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Alpena MI | My rule of thumb is that there should be enough grade upstream of a forced outlet to have pipes empty past 150’ or so. So far I’ve had no complaints from customers. Last year we installed 1500’ of 12” to get an outlet for a system that a competitor installed. The system was installed at a tenth of grade on a main that left nearly 20 acres worth of pipe with standing water because of a forced outlet. The land owner (not a farmer) was scratching his head, wondering why that area of the field got wetter after it was tiled. His tenant asked us to have a look at the system to see if we could diagnose it. The diagnosis was simple, the fix was costly. The competition hadn’t given the land owner any disclaimer for the outlet and he had no experience to rely on.
Occasionally we will tile something with a suspect outlet, with a disclaimer that there needs to be downstream dirt work/tree removal or the like, and do our best to make sure the land owner understands the issues it will cause if not followed up on, and also understands what needs to be done.
Dan, you go above and beyond with your manufacturing of outlets. I don’t know if I could talk most of our customers into paying for something like that! Looks professional! | |
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Response for post about installing tile using a force outlet from a few days ago
