Posted by Billy NY on November 29, 2011 at 11:02:58 from (72.231.148.182):
In Reply to: Culvert installation posted by JD Farmer on November 29, 2011 at 10:33:17:
I think its a crap shoot to say what would happen to the cover over the culvert pipe. If you undersize it, maybe just undersized for a rare occurrence, like 100 year flood or something, water at the speed it looks like in the photo, could erode a several feet of compacted cover in no time, once it backs up at the culvert abutment.
What would bug me is having undersized the pipe, then applying the labor to build the apron or abutment, just to have it washed out again.
Hydraulics and drainage knowledge applies here. If were me, I'd want to install a much larger pipe and construct concrete abutments, use large stones, rubble or what have you to reinforce beyond that, still no guarantee, or I'd leave it open til I had the funds to do it right, nothing more aggravating than having to repair or rebuild frequently.
I think precast concrete box culverts would be justified here, 24" poly - ethylene, propylene corrugated pipe just seems undersized for the volume of water shown. We just learned what a 500 year event can do around here, there is no stopping it.
PS, like the rustic effect that photo shows with the outbuildings/barns.
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