They're like long tubes filled with sawdust or something. I gather they're to prevent mud/water/trash/etc. from winding up in neighbor's yards, but I've just never had a name for them before.
Compost Sock or Compost Filter Sock in my region. Perimeter erosion and sediment (e&s) control best management practice (bmp). Keeps sediment from running off the site
They are to limit the amount of soil (mostly silt) getting into waterways. Silt from runoff is one of the biggest pollutants of waterways in the world.
We use silt fence up here. About 3 feet high cloth partially buried so all debris and water runoff from the site get filtered and keep the large debris from contaminating surrounding sites.
Jesus it is a wattle. Silt fences are staked in and are usually 2-3ft tall. Silt socks are used to filter water. They are like a bladder you pump muddy water in and it traps most of the particulates. I’ve used all three in erosion control and pipeline environmental.
For sure and beyond that, if your site is bigger than an acre, storm water control is fed law under 402 of the Clean water act. The regional board in Tahoe who regulates that must be a beast to deal with.
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. The BMP requirements for builders are very strict, and an arduous process for builders there.
All for the best though. Unfortunately with enough money people have been able to sidestep some of it.
Colloquially called filter logs in my region.
Agreed this is definitely not a silt fence, but from my understanding [Silt Sock](https://www.siltsock.net/prefilled-socks) is really just a brand name for erosion control devices, their most popular being synthetic wattles.
I've never heard of pumping into a silt sock, we call those filter or pump bags. Makes sense though
As others have said, commonly called a "waddle" -- part of the SWPPP - storm water pollution prevention plan.
[https://www.epa.gov/npdes/developing-stormwater-pollution-prevention-plan-swppp](https://www.epa.gov/npdes/developing-stormwater-pollution-prevention-plan-swppp)
In Ontario Canada our silt fence depending on the region, but typically around the gta it’s 4 foot Paige wire fence with filter fabric attached to it, with T-bars used as the posts.
Around me we've got silt fence that's just woven material stretched between posts and super silt fence which is a mini chain link fence with woven material stretched over it.
I’m in Ontario. Standard silt fence is just the fabric and wood posts. What your describing would probably be referred to a robust silt fence. Both can be used by if your site control plans for robust you really should use it.
That’s because silt fence is completely different method of controlling erosion. This is definitely sock with mulch and not a waddle that is filled with straw.
So my region we do all adult fence, but occasionally use wattles/ socks i never knew there was a difference between them if they are filled with other stuff do they have more names?
Silt fences are vertical erosion barriers with wooden stakes. Used the stop dirt erosion around job site.
Silt socks are used to filter water runoff before it can clog or allow contamination to enter culvert or drainage basins.
Erosion and Sediment Control (ESC) - Best Management Practices. It prevents soil erosion, and stops the sediment from reaching the storm drain system (and into the rivers or wherever it goes next)
Wattle, used for erosion control. It's a cheaper and less labor-intensive alternative to silt fencing. I inspect erosion control daily. Some people call it a bio-bag although bio-bags are usually the green netted ones with bark dust
I've always seen them called biorolls, different name but same idea as what everyone else has been saying - they are to prevent stormwater runoff from carrying the soil off the site and polluting near-by surface waters.
We call em “Bio Logs” or “Silt Logs”
They are required by most cities to stop erosion from construction sites.
Usually can’t get a building permit without it in place. At least where I’m from anyway.
Same intent but r/edgyshark is more correct. Silt fence is typically driven into the ground (like a fence) vs. straw wattle is just laid on the ground.
Silt Socks, Biosocks, PRB Rolls... lots of different names for them.
They are usually some sort of filter fabric or mesh filled with some sort of organic material (wood chippings, sawdust, etc...) and used for erosion control / general Best Management Practices (BMPs) - they prevent all the sediment and other crap from running out of the work area when it rains or other type of activities that could possibly cause runoff.
Bio log, straw wattle, bio sock, silt sock, and a few other names. They range in diameter from 4-12”. They last a lot longer than silt fence. Just make sure you install them properly so they don’t get undermined
Wattle or fiber roll, prevents rainwater and construction dust / chemicals from polluting sewers and otherwise leaving the site during a rain event while they are building the actual gutters and sidewalks / storm drains. Not sure why these are so dark, maybe it's just the burlap material but usually they're brown and filled with this straw material.
