I am 61 years old and ran a pvc pipe under my sidewalk. It took you about a minute and a half. It took me about 45 minutes and I was covered in mud. Ha! Wish I would have seen your video first....but I am feeling very accomplished!
Great video. Simple. To the point. No extra useless details like what time you woke up to get started, how your neighbor lost his job, how many dogs you own and the cat that lives across the street. 😳😂. Just the facts. Thanks man. Keep it up
This helped me so much. I helped my Mom with similar irrigation. She has a grape vine next to concrete. This saved the day. The roots under the concrete were impossible to get around without the video. Thank you awesome job
For many of us with existing plants on both or either sides shooting water can be a mess. Far neater is to simply take a short section of pvc pipe, cut it on a diagonal (like a hypodermic needle that's on a slant and hollow inside) and then push the pipe through a few inches at a time, pull the pipe out with the dirt inside, then take a smaller in diameter metal rod and push it through the pipe to knock out the dirt, then reinsert the pipe again. This eliminates the mess and clean up of mud.
Super! This is about the fifth video I've watched. The others required deep trenching, power washers, and even a special (high cost?) ramming device. Yours? The length pipe going under the sidewalk, and a foot of duct tape! Doesn't get better or easier then that.
That was actually pretty clever and I was surprised how quickly you got it through. Not sure how it would work at my place as the dirt is hard as a rock but great demonstration non the less. Will definitely keep this in mind in future
this weekend i dug out an old cast iron conduit that used to feed electricity to my house (we recently switched to overhead service), and cut the pipe with a sawzall. pulled out the 100 year old wiring (very heavy, probably had asbestos, 3 inches across) and fed my drip tubing through it under the sidewalk.
Great method but this will only work if there is no gravel under sidewalk. If that's the case , pound some rebar through or use a long flex bit then tape pvc to it and pull.
I'm sorry but you are AWESOME !! Thank you! I was getting so frustrated as a beginner at this kind of stuff and your technique and video made it so simple and easy!
useful and very interesting video!! Thanks for uplaoding and sharing. Question - I agree about backfilling, but how do you get the dirt right into the middle underneath the path for support. That is the one thing that makes me feel uneasy about doing this.
Is that for sealing the hole after? I’m sorry. I’m a DIY 67 year-old woman, and I’m going to do this myself. I’m sick of waiting for helpers and I’ve always done things myself anyway.
I've got one of these but the pool, and always wondered how this worked; was just getting that again two days ago when I had to go turn off the generator.
I needed to run irrigation under my driveway, so I found a fat crack in the cement, rented a cement saw, and voila! Irrigation under my driveway and a shiny new patch of cement where the ugly crack used to be.
awesome video, great content for the unskilled while not wasting time. thank you. What was that black pipe, should that be used running under ground about 50 feet to a garden? Thanks again
I just dug a 2 ft whole on one side and 1 ft on the other side and just shoveled out the dirt from under the sidewalk until i got to the other side, no water no mud no mess
Great video! I have to run a 4 inch schedule 40 under my sidewalk just like yours for sump pump discharge line. Any ideas on if this same method will work or what to tweak for the biggler hole? I have a pressure washer too Thx!!
Nice👍👍 what are your thoughts about the void? Am I overthinking it? I'm looking to do this in the spring when the ground thaws.. any input is great 👍 good job cheers 🍻 -Joey
easiest way, get a trencher or ditch witch to go a couple feet deep and long with narrow trench on botch sides of sidewalk, but a bit wider and shorter trench on the target side until see where its coming out, then start trenching an upward path for the pipe to irrigate threw, and voila.
Right. But you just nailed the reason I did it this way. Not everyone has access, the money, or the confidence to use these tools. I demonstrated how to do it with random stuff lying around most houses garages.
Couple quick questions: 1) What type of soil are you demonstrating this technique in? I have solid, clay soil... Do you think this technique will still work with that? 2) Do you think this technique would work for a longer stretch of concrete? I want to add a drainage pipe under a patio that spans about 15ft. across. Thank you! :-)
Nature has a wonderful way of backfilling naturally. You can overthink this and loose sleep at night or, move on with your life and understand after about 3 weeks of life it’ll be backfilled
Hmmm. Not quite so easily done for a 10 foot, 4 inch diameter drain pipe. Thought about using a powerwasher, but the volume of waste water would make an impossibly soggy quagmire and days lost waiting for it to dry, even if I pumped off the overflow. I ended up using a rotary hand post hole auger and considerable sweat. Got 'er done. Now how to back fill...
