{"id":4963,"date":"2018-10-10T20:48:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T20:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/?p=4963"},"modified":"2024-05-31T11:44:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T11:44:57","slug":"bringing-natural-gas-to-the-new-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/bringing-natural-gas-to-the-new-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Natural Gas to the New House"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we dropped by the house this morning, they were digging the trench to put in natural gas line.<\/p>\n

\"Digging
Digging a trench to our house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They had to go quite a ways down the block to where the gas line ended and dig a trench.<\/p>\n

\"Digging
Digging the trench for our gas line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They had to move everything in their way, mail boxes, big rocks\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Pneumatic
Pneumatic Mole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When they got to a driveway, they went under it with this. It is a Pneumatic Mole. It is also called a Ground Piercing Mole. And that is exactly what it does.<\/p>\n

\"Turning
Turning on the air pressure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They hooked it up to a hose going to a giant compressor. There is a heavy weight in it.<\/p>\n

\"The
The Pneumatic Mole is digging under a driveway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It works like a cylinder and piston. The piston is a heavy weight inside the cylinder tube. Air is blown against the weight or piston to hammer against the pointy front of the cylinder tube to make the mole inch forward underground.<\/p>\n

\"Cable
Cable to pull the line under a driveway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pneumatic Mole pulls this cable along.<\/p>\n

\"Digging
Digging toward the Pneumatic Mole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We could hear it reach the other side. This guy dug to reach it because it had not exactly gone straight.<\/p>\n

\"Pulling
Pulling the Pneumatic Mole out on the other side of the driveway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here he is pulling the Pneumatic Mole out of the trench.<\/p>\n

\"Pneumatic
Pneumatic Mole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a good shot of what the Pneumatic Mole looks like.<\/p>\n

\"Cable
Cable to pull the line under a driveway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the hole it dug and the cable out the other side.<\/p>\n

\"Wacker
Wacker Neuson 2 Stroke Rammer to compact the soil in the trench before laying the pipe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before they put the pipe in the trench, they compacted the soil.<\/p>\n

This is a Wacker Neuson 2 Stroke Rammer. It is \u201cSpecifically designed for use in soil compaction in narrow trenches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wacker Neuson Rammers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Industry-leading performance:<\/p>\n