Running Well Water Line in 2" Conduit

[Pettrix]

I want to run 1.25" PEX, along with my power wire, from the garage to the well area and enclose it within a 2" conduit.

Will this be difficult to run inside the 2" pipe since PEX tends to want to curl upon itself?

Any tips?

 

[oosik]

Yes - there must be some reason that you want to make this so difficult. Run the 1.25" PEX plus the power in 4" heavy wall plastic pipe. Makes the job so much easier and if you have to repair either - you will be able to pull either or both back thru the 4" pipe without having to dig it all up.

This is how I have my water & power running from the house to my spring - 145 foot run.

 

[rhunt]

4" pvc pipe would be pretty pricey but if you have the funds, a good way to go. Bob

 

[Egon]

Check your codes first.

 

[fidowanttobe]

My brothers underground boiler lines and wires run through that black, un-perforated corrugated flex pipe, works well and is reasonable.

 

[kcflhrc]

My brothers underground boiler lines and wires run through that black, un-perforated corrugated flex pipe, works well and is reasonable.

I cant imagine that lasting very long if it is buried. I'm sure it will collapse in the not so far future. I have seen schedule 80 PVC pipe collapse. If it's going in the ground use schedule 40.

 

[dickfoster]

I cant imagine that lasting very long if it is buried. I'm sure it will collapse in the not so far future. I have seen schedule 80 PVC pipe collapse. If it's going in the ground use schedule 40.

Just so you know. Schedule 80 is much more durable than schedule 40. For cost reasons he should be OK with sch40 for what he's doing unless he is burying it under a freeway.

 

[kcflhrc]

Just so you know. Schedule 80 is much more durable than schedule 40.

Yep, I realize that. I was just saying I have seen schedule 80 collapse.

 

[EddieWalker]

I want to run 1.25" PEX, along with my power wire, from the garage to the well area and enclose it within a 2" conduit.

Will this be difficult to run inside the 2" pipe since PEX tends to want to curl upon itself?

Any tips?

This violates just about every code out there for the simple reason water conducts electricity. Do not do this.

You need to dig two trenches and run power and water in separate tranches. There is even a distance apart from each other that they need to be, but I forget what that is off hand. Two feet apart is probably good.

It is also a bad idea to run a water line inside a bigger pipe because of the movement of the water carrying pipe inside the conduit. This will lead to early failure.

Some times it's OK to save a buck, but for utilities buried in the ground, spend what it takes to do it the best way possible.

 

[roadhunter]

Yep, I realize that. I was just saying I have seen schedule 80 collapse.

What??? That makes no sense.

 

[dickfoster]

What??? That makes no sense.

He's just saying that anything no matter how strong it is can be broken.

 

[kcflhrc]

What??? That makes no sense.

Why is that?

 

[Billrog]

Run a 2" conduit down each side of a 2' ditch & you can pull the pipe and wire through them. Conduit for a wire could be beneficial but i would just bury the water line ( 1" pex is adequate ) .

 

[Pettrix]

This violates just about every code out there for the simple reason water conducts electricity. Do not do this.

You need to dig two trenches and run power and water in separate tranches. There is even a distance apart from each other that they need to be, but I forget what that is off hand. Two feet apart is probably good.

It is also a bad idea to run a water line inside a bigger pipe because of the movement of the water carrying pipe inside the conduit. This will lead to early failure.

Some times it's OK to save a buck, but for utilities buried in the ground, spend what it takes to do it the best way possible.

Out here they do that ALL the time and code officials are perfectly OK with it. They actually allow you to drop PEX and the power wire directly into a trench, no conduit, sitting on top of each other.

Why is it dangerous?

If you think about it, the well pump wire is sitting inside a well with a 100+ feet of water surrounding it.

The movement of the PEX is almost non-existant. PEX sits inside floor slabs and inside walls, near live power wires. No code violations.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

Run a 2" conduit down each side of a 2' ditch & you can pull the pipe and wire through them. Conduit for a wire could be beneficial but i would just bury the water line ( 1" pex is adequate ) .

This. Dig it once, but run them separately. You'll be glad you did.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I don't think you would ever get that pulled in.

I have given up on the 4" Big O. It just doesn't last. Last job I did here, I used 3" thin wall super duct that comes in ten foot sections. Went around five hundred feet for some lighting.

I'm curious what the reason for the conduit is. Protection or some notion of easy future replacement?

 

[roadhunter]

Why is that?

Recommending sch 40 because you had seen sch 80 break. That makes no sense. "The heavy duty stuff broke so here try this light duty stuff"

 

[s219]

Recommending sch 40 because you had seen sch 80 break. That makes no sense. "The heavy duty stuff broke so here try this light duty stuff"

Made sense to me. He was comparing to black plastic flex pipe and saying that sch 40 would be better, but he's even seen sch 80 break. Reread the series of posts and it will make sense to you.

 

[kcflhrc]

Recommending sch 40 because you had seen sch 80 break. That makes no sense. "The heavy duty stuff broke so here try this light duty stuff"

You obviously didn't understand my post or I wasn't clear. All I said was I have seen schedule 80 collapse and I recommended to him schedule 40. But what ever.

 

[kcflhrc]

Made sense to me. He was comparing to black plastic flex pipe and saying that sch 40 would be better, but he's even seen sch 80 break. Reread the series of posts and it will make sense to you.

Thank you, I thought I was in the twilight zone there for a minute