Digging trench for PVC water line, advice on potential obstacles

[rbstern]

I can’t understand why you wouldn’t start at the pump house, or somewhere outside,
On the supply line to the house?
Starting under a house, just to take the water outside, is a whole lot harder, and will yield a less satisfactory result, in the form of lower pressure/volume.
Use 3/4” schedule 40, and be sure to secure the spigot so it can’t move. Also, be sure it has adequate drainage from the fitting on the bottom.

Pressure tank is in the basement of the house. Anything upstream of that isn't under pressure unless the pump is running. No place to tap into outside the house.

This is for filling water bowls and cleaning a 35 gallon duck pond. Simply wanting to get our current solution of a 100' garden hose out of our way. No mission critical requirements, other than, turn it on an water comes out at a reasonable rate to fill some bowls and wash down the pond plastic liner.

 

[loulblades]

I use this for running pipe underground. Removed the foot, drilled a hole and added some metal straps to connect the pipe. Of course you have to dig out the ends of the run for the pipe (I have used PVC but flexible pipe would be even easier). When done run tractor over it and for the most part there is no back fill.

Lou

 

[jaxs]

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I use this for running pipe underground. Removed the foot, drilled a hole and added some metal straps to connect the pipe. Of course you have to dig out the ends of the run for the pipe (I have used PVC but flexible pipe would be even easier). When done run tractor over it and for the most part there is no back fill.

Lou

You make it sound easy but I don't fully understand the process. Can you be more specific?

 

[loulblades]

You make it sound easy but I don't fully understand the process. Can you be more specific?

So I use the backhoe to dig out 8 feet at each end of the trench (because I was using 8 foot pieces).
This works best with a helper.
Run the trencher through a couple times just to break things up a bit if needed (I hit some hard pan on my last one and ended up having my helper stand on the trencher).
Connect a piece of pipe to the trencher at one end of the run.
Helper can let the operator know when to stop and glue on the next piece of pipe.
As mentioned I think this would work great with a spool of flexible pipe but I haven't tried it.
Also when you get near the end you may need to turn the tractor around (if close to building or some object you don't want moved), flip over the pipe connector on the trencher and backup.
It is easy and fast. The longer the run, the more time saved versus using a backhoe.

On my last install I connected 2 pipes to the trencher. One for electrical and one for water (I believe code says to put electrical on top, at least that is the way I did it).

Lou

 

[jaxs]

Ok,I get the picture.

 

[bcp]

Moving pictures, too.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=subsoiler+water

Bruce

 

[loulblades]

Moving pictures, too.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=subsoiler+water

Bruce

There you go. Told you it works
After seeing what the first guy went through with the flex pipe I am thinking of staying with pvc for my next install.
I am not a big fan of running electrical that far without conduit though (Texas video), but that's me.

Lou

 

[Handloader109]

75 feet? Just dig the whole thing with a shovel. Problem solved. Your welcome. I wouldn't hook a backhoe up for 75' of foot deep ditch. I could be done before you got back from the shed.

Just about the funniest post I've ever read. Only on sand dude. We just had dug 200 foot trench to put in new power to my daughter's new house, 50 feet of it met the water line so dual purpose. The pulled out rock as big as the 16 inch backhoe. 100 to 150 pounds. Ain't shoveling here more than a few inches.

 

[grsthegreat]

Ya, id like to see someone dig 75 foot x 24” deep by hand in my rock heaven where I live. I pull out boulders.

 

[4570Man]

Ya, id like to see someone dig 75 foot x 24” deep by hand in my rock heaven where I live. I pull out boulders.

Even in just hard dirt that would be a brutal job. Way more work than I’m going to do when I could do that in less than 30 minutes with my mini x or trencher. The OP is in Georgia though. He’s probably going to burry the line 6” deep and the soil is sandy so that’s probably doable.