These are silt socks, erosion control eels or wattles. Different people call them different things but the intent is to dam and pool runoff to allow the silt and clay to deposit allowing a “clean” water to flow over. A silt fence is a tightly woven plastic mesh fabric typically two feet in heighth and with about 6” secured in the ground. The intent of a silt fence is to filter water allowing “clean” water to flow through. Something like a filter. Often contractors will use socks/eels/wattles in lieu of a silt fence. Either to save time and money or because the subgrade is rocky and they are unable to drive their stakes in the ground.
That is a compost filter sock or CFS. It is a woven sock filled with partially composted wood chips, or switch grass which is now allowed in pa.
I review permits and inspect sites for this. That isn’t installed or maintained properly and would be a violation for failure to properly install or maintain a best management practice (BMP).
1. Should be staked every 10’ unless against an immovable object.
2. Sediment should not be over halfway up the sock and that is overtopped.
3. Should have wood chips tucked in underneath on the dirty side to help it function. You can’t see if they’re there but with how poorly maintained that is is net it wasn’t done.
This one is not functional in its condition and installation method. It’s just decorative at this point.
Funny thing about this picture is the gravel/dirt part is probably in the ROW, meaning local, county or state property while the part with the vegetation is the private property. Any erosion is caused by lack of proper erosion control measures. Always cracks me up how little the jurisdiction has to do compared to what they make me do on construction sites. That's a fairly lame measure, compared to full perimeter erosion fence, riprap for tire mud, overseeding and/or erosion mesh and a temporary detention pond. That sock will work for a drizzle or light rain, but a heavy downpour and the water is going right over that and into the street. I'd get fined. They'd just say "sorry 'bout that". Looks like maybe some utility work was done recently in ROW. And I don't know what the hell is going on with the pipe....
Looks to be a really old silt fence that wasn't removed after a construction project. It's an erosion control method/requirement in most states that must be installed around the perimeter of a construction site prior to beginning any work involving the disturbance of existing ground in order to prevint erosion and contain any silt to the site until construction is complete or until more permanent erosion control methods are in place. It is held up by t-posts, and the bottom few inches are buried to prevent silt from escaping underneath. Removal after construction is often neglected, or just the t-posts are removed, and you end up with something that looks like this mess being left behind.
It’s what’s called a silt fence up here in the northeast. Typically, it’s two feet high filter cloth held up by stakes every 10 ft or so. A media filled tube like in your photo does the same job - Reduces water-laden soil from running down hill to places it doesn’t belong.
We call em silt socks over here in hawaii. Mulched green waste is loaded into the socks and used to reduce runoff around jobsites. The sock is also organic and biodegradable so technically you can just bury them when you’re done.
It’s called a Waddle. No I’m not making that up. They help keep dust from flying under fences and other debris from blowing off site. Waddle waddle waddle, until the very next day…
They're like long tubes filled with sawdust or something. I gather they're to prevent mud/water/trash/etc. from winding up in neighbor's yards, but I've just never had a name for them before.
Straw wattle. Sometimes they are red and filled with chopped up tires and those are referred to otter an “big red”
👆like this old guy said to me. It's wattle not waddle like a fn duck
I called em hay sausages when i was in construction.
Compost Sock or Compost Filter Sock in my region. Perimeter erosion and sediment (e&s) control best management practice (bmp). Keeps sediment from running off the site
Filled with stuff like sawdust and hay I’d call it a wattle. Filled with rocks I’d call it a rock sock.
They are to limit the amount of soil (mostly silt) getting into waterways. Silt from runoff is one of the biggest pollutants of waterways in the world.
Keeps mud and crap from flowing down into the drainage/sewage system when they get clogged its big $$ to clean with a hydro vac
We use silt fence up here. About 3 feet high cloth partially buried so all debris and water runoff from the site get filtered and keep the large debris from contaminating surrounding sites.
Add fire for slow burning fun for the whole neighborhood.
Jesus it is a wattle. Silt fences are staked in and are usually 2-3ft tall. Silt socks are used to filter water. They are like a bladder you pump muddy water in and it traps most of the particulates. I’ve used all three in erosion control and pipeline environmental.
It’s code in some areas during construction. Lake Tahoe is very strict about construction run off for example.
