horse7
Gold Member
Heck, wish I had such an easy trench to put in, flat ground, dirt with a few rocks... instead of rock with a little dirt mixed in, steep hills, stream, dense trees, and worst of all bureaucrat infestations. Nice job you did, wish my place was that flat and open where I want to run trenches.
I use dead sand for backfill in key areas instead of pea gravel, but do the same hand backfill of select material (i.e., taking out the rocks). Poly pipe is sometimes used like conduit (sometimes use the 4" flexible footing drain, in harder areas sch40 or 80 PVC), never had a problem with years old pipe that was sitting in the sun, but then the pipe isn't used to carry water either. Don't usually mechanically compact the fill, haven't had any problems so far with the oldest trenches being nearly 20 years old.
Local farmer runs poly on the surface to remote troughs, still works after at least 5 years. Runs through brush and trees and along fence lines so it does not have full sunlight exposure, but still works. Uses a hose in the winter when the poly pipe is frozen (yeah, long hose... but hoses don't last outside year after year).
I use dead sand for backfill in key areas instead of pea gravel, but do the same hand backfill of select material (i.e., taking out the rocks). Poly pipe is sometimes used like conduit (sometimes use the 4" flexible footing drain, in harder areas sch40 or 80 PVC), never had a problem with years old pipe that was sitting in the sun, but then the pipe isn't used to carry water either. Don't usually mechanically compact the fill, haven't had any problems so far with the oldest trenches being nearly 20 years old.
Local farmer runs poly on the surface to remote troughs, still works after at least 5 years. Runs through brush and trees and along fence lines so it does not have full sunlight exposure, but still works. Uses a hose in the winter when the poly pipe is frozen (yeah, long hose... but hoses don't last outside year after year).
