Here's my story and I'm stickin' to it... I'm Nancy, the 68-yr-old woman who is going to attempt my own liner installation tomorrow, with the help of my 5'2" 73-yr-old girlfriend Lorraine...
So, Chapter One:
UPS called last week and said they had "a skid of pipe" to deliver weighing 78 pounds, and could a tractor-trailer make it down my road?
Yikes! A skid? 78 pounds?!? I have trouble lifting 50 pounds of dog food. What have I done?
After some reflection, I concluded that the weight must include the skid (it does) and the pipe is indeed a manageable weight. It's still 20 feet long, though...
Anyway, it came a little while ago. Told the guy I'd take the skid off his hands (kindling; I learned that here). Got it all unpacked, read the directions (I don't always) and put the Tee Branch into the opening thru the basement wall. Couldn't fit better if it tried.
The pipe was all curled up like a big python, and it liked being that way. It did not want to straighten out. But I have the stumps of two mighty oaks about 8 feet apart in my back yard, and they made for dandy leverage convincing the python to do my bidding. It's almost straight, and the insulation should help fix the final kinks.
So now, after a break for lunch, I'm back out to attach the Tee Body, insulation and wire mesh cover thingie...
Lorraine will be here around 1:00 tomorrow, and when we get 'er done we'll call for a pizza and crack a couple of brews.
What can possibly go wrong?
So, Chapter One:
UPS called last week and said they had "a skid of pipe" to deliver weighing 78 pounds, and could a tractor-trailer make it down my road?
Yikes! A skid? 78 pounds?!? I have trouble lifting 50 pounds of dog food. What have I done?
After some reflection, I concluded that the weight must include the skid (it does) and the pipe is indeed a manageable weight. It's still 20 feet long, though...
Anyway, it came a little while ago. Told the guy I'd take the skid off his hands (kindling; I learned that here). Got it all unpacked, read the directions (I don't always) and put the Tee Branch into the opening thru the basement wall. Couldn't fit better if it tried.
The pipe was all curled up like a big python, and it liked being that way. It did not want to straighten out. But I have the stumps of two mighty oaks about 8 feet apart in my back yard, and they made for dandy leverage convincing the python to do my bidding. It's almost straight, and the insulation should help fix the final kinks.
So now, after a break for lunch, I'm back out to attach the Tee Body, insulation and wire mesh cover thingie...
Lorraine will be here around 1:00 tomorrow, and when we get 'er done we'll call for a pizza and crack a couple of brews.
What can possibly go wrong?