help

[woollydigger]

need to find a way of  re diercting the water flow from the ceiling full of rocks any help.

 

[nickwilliams]

I think we'll need a bit more info.

From your description, I envisage an aven with jammed boulders at the top with water falling through them. Is this correct? If so, how high is the aven and how big is the area underneath it? Where does the water need to go? Do you just want to create an area where there is no falling water so it's more comfortable to work? Or what?

Tell us more - you don't have to say where it is if you don't want to!

Nick.

 

[woollydigger]

2m round ceiling (est) scoffolded up. the water come though all of the rocks and the water needs to follow a new way off flowin when iam digging but can be put bk when not  my dig site is not where i want to tap the water.

 

[shotlighter]

Tarp tied to the scaffolding springs immediatly to mind, with a corner drooping where you want the water to go.

 

[woollydigger]

i was thinkin that but i need 2 make pipe work go 4m further down to where i need it 2 go     

 

[Dropper]

At our dig we make sure the water runs down to shaft to make the other diggers get decent kit!

 

[woollydigger]

iam goin2 use the tarp idea this weekend but i aslo take some 50mm pipein down how can i make the water from the tarp get into the pipe?

 

[SamT]

Thought I'd replied to this one ages ago - guess I cant have hit the post button.

Any how - you need a big funnel dont you. something cone like.

I know where there are litterally thousands - Red and white ones - with a reflective bit. geddit.

Im sure who ever put them there wont mind you borrowing one - Theres *never* anyone around behind them.

The end fits very neatly into the 4" fire hose stuff (the stuff that folds flat) which you can usually pick up from some source or other.

 

[Steve_T]

Ocean going yachts use a tarp like affair with a fitted funnel in the middle to catch rain water and direct it to the water tanks with a flexible pipe.
I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to construct your own version of this to suit yur needs.

 

[Pitlamp]

Or buy a goon suit? Seriously, in wet digs they make life far more comfortable. Best worn under a boiler suit or other protective layer, to avoid tears.

 

[woollydigger]

thank's to  everyone who posted in to this.( got it sorted now. )  just a tip if you ever think about takeing a cone down a small passage DON'T.

 

[SamT]

So what was the final arrangement. Tarp running into a funnel and hose arrangment ??

did the cone fit eventually - or did you have to abandon that idea.

:-\

 

[woollydigger]

So what was the final arrangement. Tarp running into a funnel and hose arrangment ??

did the cone fit eventually - or did you have to abandon that idea.

:-\

yes ithe tarp is running funnel but the pipes what i've got is to samll for the water what's goin2 run though it so iam going to get sum rainwater pipe from  work to do the job  but the hose would off worked.

 

[woollydigger]

i've been thinking of changeing  the tarp and make a postctere bowl cuz the tarp keeps fallin down is this the best way to go? the water come's from the roof and down the walls.