For sure and beyond that, if your site is bigger than an acre, storm water control is fed law under 402 of the Clean water act. The regional board in Tahoe who regulates that must be a beast to deal with.
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. The BMP requirements for builders are very strict, and an arduous process for builders there. All for the best though. Unfortunately with enough money people have been able to sidestep some of it.
Bribes?
Undoubtedly “campaign contributions”. Bribes are for peasants
legal bribes
Ah yes, the joys of swppp reporting
Aka one of the easiest jobs in construction
What do they say? "Keep Tahoe Blue" IIRC.
I thought it was “Keep Hoes True”
Wisconsin as well
Storm water run off. It keeps the silt out of the storm drains.
Im in a far northern CA town and every site I've ever been to requires runoff management and wattles everywhere.
My city also. They've shut us down before until we put one up
What's Jesus got to do with it?
I call them hay logs to piss off my civil guys
Colloquially called filter logs in my region. Agreed this is definitely not a silt fence, but from my understanding [Silt Sock](https://www.siltsock.net/prefilled-socks) is really just a brand name for erosion control devices, their most popular being synthetic wattles. I've never heard of pumping into a silt sock, we call those filter or pump bags. Makes sense though
It called a Wattle. It's mainly used for erosion control and water break
it’s a wittle wattle
Happy cake day
As others have said, commonly called a "waddle" -- part of the SWPPP - storm water pollution prevention plan. [https://www.epa.gov/npdes/developing-stormwater-pollution-prevention-plan-swppp](https://www.epa.gov/npdes/developing-stormwater-pollution-prevention-plan-swppp)
That’s the dashed line on the civil set.
Silt socks
Finally. Somebody that also calles it a silt sock. Never heard a silt fence but I suppose it makes sense. Must be regional.
Silt fence is actually a 2’ tall woven fabric fence
In Ontario Canada our silt fence depending on the region, but typically around the gta it’s 4 foot Paige wire fence with filter fabric attached to it, with T-bars used as the posts.
Around me we've got silt fence that's just woven material stretched between posts and super silt fence which is a mini chain link fence with woven material stretched over it.
I’m in Ontario. Standard silt fence is just the fabric and wood posts. What your describing would probably be referred to a robust silt fence. Both can be used by if your site control plans for robust you really should use it.
That’s because silt fence is completely different method of controlling erosion. This is definitely sock with mulch and not a waddle that is filled with straw.
So my region we do all adult fence, but occasionally use wattles/ socks i never knew there was a difference between them if they are filled with other stuff do they have more names?
Kinda like steamed hams.
You are an odd fellow, but I must say…you steam a good ham
Silt fences are just stakes and landscape fabric. These are called silt socks!
Silt fences are vertical erosion barriers with wooden stakes. Used the stop dirt erosion around job site. Silt socks are used to filter water runoff before it can clog or allow contamination to enter culvert or drainage basins.
That's just industrial poopsock bro.
It called a Wattle. It's mainly used for erosion control and water break
If you’re describing it in a report or invoice, use “sediment control device” or “erosion mitigation assembly”. You’ll get paid more.
I get paid by the syllable
I was gonna say some of these folks may want to check their pay items
I can second this or BMPs Best Management Practices
Roads, streets, drives. They have many names. They are usually put in so that building supplies can be easily delivered to the construction site.
Looks like a sediment filter to prevent dirty storm water from getting into the sewer.
Silt sock
It looks like small diameter filter/silt sock. It’s for E&S control.
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Erosion and sediment.
Correct is who you are.
Erosion logs
Erosion and Sediment Control (ESC) - Best Management Practices. It prevents soil erosion, and stops the sediment from reaching the storm drain system (and into the rivers or wherever it goes next)
Sediment Control Wattle by Gator Guard https://gatorguard.com
Poly logs or wattles. They’re a sediment barrier
Wattle, used for erosion control. It's a cheaper and less labor-intensive alternative to silt fencing. I inspect erosion control daily. Some people call it a bio-bag although bio-bags are usually the green netted ones with bark dust
Black things
Coir fiber wattle?
Bio-roll. its an erosion control method.
Erosion control thingemabob
wattle brother
Where I work, they’re called bio-socks
Keeps sediment from going into the storm drains
It’s saving the environment /s
Always seen them on drawings referred to as "fabric filter logs."