What I would have done is used a pvc pipe a size larger than the black pipe. And use the pvc as a sleeve in the event you ever need to replace or re-run the black.
Yep. That’s always an option. It’s just a little harder to ram the larger pvc pipe through the ground. And also harder to do holding a camera :) but yes, that would be using the hydro excavator as a “chase”
I am 61 years old and ran a pvc pipe under my sidewalk. It took you about a minute and a half. It took me about 45 minutes and I was covered in mud. Ha! Wish I would have seen your video first....but I am feeling very accomplished!
Rock is going to be harder but I’ve seen it done
Just did this today and it was exactly as easy as it looks. Thank you! (I also cut the pipe at a 45-degree angle to make it easier to poke through.)
Great video. Simple. To the point. No extra useless details like what time you woke up to get started, how your neighbor lost his job, how many dogs you own and the cat that lives across the street. 😳😂. Just the facts. Thanks man. Keep it up
I was hoping to get a history of concrete. The ancient Romans used it, you know.
After clicking "read more", I feel like you've wasted my time with your rambling comment.
@@jschlaud6 Glad to help!
Personally, I would have liked to have known when he took a dump. Either morning or evening or sometime in between.
Both
The correct way is to bust up the concrete then charge the customer 3x extra so says my local contractors
This helped me so much. I helped my Mom with similar irrigation. She has a grape vine next to concrete. This saved the day. The roots under the concrete were impossible to get around without the video. Thank you awesome job
For many of us with existing plants on both or either sides shooting water can be a mess. Far neater is to simply take a short section of pvc pipe, cut it on a diagonal (like a hypodermic needle that's on a slant and hollow inside) and then push the pipe through a few inches at a time, pull the pipe out with the dirt inside, then take a smaller in diameter metal rod and push it through the pipe to knock out the dirt, then reinsert the pipe again. This eliminates the mess and clean up of mud.
I guess you could attach a vacuum to the end and if the soil is soft enough it would suck it clear.
That's what shop vacs are for.
Will try this method first as it seems easier without needing water. But the method in the video was so damn quick! Excited to try both methods.
Cool trick. Cut The tip at a 45 degree angle for less resistance
Whoa! I learned something new at the age of 71! Thanks for the tip.
Super! This is about the fifth video I've watched. The others required deep trenching, power washers, and even a special (high cost?) ramming device. Yours? The length pipe going under the sidewalk, and a foot of duct tape! Doesn't get better or easier then that.
I've had my garden tap on the wrong side of my sidewalk for years, thanks for showing a great way to fix that with minimal yard damage!
By tap, do you mean the hose spigot or the electrical box?
A garden tap is a spigot
Water is a great use for things that are needed to be done in the way you have shown the comparative difference. That's awesome!
That was actually pretty clever and I was surprised how quickly you got it through. Not sure how it would work at my place as the dirt is hard as a rock but great demonstration non the less. Will definitely keep this in mind in future
this weekend i dug out an old cast iron conduit that used to feed electricity to my house (we recently switched to overhead service), and cut the pipe with a sawzall. pulled out the 100 year old wiring (very heavy, probably had asbestos, 3 inches across) and fed my drip tubing through it under the sidewalk.
When I build my new home I placed heavy duty 90mm PVC pipes every 5 metres under all driveways , foot paths and garden edges.
"Thanks for making this video and posting; much appreciated." -Tom
Worked like a charm through clay soil. I paid 11.00 for pvc and adapter for my hose at hardware store.
Easy, breezy! My husband is going to hate you for showing me new tips and tricks to dig up our new lawn. haha
Great video. Just what I needed. So much better than the "shovel under the concrete" method. Thanks!
Great method but this will only work if there is no gravel under sidewalk. If that's the case , pound some rebar through or use a long flex bit then tape pvc to it and pull.
Thanks for the useful demo. It worked for me getting drip hose under a sidewalk.
A perfect solution on what I needed, thanks!! Greetings from Mexico.
Great method! It went easier than I thought it would at the beginning. 👍🏻
Cut the tip of the pipe at an angle to create a sharp point would help in harder soil
@@wreckitbmx2698 only one prison reference. Apparently, "someone" has done time he big house 🤭
Hahahaaha
Great idea, you explained & showed the process like a plumbing Teacher. 👌👍🤣
"Break on through to the otherside ..yeah" -Jim Morrison
I'm sorry but you are AWESOME !! Thank you! I was getting so frustrated as a beginner at this kind of stuff and your technique and video made it so simple and easy!
