Water Supply Pipe needs to cross a stream

[apemyr]

Hi,
Our cottage is about 100 yds from the road where the water company's mains supply reaches. Our water supply pipe (black, 3/4 ins rubber ?) then runs down to the house buried (deeply enough hopefully), alongside our drive.

Before it gets to the house though, it has to cross a stream, a few feet wide, but fast flowing in winter. Currently the supply pipe is encased in a plastic 2ins pipe and just buried a few inches down along the bottom of the stream. It is then covered with rocks, stones and gravel.

We've been here since 1979, and just the once, the water supply froze (in 1981 I think) for more than a week. At that time the stream itself was pretty much frozen solid.

This winter, our water supply has not yet frozen. The stream never quite foze over completely this time. But I was thinking if there is anything I can do to improve the situation?

How should the supply pipe get across the stream? Is there some special (dry, insulated) casing we can use to bury it in?

Any ideas/advice/experiences much appreciated.

Thanks,
ApEmyr

 

[ecowarm]

Hi, Have a look here Uponor - Uponor Supra for cold and cooling water

Eco

 

[stevetheplumber]

you can get plastic pipe prelagged and sleved which might help

 

[ecowarm]

you can get plastic pipe prelagged and sleved which might help

Thats what the above uponor link is

 

[dontknowitall]

I'd get someone in who could send a mole (can't remember the proper name) under the stream. Local water authority did this at our last house for the mains going up from the main road to some houses half a mile away. They dug large holes every 100 yards or so and spent around half a day attaching each section if memory serves correctly.

 

[justlead1]

Hi. Check out the video YouTube - GRUNDOMAT P VERSION E 1 it shows the basic principal of mechanical mole. How ever they come in smaller sizes and there are plenty of companies that would carry out the work.