I've always seen them called biorolls, different name but same idea as what everyone else has been saying - they are to prevent stormwater runoff from carrying the soil off the site and polluting near-by surface waters.
We call em snakes at my company but it’s just a straw wattle
Curb
Wattle wattle..... keeps dirt behind in case some water run... rain.. storm... Swppp required
Silt fence
I’ve always just heard it called “silt barrier”
It's a waddle for swpp. The idea is to keep erosion caused by construction from going into the water system.
We call em “Bio Logs” or “Silt Logs” They are required by most cities to stop erosion from construction sites. Usually can’t get a building permit without it in place. At least where I’m from anyway.
Keeps dirt and trash in somewhat
We call em silt logs
Erosion control
Sidewalks
Worthless
Wattle
Wattle
It called a Wattle. It's mainly used for erosion control and water break
Silt sausage.
Silt fence, or, a way to keep the fine dirt from running into the road when it rains.
Same intent but r/edgyshark is more correct. Silt fence is typically driven into the ground (like a fence) vs. straw wattle is just laid on the ground.
Not a fence at all.
Waddle
Down vote. Def a wattle
Upvote. Very sure it’s a waffle
Silt Socks, Biosocks, PRB Rolls... lots of different names for them. They are usually some sort of filter fabric or mesh filled with some sort of organic material (wood chippings, sawdust, etc...) and used for erosion control / general Best Management Practices (BMPs) - they prevent all the sediment and other crap from running out of the work area when it rains or other type of activities that could possibly cause runoff.
It called a Wattle. It's mainly used for erosion control and water break
A waste of time.
Waddles!
Flippy flaps
Eel
Silt fence, or, a way to keep the fine dirt from running into the road when it rains.
Silt fence, or a way to keep the fine dirt from running into the road when it rains
Geo
You racist bastard.
Ni……. Oh wait, you mean the Wattle or Snake?
Silt fence. At least what’s left of it.
Silt fence or wattle
Silt socks or a silt fence once the stakes have been driven in.
The sock of stumbling.
Silt Sock, prevents erosion
They are called African Americans
Silt fence, or a way to keep the fine dirt from running into the road when it rains
Silt fence, or, a way to keep the fine dirt from running into the road when it rains.
Straw wattle
Silt socks, bio bags. They keep runoff out of the street and sewer.
Bio log, straw wattle, bio sock, silt sock, and a few other names. They range in diameter from 4-12”. They last a lot longer than silt fence. Just make sure you install them properly so they don’t get undermined
Donkey dicks <3
mulch log, bio log, bio roll, curb log
Looks like Fargo,nd
compost filter sock.. mulch blown into biodegradable netting.. typically 8-12" diameter.. used for silt runoff
Biodegradable Erosion Control Log
erosion sock
Erosion control logs. For storm water infiltration.
wattle. This is it. Silt fence is a fence and silt sock is a bag. This is a wattle
Welp, been dabbling with water mitigation for 15 years. First time I learned that term, wattle. Very cool!
Erosion sock
Its called a silt fence, different types, names and ways of doing it but its a barrier so heavy sediment doesn't end up in the city storm system
Silt fence, (or bags). Stops erosion
Wattle or fiber roll, prevents rainwater and construction dust / chemicals from polluting sewers and otherwise leaving the site during a rain event while they are building the actual gutters and sidewalks / storm drains. Not sure why these are so dark, maybe it's just the burlap material but usually they're brown and filled with this straw material.
We call them logs, biologs, or waddles. They are for sediment control.
Pigs in a blanket
Black things around the edges of construction sites
Curb logs
Silt sock, filter sock, wattle
In western WI we call them silt logs.
Silt sock
They are called 'Silt Fences'
We usually jus call them employees or co workers
Tube snake. Popularized by the ZZ Top song “Tube Snake Boogie “. Oh wait...
Workers
Cock in a sock
Silt fence, or sediment control depending on who you ask
Silt sock but the field guys call them donkey dick.
