Russell griffiths Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Does anybody know how to locate a water main. Main is plastic and 50mm pipe so carries a lot of water I need to install a new electric cable and really could do without digging up the water main. The pipe is on my property so water authority have no plans or give a monkeys. Cheers russ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 If you can get a flexitrace up the pipe, then you can use a CAT to find the pipe. If you can't, then you'll need to dig a few holes to try and locate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Someone's going to suggest divining in a minute! My escapades finding a leak in an old iron main: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 I think I won't be able to push a flexible trace far enough. I can disconnect the pipe at the meter but that is a good 100m away from the location I need to find the pipe. Going to add a question to my cable size thread to see if I can get around this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 Divining has been mentioned but with all the water around me and in the ground I think it's a non starter. You would think the manufacturer would be on to this and start installing a trace wire thingy in the pipes by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Russell griffiths said: Divining has been mentioned but with all the water around me and in the ground I think it's a non starter. You would think the manufacturer would be on to this and start installing a trace wire thingy in the pipes by now. It's now best practice to install a trace wire alongside a plastic pipe. The wire can be connected to a signal generator and use to create a field that a CAT can detect. If laying a new long length of underground pipe it makes sense to add a trace wire, just to ease the hassle of anyone trying to find it later. Edited July 29, 2017 by JSHarris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijay Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 What sort of wire would you use as a trace wire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 21 minutes ago, Vijay said: What sort of wire would you use as a trace wire? Stuff like this that's made for the job: https://store.jdpipes.co.uk/blue-tracer-wire/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijay Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Thank you. What pipes would you use it on apart from water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Can you hire this kit in the UK?.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyJrReen-ng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Could you... Isolate the mains and shove a trace wire down the middle of the existing pipe but go from both ends so less to push etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 thanks for all the comments I did a bit of searching and good ol you tube comes to the rescue again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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