Sewer line Cleanout

Installing a cleanout means cutting a space in a pipe and fitting a wye or tee to stup up to the surface with a cap, so the line can be inspected or cleaned in future.  This was a 6" PVC about three feet down in Port Coquitlam.  Primary drainage is shown above and to the left in perforated 4" PVC.

Boiler Room III

A closer look at the blowers and unistrut at the end of the now double row of venting, I built my first chain-link fence enclosure around the vent caps.

Boiler Room II

Here are more pictures from the boiler room job.  New boilers have replaced the old ones and tanks.  A contractor was hired to bore the 24" dia. holes in the wall to accommodate the new venting system.
After installing the unistrut support we built the venting in segments.  I built most of the supports and was able to contribute ideas to accomplish various little challenges along the way.  There was a good amount of work to do removing and fitting the new piping and valves/releases to and from the new boilers.

Thomas the Tank

Here's a concrete job I went to help with, removing Thomas.  He weighs about 13500 pounds when full and maybe half that while empty.  The boiler sits on two rails that were embedded in short concrete footings.  Myself and three other guys broke it down and moved it on pallet jacks and manpower, through a sliding door in the corner with only about 6' of gap to work with, out to the parking lot for later towing.  It was exciting!

Point Grey Water Main

Water main replacement in Point Grey, typical 20-24" trench for a new 3/4" line. 

Kits Beach House

Sewer line replacement in Kits, underneath primary drainage and gas line.  6 feet deep and sloped.

More Digs

Another group of images from some more digs.  The trouble is, I get so focused on what I'm doing sometimes that I often forget to stop and take pictures.  I've forgotten to take pictures on most of the jobs but I'll try to take one on every dig.

These four were from a 100 foot length of perimeter drainage added just 18" down, but the soil conditions were terrible.  It had been more than a month without rain except for the previous weekend.  The client's home is built in an area that used to be a gravel pit, which was reclaimed some 50 years ago, and the soil here is more stone than dirt.  Despite the shallow depth this dig was brutal because of the heat.

 

These are from a 50' sewer line replacement, the first phase of the job which included another run of about 40' from a wye in the front of this line, as the second phase.

Here are two cuts I made today by eyeball mk 1.  It should make for a nice clean repair now that the water main is in and it's backfilled.

 Adam making a connection to the city shut-off valve, the hole was previously flooded ground due to a break in the line, the valve was just inside shoring depth so I put together a very temporary box. 

 

 James traversing a masonry stone wall.