrapped it in plastic it would hold up much better. It won't last
>> >>a thousand years, but it should meet my needs. I'll insulate the Tube
>> >>to prevent freezing.
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>> >> Any ideas on the best way to mummify my Tube?
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>> > Why not use use an actual underground valve box?
>> > Look here:http://www.doityourself.com/invt/8483505
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>> > It can be cut/modified to suit your needs. Beats a sonotube.
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>> For some reason he needs it 4 feet underground.
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> You live somewhere warm, Al? My street shut off for my water is right
> about 5' down.
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> All the original ones in the neighborhood are fairly thin metal pipes,
> and often the ground has shifted and make them hard to work with, but
> I would think that new ones would use 4" PVC for access with a street
> key. Way cheaper than a sonotube too, and I would think you could use
> a screw in plug on top to cover it, and maybe a T on the bottom to run
> the pipe and valve through.
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> If I was really curious, through, I would drive into a new
> construction subdivision and look at what they have.
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> JK
I have a new construction home. My street shutoff, or "curbstop" as they
are called here - is a good 8ft down. Well, I should clearify, the valve is
8ft down, but it has a shaft on it that runs up and allows the valve turned
from the surface. I carefully put a round valvebox around my curbstop, so
that it would always be accessable. Then when we harrowed the front to
plant the lawn, it got buried. Havent't seen it since. Whoops!! :-(
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