Installing earth rod

[conrad]

Anyone ever installed an earth rod horizontally in a basement?
DB is in basement mounted on a wall that i could drill and hammer rod into "ground".

 

[Midwest]

Would the basement be 'tanked'?

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

dont go making holes in the walls of a basement as if it tanked you could make yourself open to a very large repair bill if it starts leaking and damp penetrates.

 

[PEG]

Just how hard could it be,to place it outside,in the same ground as if you have gone sideways,yet without the hilarious consequences?

 

[Marvo]

Go big of go home. If you're going to run the risk of penetrating the tanking you may as well go whole hog and drill the floor and whack in a spike downwards. You're more likely to get a decent Ra reading on it and the repair bill for the waterproofing at a later date will be exactly the same

 

[buzzlightyear]

Anyone ever installed an earth rod horizontally in a basement?
DB is in basement mounted on a wall that i could drill and hammer rod into "ground".

should you thought about the before the tank was in the basement.

 

[buzzlightyear]

just to say if you put a earth stake in ,and the water table would it not rot and water makes a good condutor !

 

[Marvo]

Only if it's an earth steak with chips...

 

[MDJ]

Don't stick a twig in, whack a decent size rod straight through the floor and if needed screw another on top lol, these 3 ft 10 mm2 rods are a complete farce.

 

[HandySparks]

...these 3 ft 10 mm2 rods are a complete farce.

I agree, a 10mm² rod gets pretty bendy. A 10mm dia rod is much better.

Actually, if you check the research, the rod diameter makes little difference to the Ra. The length is much more important.

 

[Rpa07]

I agree, a 10mm² rod gets pretty bendy. A 10mm dia rod is much better.

Actually, if you check the research, the rod diameter makes little difference to the Ra. The length is much more important.

I’ve heard that before somewhere!

 

[happysteve]

Don't stick a twig in, whack a decent size rod straight through the floor and if needed screw another on top lol, these 3 ft 10 mm2 rods are a complete farce.

You channelling Eng54 there?!? I think the approved terminology is 3/8 twig, though...

 

[MDJ]

You channelling Eng54 there?!? I think the approved terminology is 3/8 twig, though...

No he is channelling me

 

[MDJ]

You channelling Eng54 there?!? I think the approved terminology is 3/8 twig, though...

On a serious reply to you, I completely forgot about ENG, anyone here know what has happened to him?

 

[DPG]

His exclamation mark key on his computer wore out

 

[MDJ]

I agree, a 10mm² rod gets pretty bendy. A 10mm dia rod is much better.

Actually, if you check the research, the rod diameter makes little difference to the Ra. The length is much more important.

The point is the slightly thicker rods have the thread on the end, and it is easy to screw another on to it and go even deeper, these 3 ft things are pretty crap, obviously in good ground they will do the job, I never used them myself, but the ground around here does have a lot of stones in it and they just struggle and are pretty pointless.

 

[HandySparks]

The point is the slightly thicker rods have the thread on the end, and it is easy to screw another on to it and go even deeper, these 3 ft things are pretty crap, obviously in good ground they will do the job, I never used them myself, but the ground around here does have a lot of stones in it and they just struggle and are pretty pointless.

Indeed. If you're going to hammer a rod into the ground, you might as well use something you can extend if necessary.

 

[sparksfly]

If you go horizontal into a public footpath beware of other services...I'm vertically predisposed (unless I lie down!)

 

[GB.Kayak]

On a serious reply to you, I completely forgot about ENG, anyone here know what has happened to him?

I don't; but I think that the fact that he is MIA is a net loss to the 'board'!

 

[Marvo]

On a serious reply to you, I completely forgot about ENG, anyone here know what has happened to him?

Haven't seen him around for a long time on any forums. Maybe Tony would know something.....