Great idea! I've used a similar concept to sink copper pipe into the ground for use as an RF ground for radio operations.
I’ve always the lead end into a point. Helps move it along and the angle helps it pass any obstacles without the blunt end. 👍🏾
Also helps to cut the pipe like a syringe to help it go through
useful and very interesting video!! Thanks for uplaoding and sharing. Question - I agree about backfilling, but how do you get the dirt right into the middle underneath the path for support. That is the one thing that makes me feel uneasy about doing this.
Great job and a great way to save the concrete.
Don't know if I will ever need it but it is good to know.
Worked like a charm! Thank you for the awesome step by step video. So easy!
Excellent vid. Good thing IMO, would have been to use pvc pipe as a sleeve instead of pulling it out.
OMG thank you so much!! I was so dreading having to do this this weekend! You saved me so much needless work! thumbs def up!!
That's nuts! I was wondering how to do that for a long time. I need to run a low voltage line. Thanks very much!!
I know, right? I need to make a hole under a 2 meters wide concrete wall, and start a new life on the other side!
@@ThePhobosAnomally lol!
Thx for showing! Ignore those know-it-alls and keep up the good work 👍🏼
Would we need to worry about trying to backfill the hole or space under the sidewalk which was created by removing the dirt?
Very good - You made that look easy - Simple and effective 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
To those asking about Verdi’s under side walk. Great stuff foam works great push in nozzle block hole. Fill it full. Go to other side repeat.
Good idea.
Is that for sealing the hole after? I’m sorry. I’m a DIY 67 year-old woman, and I’m going to do this myself. I’m sick of waiting for helpers and I’ve always done things myself anyway.
Timely video, got a project where I need to do this...
Worked perfectly for me! Such an easy solution. Thank you for the video
Thank you so much for sharing this awesome method.
I dont know if I will ever do this but that was great. I'm going to subscribe just to learn new things.
Great video, quick question I need to do exactly the same job but instead of sand is compacted soil, any tips on how to do this? Thank you Semper Fi
Same process, however you might want to cut the working end on an angle and twist n push when you run into harder chunks.
Thank you will try that.
Going to give it a try tomorrow for a new install. Wish me luck lol
Very helpful - a nice technique, well thought out.
Thanks heaps I was thinking that’d be the best way to do it but it’s good seeing it.
I've got one of these but the pool, and always wondered how this worked; was just getting that again two days ago when I had to go turn off the generator.
Awesome! efficient and least invasive option, great tip. Thank you
You might want to try the Eagle Tool US Dirt Auger. It is designed for this.
Nah. I’ll stick to my $6 setup
I needed to run irrigation under my driveway, so I found a fat crack in the cement, rented a cement saw, and voila! Irrigation under my driveway and a shiny new patch of cement where the ugly crack used to be.
awesome video, great content for the unskilled while not wasting time. thank you. What was that black pipe, should that be used running under ground about 50 feet to a garden? Thanks again
Awesome. Will definitely use this in the Spring. Question... Any concerns or ideas about the support under the sidewalk and cracking? Thanks
Great job!
The best video I have ever seen. Very valuable information.
Thanks a bunch!
You can also do the same thing and use schedule 80 and use that for conduit
That was very clever, well done
Awesome technique. Thanks for sharing.
This was extremely exciting
Technically it was boring ;-)
Hahahahahah
Perfect timing, was looking at doing this this summer for a yard project. Nice!
I need to do this. Thanks for the lesson!
You just saved me a bunch of time and fittings. Thanks!!
That's was awesome! Thanks for sharing your knowledge..
you're so smart! Thank you for that spectacular idea!!
Yea try that in my soil, pure red clay. But if I ever live in florida and white sand as a soil I could use this. Thanks
If you pour a concrete slab directly on top of red clay without a sand layer in between, it's your own problem and you derserve it. Thanks.
@@SgtDuster I got news for you.. No contractor here in Tennessee puts sand as under a concrete slab.. This ain't California brother.
@@60secondfisherman sounds like some people shouldn't be building...
I use this method all the time, although that doesnt really look 3 feet deep or two foot for the other side.
Perhaps. I didn’t have my tape. That’s why I say “approx” covers my ass
Great method! Beats renting an air compressor and torpedo.
I just dug a 2 ft whole on one side and 1 ft on the other side and just shoveled out the dirt from under the sidewalk until i got to the other side, no water no mud no mess
That takes way longer but if you got it done. That’s all that matters.
