Recent content by Nic3456

Hey guys - I'm redoing about 8,000 sq ft of my yard that currently has patchy grass. My house is only about 18 months old, but this section is where all the clay was put when they dug the basement. It's very lumpy, the grass doesn't grow well and it doesn't drain well (there is a slight trough...

We have 5 acres of flat land with no trees that we just built a house on. We are wanting to plant grass on 3 acres. I was going to try and tackle myself, but with my work commitments I really dont think I could do all the grading, etc in time. I have a Kubota BX with 52"bb and FEL and there are...

I trenched a waterline a couple of months ago but left a pit open where I made a connection going from a 2 inch to 1 inch pipe. The water is getting turned on next week but the ground is fairly frozen. I will backfill that same day as soon as we test the line but is that going to provide any...

Running 2"PVC water line about 40" deep At one point a 12" HDPE drain pipe( part of field tile system) runs ~4 inches above the water line Do I need to worry about increased freezing risk of water line? (Wasn't sure if the HDPE pipe increased/decreased or no impact on ground insulation. This...

Going to be install some 2 inch SDR-21 water pipe next week (about 600') and had a few questions. - anyone have a preferred lube/grease they like to use? - will the pipe have any flex/give? We need to shift the pipe about 30' over the last 200' - do you put together the pipe on the surface and...

I need to install my water line that is perpendicular with an existing electric line. The current electric is buried 3 feet and I'll be running the water line 4 feet deep. I would rather not dig out a huge hole and expose the whole trench - trying think of a good (and inexpensive)way to just...

Is it possible to have to too thick of a gravel driveway? My contractor is mixing what he typically does with what the builder is recommending and I think it might be overkill. I will have a 550 foot long drive, 10 feet wide, Pretty flat, and no trees. He's going to dig 12 inches deep (I think...

I've met with 4 different contractors on installing a 550 ft gravel driveway and they are all over the board on what rocks & thickness they are going to use on the drive. The guy I'm leaning towards using is heavily pushing using 8" of #304 and then 4" of #57 after construction. We are using...

So I'm building a new house and thinking about doing the trenching myself. Water - 600/ft (quoted $6.50/ft due to needing to be 48" deep) - including pipe Gas - 600/ft (quoted $2.80/ft buried 30" deep) - including pipe Elec - 200ft ($2.80/ft,not sure of depth) - elec co provide wiring and...

Just joined TBN and hoping to learn a lot from you all. I'm Starting from scratch and need some help as I'm a bit overwhelmed. Wife & I are about to start building on 5 acres that is currently a flat soybean field with the only trees being on the perimeter of the property. It's located in...