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OT Burying a Cultec Access Port

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D107
D107 Member Posts: 1,944
edited November 5 in THE MAIN WALL

We are finally starting the landscaping work and they will need our decision soon about how to position the Cultec Access port shown in the photo below. One point of view is to cut the 6" pvc about 6" below grade—leave the white cap on—and triangulate the exact location should maintenance ever be required, which some people are assuring us will likely never be required. One reason cited is to not interfere with the grass root system.

I prefer keeping the port only a few inches below for easier access. To me a 6" wide port is not a big impediment to grass root growth. Roots could easily find deeper soil a few inches away. I suggested something like the green lid below but was told it can't attach properly, so maybe the pvc white cap is best. Any ideas?

IMG_5620sm.JPG Cultec Lid 111C.png

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  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 14,752
    edited November 5

    i'd put it more or less flush with the surface. the grass will grow around it and you'll have trouble finding it without probing the ground until you hit it.

    if you need to find the pipe itself in the future bury a tracer wire with it.

    D107
  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 26,593

    "maintenance will never be required". Yeah, right…

    I agree with @mattmia2 . very near or at the surface. You'll be surprised how fast grass grows over it. Also agree with the triangulation… but I'm a belt and braces kind of guy, so I'd also have a good bit of steel rod — re-bar or the like — and drive it in just next to the thing (don't hit a pipe) so that when it does vanish you can find it with a metal detector… or wrap it all around with tracer wire. Or both.

    Then when you're done with that you can come and help me find the buried valves for an irrigation system in a church garden I care for… they're out there somewhere.

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
    D107
  • D107
    D107 Member Posts: 1,944

    @Jamie Hall Thanks—how long will rebar take to rust being underground?

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 14,752

    doesn't matter if it rusts, it is just there to be something you can find with a metal detector.

    D107
  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 26,593
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
    D107