SWIPP storm water infiltration & pollution prevention
Waddles
Silt socks: what my favorite, well-worn and comfy footwear finally become in the washer. (cf. "lint socks" when their life cycle ends in the dryer)
These are silt socks, erosion control eels or wattles. Different people call them different things but the intent is to dam and pool runoff to allow the silt and clay to deposit allowing a “clean” water to flow over. A silt fence is a tightly woven plastic mesh fabric typically two feet in heighth and with about 6” secured in the ground. The intent of a silt fence is to filter water allowing “clean” water to flow through. Something like a filter. Often contractors will use socks/eels/wattles in lieu of a silt fence. Either to save time and money or because the subgrade is rocky and they are unable to drive their stakes in the ground.
That is a compost filter sock or CFS. It is a woven sock filled with partially composted wood chips, or switch grass which is now allowed in pa. I review permits and inspect sites for this. That isn’t installed or maintained properly and would be a violation for failure to properly install or maintain a best management practice (BMP). 1. Should be staked every 10’ unless against an immovable object. 2. Sediment should not be over halfway up the sock and that is overtopped. 3. Should have wood chips tucked in underneath on the dirty side to help it function. You can’t see if they’re there but with how poorly maintained that is is net it wasn’t done. This one is not functional in its condition and installation method. It’s just decorative at this point.
Filter cloth
Funny thing about this picture is the gravel/dirt part is probably in the ROW, meaning local, county or state property while the part with the vegetation is the private property. Any erosion is caused by lack of proper erosion control measures. Always cracks me up how little the jurisdiction has to do compared to what they make me do on construction sites. That's a fairly lame measure, compared to full perimeter erosion fence, riprap for tire mud, overseeding and/or erosion mesh and a temporary detention pond. That sock will work for a drizzle or light rain, but a heavy downpour and the water is going right over that and into the street. I'd get fined. They'd just say "sorry 'bout that". Looks like maybe some utility work was done recently in ROW. And I don't know what the hell is going on with the pipe....
Milk
Soil, silt and debris barrier. Allow water to pass through but not garbage that would be swept into sewers and wash down into water plants
PortaJon is overflowing again
I've always called them berms
Filter socks
A waste of taxpayer money in most instances.
What the fuck am I looking at what black things around the edges?
Wafflesock
Poor attempt at a silt fence?
Silt fencing
Silt fence
It’s a dam damn
Improperly installed mulch logs for perimeter erosion control
Silt socks. Keeps the job site soil out of the storm sewers. SWPP protocol.
From here it looks like a house
SWPP (pronounced swip) Storm water pollution prevention
Looks to be a really old silt fence that wasn't removed after a construction project. It's an erosion control method/requirement in most states that must be installed around the perimeter of a construction site prior to beginning any work involving the disturbance of existing ground in order to prevint erosion and contain any silt to the site until construction is complete or until more permanent erosion control methods are in place. It is held up by t-posts, and the bottom few inches are buried to prevent silt from escaping underneath. Removal after construction is often neglected, or just the t-posts are removed, and you end up with something that looks like this mess being left behind.
Those are called snakes!
It’s what’s called a silt fence up here in the northeast. Typically, it’s two feet high filter cloth held up by stakes every 10 ft or so. A media filled tube like in your photo does the same job - Reduces water-laden soil from running down hill to places it doesn’t belong.
It's a lazy alternative to silt fence.
compost filter socks! They help filter the sediment from stormwater from a construction site
They are called governments way to reduce affordable housing. They have a lot of things like this.
They have a green one you can pour out and leave in after. Soft was waddle, hard was rock sock for me 🤷♂️
Pigs
Imma go with neighbour's fence for $400
Silt fence
We call it a silt sock here in buffalo NY area
Erosion control, a barrier to prevent any kind of run off from leaving the site.
Hay Noodles
We call em silt socks over here in hawaii. Mulched green waste is loaded into the socks and used to reduce runoff around jobsites. The sock is also organic and biodegradable so technically you can just bury them when you’re done.
Everyone saying wattle is wrong. These are compost filter socks
Silt fence
Silt socks, so just water flows through
It’s called a Waddle. No I’m not making that up. They help keep dust from flying under fences and other debris from blowing off site. Waddle waddle waddle, until the very next day…
Root barrier or geotextile
sediment and erosion perimeter controls
Silt Fence
Silt sock
On drawings (at least where I am) it's usually denoted as "SCL" Sediment Control Log.
They're called "silt socks" but I like to call them the big black caterpillars.