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10th November 2006, 03:57 PM
About to embark on an excavation that is going to involve a lot of dust, some of it potentially hazardous, which I want gone as soon as poss. Has anyone ever used industrial vacuum equipment to excavate, I have been told it has been tried in Germany. I know that use of the airlift is mandatory in underwater archaeology but what about using it on land, under a standing building?
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10th November 2006, 07:14 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by mesolithic viking
About to embark on an excavation that is going to involve a lot of dust, some of it potentially hazardous, which I want gone as soon as poss. Has anyone ever used industrial vacuum equipment to excavate, I have been told it has been tried in Germany. I know that use of the airlift is mandatory in underwater archaeology but what about using it on land, under a standing building?
Have used industrial vacuum cleaner during Roman bath house excavation in London and it works fine (but then we did have a Roman concrete floor to clean to). That site was inside a modern standing building. Not so sure how it might work on an earthen floor, but can't see any harm in experimenting.
I may also have been one of the persons who used the equipment on cleaning up the floors of post-medieval brick buildings in Germany. (Never dis a good idea!!). That site was outdoors and I think the biggest problem was the length of the extension lead!!.
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13th November 2006, 11:33 AM
"some of it potentially hazardous,"
MV what is the potential hazard in the dust (apart from the usual risk of sneezing. If its bad then get a specialist in to clear the site before you get into it!
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13th November 2006, 11:00 PM
A company called Park Environmental(now owned by Welsh Water) have a machine called a Disab. It's a trailer mounted vacuum cleaner, it will suck a whole house brick up a 12 inch pipe 100 metres long. If you got dust they will shift it!
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15th November 2006, 11:52 AM
Please note lots of industrial vacuums are capable of sucking up water as well. Very useful for drying out a posthole or small pits.
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15th November 2006, 01:53 PM
How do you use these incredibly powerful vacums without sucking up finds? Or do you sort through the hover bag afterwards?
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16th November 2006, 02:26 PM
No we use Dysons.
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16th November 2006, 03:13 PM
Are they fitted with finds filters?[8D]
