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ApS · 06-11-2006, 05:50 PM

You mean just at the end?

Poly pipe wants to float, so I attached a red brick every 10 feet or so -- using copper electrical wire and a cable-tie on each brick. (These particular red bricks have large holes manufactured in them). The pipe was then run between the pilings of a permanent dock.

The entire 10-year-old assembly is over-engineered: It has dual foot valves attached to a vertical stainless steel pipe "T" and is anchored in a concrete-filled tub in 15' of water. It stays in all year 'round.

My neighbor (to the west) tied their foot valve to a concrete block using solid-copper electrical wire. They dropped the whole works into the lake and never had to move any of it since.

For 50 years!

06-11-2006, 05:50 PM	#3
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,938 Thanks: 2,205 Thanked 776 Times in 553 Posts	Keep it Simple You mean just at the end? Poly pipe wants to float, so I attached a red brick every 10 feet or so -- using copper electrical wire and a cable-tie on each brick. (These particular red bricks have large holes manufactured in them). The pipe was then run between the pilings of a permanent dock. The entire 10-year-old assembly is over-engineered: It has dual foot valves attached to a vertical stainless steel pipe "T" and is anchored in a concrete-filled tub in 15' of water. It stays in all year 'round. My neighbor (to the west) tied their foot valve to a concrete block using solid-copper electrical wire. They dropped the whole works into the lake and never had to move any of it since. For 50 years!