Trenching and Installing Drainage Chambers
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What happens here
The excavator proceeds to dig the trenches for the drainage field. A worker uses a grading stick and laser level to ensure that these trenches are dug with absolute precision, emphasizing the necessity of them being "laser level" for the system to function correctly. The black plastic drainage chambers are then carefully placed into these trenches. The worker demonstrates how these chambers snap together and explains that they are perforated, allowing the liquid waste to absorb into the ground through the sides, rather than seeping from the bottom. The total length of the drainage system is stated to be 481 feet, composed of 112 chambers.
Goal: Dig precise, level trenches and install the perforated drainage chambers.
Tools and materials
- Black plastic drainage chambers — The components of the drainage field, installed in the trenches. Total of 112 chambers
- CAT 306 mini excavator CAT — Digging trenches for the drainage field
- Grading stick — Ensuring trenches are dug to a precise, level grade
- Laser level — Assisting with precision leveling of trenches