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re: Does sandbagging work?
Posted on 8/16/16 at 2:38 pm to Chad504boy
Posted on 8/16/16 at 2:38 pm to Chad504boy
No, it doesn't work. People just like filling bags and carrying them around and shite.
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Posted on 8/16/16 at 2:44 pm to Sparkplug#1
Should work if used in conjunction with a tarp or visqueen. You're still gonna get some penetration though
Posted on 8/16/16 at 2:44 pm to Clyde Tipton
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They used sandbags to build the structure, but had to dig a hole in the low spot of the "dry " yard, and constantly monitor and bilge/trash pump out the seepage back over to the wet side of the berm.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 2:46 pm to Clyde Tipton
i mean, common folk don't have the means to acquire 1000 sandbags in an emergency jippy.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 2:50 pm to LOL
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for the most part
Plus they make excellent cover to shoot at looters from.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 3:20 pm to Chad504boy
We use aqua dams every day at work and they can hold back 8 to 10 feet of water. They are the shite.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 3:28 pm to Jim Smith
Cost per foot on those?
Posted on 8/16/16 at 4:03 pm to Clyde Tipton
Short term, sand bags and bilge pumps work. Long term, the water pressure outside the berm is forced up from through the saturated ground, sometimes up into the concrete foundation.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 4:25 pm to Chad504boy
Sandbagging around doors only will not work. Water can get in through wee holes on the slab or if you siding or stucco it will get behind that to get into a house. The only way sandbags work is if they are completely around the house and high enough to keep water out.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 4:26 pm to Chad504boy
Yes, done correctly, you can protect a house with a sand bag berm and a couple water pumps.
98% of sandbagging is useless as I've seen it done. Doing it correctly is a huge undertaking. Look at those Aqua dam pics but do it w sandbags. Dig collection ponds and drain leakage to those. Man pumps day and night
98% of sandbagging is useless as I've seen it done. Doing it correctly is a huge undertaking. Look at those Aqua dam pics but do it w sandbags. Dig collection ponds and drain leakage to those. Man pumps day and night
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