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That old sewer line repair in Denver took me 8 hours longer than I budgeted for
I showed up thinking it was a simple pipe patch job on a 4 inch cast iron line. Took me 2 hours just to expose the damn thing because the concrete was thicker than any permit said it would be. Then I found out the previous guy had wrapped it in some weird tar paper that crumbled everywhere. By the time I got the new PVC ferncos on it was already dark. Has anyone else run into old jobs that just completely lie about what's underground?
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thea8571mo ago
Wait, 7.5 feet deep on a sewer repair? That's insane, how did you even get the excavator in there? I ran into a similar deal in Denver where the old city map showed a 4 foot depth but we hit 6 foot deep clay pipe instead, and @rose_cooper your broken glass story makes my concrete struggle look easy. Did you at least bill them for the extra time or did you eat it?
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rose_cooper1mo ago
Oh man, I feel your PAIN on that one. I had a job in a 1920s building in Chicago where the sewer was supposedly just a straightforward replace. Turned out the old line was laid in a trench filled with broken glass and bricks from the original construction site. Took me FOREVER to dig it out and I cut my hands twice. The permit said it was 5 feet deep but it was actually 7.5. Those old city records are STRAIGHT lies sometimes.
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