@@Archifx It may take way longer but i am not creating mud. I have seen guys do it and they make a shit mess.
The mud is in the hole. There’s no mess.
@@Archifx If it is done right, most of the techs i have seen doing it create a mud shit storm ..
That is very true. Good point
Like it.
Work smarter not harder.
Thank you! Hopefully this will work so I can save money having to buy a flex drill bit
Great video! I have to run a 4 inch schedule 40 under my sidewalk just like yours for sump pump discharge line. Any ideas on if this same method will work or what to tweak for the biggler hole? I have a pressure washer too Thx!!
Thanks - it worked just like you showed me
Now you have that rotary hammer drill you can get a big boring bit for to go under the slab.
Didn’t need this info, but I like it!
Like and subscribe! Good luck getting to 100K!
Thanks so much!!!
Well done! Thanks for sharing!
Very helpful to my project today! 👍
I like this, but what keeps the sidewalk from settling and cracking over time? Are you packing soil/sand back into the tunnel around the new pipe?
Thanks, Mr. Handy man 👍
Great Job. now my wife said get out there and fix her a water tap closer to our garden,
Do you live somewhere sandy? That would be way more difficult in most of the states i have lived in as far as having clay soils is concerned.
I was thinking the same. I have very hard clay where I live.
Nice👍👍 what are your thoughts about the void? Am I overthinking it? I'm looking to do this in the spring when the ground thaws.. any input is great 👍 good job cheers 🍻 -Joey
Yeah. Not overthinking it. You can backfill it to be on the safe side. 👍
easiest way, get a trencher or ditch witch to go a couple feet deep and long with narrow trench on botch sides of sidewalk, but a bit wider and shorter trench on the target side until see where its coming out, then start trenching an upward path for the pipe to irrigate threw, and voila.
Right. But you just nailed the reason I did it this way. Not everyone has access, the money, or the confidence to use these tools. I demonstrated how to do it with random stuff lying around most houses garages.
And you did it all with one hand...lol
Who knew laying pipe was so hard, or easy, depending on your perspective.
What keeps you sidewalk from cracking now you have NO support.
Dirt. Read the description
Couple quick questions:
1) What type of soil are you demonstrating this technique in? I have solid, clay soil... Do you think this technique will still work with that?
2) Do you think this technique would work for a longer stretch of concrete? I want to add a drainage pipe under a patio that spans about 15ft. across.
Thank you! :-)
Depending how thick your concrete is, this could eventually lead to a crack. Try to do this under one of the existing control joints to be safe.
Nature has a wonderful way of backfilling naturally. You can overthink this and loose sleep at night or, move on with your life and understand after about 3 weeks of life it’ll be backfilled
Good video. Would this work if I am not running this under a sidewalk, but rather, under a patio that is about 7 feet long?
Great video and clever idea. Would this process work if you had to go deeper do to the frost line?
I’m not too familiar with snow and frost. I’m a Florida dude born & raised but I’m sure if you ran hot water and went a bit deeper it would work.
You are the absolute best. Thanks! Liked and subscribed!
Soooo smart . Great job man .
Hmmm. Not quite so easily done for a 10 foot, 4 inch diameter drain pipe. Thought about using a powerwasher, but the volume of waste water would make an impossibly soggy quagmire and days lost waiting for it to dry, even if I pumped off the overflow. I ended up using a rotary hand post hole auger and considerable sweat. Got 'er done. Now how to back fill...
And don't forget to do a check and ascertain if there are other cables located in the ground nearby...could ssave you a lot of money.
Like a BOSS!!! Worked for me...Wait till my wife gets the bill!!! LOL...
Looks like someone's been watching old episodes of "This Old House" on Pluto TV
What I would have done is used a pvc pipe a size larger than the black pipe. And use the pvc as a sleeve in the event you ever need to replace or re-run the black.
Yep. That’s always an option. It’s just a little harder to ram the larger pvc pipe through the ground. And also harder to do holding a camera :) but yes, that would be using the hydro excavator as a “chase”
A real smart cookie you is Fix it nowuh
Thx
Would it help to cut some points into the output end to help "break up " the ground area hydro-ing out?
Thanks,very helpful, I subscribed 👍
Cable companies need to learn this, because everywhere they place cable under sidewalks, those slabs crack
That doesn't work in Texas
Yes it does I’ve done it to run my Tesla charger.