Then the plumbers got to dig their own hole, resulting in a huge pile of dirt. Note in both "dirt" piles, the number and size of rocks:

And of course, WSSC & the plumbers both called Miss Utility, which duly marked the cables running though the yard. Except one:

But as far as I know, nobody complained about suddenly losing power or 'net, so, the trench continued right up to the basement wall:

Whereupon, the plumbers were able to install the new pipe, protected by a sheath:

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	7of16PlumbersTrench.jpg (128.5 KB, 170 views)
	8of16PipeSheath.jpg (147.5 KB, 153 views)

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