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footing drain

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At the first inspection the perforated drain pipe stopped short by about 12'.....is 3" and the plans call for 4", does not daylight.


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Today the pipe was buried by the stone. There was a shovel so I dug up the pipe to see if it was 4". It is...... 4" round x 16" long.

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This had nothing to do with anything that I said but everything to do with a conference the contractor had with the office manager. It seems that he was told to slope the pipe towards the weep holes that are at 32" on center. I am leaving for two weeks vacation in the morning so how this will play out is anybody's guess. I just left a correction to glue the segments together......or if he's a thinker he might stay away from my office manager, get new 4" perforated pipe and daylight it.

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That is hilarious.

I enjoy your posts because you inhabit a completely different word than me- big city stuff where you may never run into the owner or contractor again. Wild west.

I live in a small town, and word-of-mouth is every thing. If somebody pulled a job like that, the entire community would know, and they would never get work again in the area. This keeps the general level of quality quite high.

Cheers
 
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