Install Drain Pipe Under Sidewalk

Putting pipe under your sidewalk is not difficult.

Install drain pipe under sidewalk.

Pour water onto the sidewalk and note where water puddles. Dig a trench from point a to point b lay your pipe in. As you remove mud and rocks tap the end of the pipe with a sledge hammer to drive the pipe. Tunnel sidewalk in just a few minutes.

Once the surface is dry draw a chalk circle around. Turn on the water and allow the pressure produced by the pipe and reducer to blast dirt away as you tunnel under the sidewalk. Glue hose thread adapters to the ends of the pipe to connect the continue reading installing a pipe under a driveway or sidewalk. How to lay pipes under a sidewalk.

Easy to follow video. Take the pipe you want to place under the driveway and connect a sweeper nozzle used to hose off driveways to one end and a hose to the other. If the sidewalk is near the curb have the drainage. Its easy and you can do it yourself.

Slide the pressure washing wand into the pipe and start to tap the pipe under the sidewalk as the water cuts the channel. This article explains how to dig and run pipe under an obstacle such as a driveway or sidewalk. The most efficient and cost effective way to bore under an obstacle is to create a hole using the power of water. Mark the appropriate place for excess water to run off.

Grab a sledgehammer or mallet and a block of wood to drive the chiseled end of pvc pipe cut through the soil. Laying pipe for an outdoor electrical circuit or a water line usually does not take a lot of effort. As you start to cut the soil with the water insert a pipe that is a little longer than the sidewalk is wide. Follow the steps in the video.

With the right technique should take about 10 to 15 minutes. Repeat the process until the pipe clears the sidewalk. The easiest do it yourself way to get a pipe under pavement is hydraulic boring. Add a catch basin to your low spot and tunnel under the wal.