RickFlorida
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone. I really appreciate this forum. It helped me a lot over the years with my indoor plumbing as I have an old house in Florida and am a public school teacher so I have to do everything myself whenever possible. (The quotes for any kind of work on a house is outrageous here in Florida since lots of cash buyers buy all the homes here).
Anyways, I need to tackle irrigation of the yard. I'd like to run new pvc lines for the three zones because they are so badly broken and missing I need to start over. But I have a question please.
They unfortunately laid concrete over where the pipes for the 2 zones on the left go and the one zone on the right. There is a small opening where the index valve is but there is not a lot of room there. Maybe it's 20 inches by 20 inches.
Is there trick for me to be able to run new pvc pipe under the concrete to the index valve so I don't have 25 year old PVC pipe under the driveway since I'm running new PVC for the whole zones? Can I connect new PVC to the old ones under the drive way and maybe pull them in to the index valve? Is there a tool or a trick for running PVC under concrete? Could I go one size smaller to make it easy or is this a bad idea?
Thanks. I'd rather not rent a demo saw and tear up the concrete as that would set me back weeks and budget.
Anyways, I need to tackle irrigation of the yard. I'd like to run new pvc lines for the three zones because they are so badly broken and missing I need to start over. But I have a question please.
They unfortunately laid concrete over where the pipes for the 2 zones on the left go and the one zone on the right. There is a small opening where the index valve is but there is not a lot of room there. Maybe it's 20 inches by 20 inches.
Is there trick for me to be able to run new pvc pipe under the concrete to the index valve so I don't have 25 year old PVC pipe under the driveway since I'm running new PVC for the whole zones? Can I connect new PVC to the old ones under the drive way and maybe pull them in to the index valve? Is there a tool or a trick for running PVC under concrete? Could I go one size smaller to make it easy or is this a bad idea?
Thanks. I'd rather not rent a demo saw and tear up the concrete as that would set me back weeks and budget.