Hi there,
I currently work in a quad trailer and our sewer line froze this past February. I need you guys help so it doesn't freeze this coming winter.
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here is what was already done in the line in the past, 2009:
Maintenance dug-up the area using Kabota tractor. There was a hard layer of asphalt/concrete directly above the pipes. The kabota was unable to break thru this layer so manual labor was used. They located the "T" about 12" below ground level. There is a short sweep installed and it is going the correct way. The "T" was located at a belly in the main line. They also identified a solid single strand of insulated copper wire running alongside each pipe. They were unsure what that was for but could aid in located the pipe in the future.
Dug out Clean-out and replaced coupling and screw in cap, and installed a new cast iron lid and ring.
Finished the heat tape installation. Pulled new conductors for the Gardener's Garage. Completed the power feed to the Gardener's Garage. There is a new receptacle mounted under the west trailer just inside the access hatch. The controller for the heat tape is there also. It has GFCI. A new breaker was installed in the stand-alone lighting panel, (not one of the lighting panels mounted on a trailer,) in position #8. The heat tape was wrapped around the 4" pipe at a rate of 3' of tape to 1' of pipe. The pipe was then buried and concrete poured over the end of it.
Back filled with 5/8 minus and poured weak concrete into the trench and the south clean-out
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so, all that work was done in 2009 and it froze this last year. What can I do so it doesn't happen again this coming winter?
please advise
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