How to Cut and Fix a Buried Power and Water Line

[@kristapeters855]

No such thing as overkill when you’re trying to future-proof your forever home! Keep the home videos coming, can’t wait to see the next one!

[@MikeKincaid79]

I agree!

[@robertdurkin7596]

Hi Mike! I know that you are working as hard on your new house, installing power wires under the ground!! I am patient for your long working, good job, Mike!!🏡🛠🪛🔫😉👋

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks!

[@Growing-Our-Retirement]

Nice work and enjoy seeing all the details! It’s about building a home for you family so it’s all important. Can’t wait for the next walk through 👍👍👍

[@MikeKincaid79]

Coming soon!

[@greenthumbelina7331]

Mike, I didn't know that there was an actual electrical splice kit. That had to make the job easier. My dad was an electrician and he spliced electrical connections all the time the old-fashioned way. Using double clamps on each side of the spliced water line is not overkill, it's just using good common sense. Way to go, Mike! I hope you and your wonderful family have a fantastic week. ~Margie🤗💐 PS I'm looking forward to the next house tour.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'll have it out soon. Just waiting for the painters to finish the exterior trim and then I'll film it. Good to hear from you Margie.

[@camicri4263]

I did not know that either but now I do, thank you Mike 🤗

[@danielbaladad5959]

I like Mike.

[@Cindy-hx7zp]

That was a great video, but I’m ready to see the kitchen cabinets.😊

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

I look forward to seeing the house colors! You are making me think I should put water lines deeper if I get the chance to build!

[@MikeKincaid79]

I know it’ll make me sleep better

[@mariohernandez-k9y9q]

You have learned from everything Mike !!!!!!!! ....😜😁👽 .....

[@MikeKincaid79]

What’s up Mario!

[@lizl6606]

"Hopefully I'm still alive at the end of this" Ha well you live to see another day 😅 I'm anxiously awaiting the paint colour of the house 🇨🇦🦩

[@jonathanlee97]

I think ive figured out why i like watching your channel. You remind me alot of my uncle living in the US especially cause you grow alot of fruit trees too like he does. He looks oddly similar to you too but asian 😂 He Built parts of his house on his own, powers his house with a prius in emergencies lol, made an ice skating rink in his side yard for my cousin to ice skate in during winter. He loves fixing things around the house and doing diy projects. He built his own drone with a camera that will fly itself back to his house way before dji drones were a thing. grandpa was an engineer so i guess its in the blood. When he comes back to malaysia to visit my grandma and us, every single day hes going around my grandmas house fixing things.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Your uncle sounds like a cool guy!

[@camicri4263]

That's so cool Jonathan, thank you for sharing! What an amazing man! Blessings

[@carolsuch5646]

Great job Mike, thanks for sharing, look forward to seeing the new paint on your new home. Carol

[@MikeKincaid79]

It looks so good. I’ll get a video up as soon as I can.

[@camicri4263]

Hey Mike, great to see you! Only heard Shelly's voice through! Awesome job! You know what, if you can put the lines deeper now, better than to be sorry later. I can't wait to see the colors of the house, hurry up 😅😅. Hugs, love and Blessings 🙏🤗❤️

[@MikeKincaid79]

Haha, the painters are out there now finishing up the trim. It's looking good!

[@baldyeti]

That was pretty slick, brother! That job looked a lot more intimidating at the start. 👈🏼this guy is DEFINITELY envious of 18 inch frost lines!!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

I can imagine 🤣. You probably have to get down past 4 feet to avoid frost.

[@baldyeti]

@@MikeKincaid79 10 feet My waterline is 10 feet under from pump house to home. And I still run the dishwasher every night to ensure it doesn’t freeze up

[@theoverworkedgardener5648]

Probably needs to be about 30 feet where you live.

[@theoverworkedgardener5648]

That really seemed to work really well.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sure did

[@mflath7374]

Great work, as usual.

[@wendelltidwell830]

GREAT JOB!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks!

[@screwyou2]

Best part of marriage is discussing, planning and working together to build a dream!! That's quite a project! You're gonna have some great "remember whens" between the two for you. Thanks for sharing!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Remember when we cut the power and water line, lol. She was a trooper through the whole thing.

[@camicri4263]

For sure, and laugh about all the worries.

[@sayidoforever]

Bravo Mike! Great Job!

[@rickyt3961]

thanks! look forward to the walk through 😃

[@MikeKincaid79]

Coming soon

[@njphil1279]

If you dip that electrical joint in rooting compound and keep the soil moist, you should have roots in about 3 months.

[@FreeAmerican-mm2my]

It is best to take the cutting in winter too. I am a licensed electrical root cutter and I would never root electrical cuttings like this. This does not comply with the galactic electrical root cutting code.

[@MikeKincaid79]

LOL

[@charlottehaworth6455]

That was a really cool video. I liked that bit short but good. it was really 👍🏻

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks 👍

[@Dale_LifeSoup]

Another great video thanks for sharing Mike

[@MikeKincaid79]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@bawssnarmz5204]

Mike you might want to look into those portable ac electrical power box units...they can power a few things at same time...there a investment for sure they aint cheep but theres videos of people out camping playing ps5 on a wide screen plugged into one

[@sandieweatherup]

Great job, Mike! 😊 BTW, you kinda resemble Jonah Hauer-King who plays Harry Chase on PBS Drama World on Fire, (also, apparently, Prince Eric in the live action The Little Mermaid too.🤷)

[@MikeKincaid79]

Lol, my daughters would love to hear that. Maybe I need to get into acting!

[@nicolespeaks3257]

I never saw electric wires spliced like that! What is the name of the electric kit? That was SO scary but very NEAT!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Not sure of the name but I picked it up at the local builder's supply store

[@nicolespeaks3257]

@@MikeKincaid79 Thank You Already, So Much! I would have walked past that stuff if in a store, not knowing I might BE able to know what it was for and that I, Too, might be able to put it to some future use!

[@njphil1279]

Nice job mike. Not to nit pick but the rubber jackets of the 3 conductors should go into the brass sleeves, if possible, or at least go up to the brass sleeve to leave as little exposed bare wire as possible. Also, cleaning the sheathing of the NM wire with something would get a better bond between the sheathing and shrink wrap glue. Would have been nice to load that electrical joint with silicone or anti-corrosive but I thought I heard you say it was only temporary so you should get 5-10 years out of that connection. Interesting your using Snap-On tools.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I probably did a lot wrong here. It only has to last for a few more months and then this wire will be completely obsolete. It's a quick fix for a temporary problem. Once the house build is done, both ends of this wire will be disconnected and no power will run through it.

[@abdullahhussain9589]

Can you give an update about your thuja green giants that you planted outdoors as a shield? Unless you have done it already I’m too impatient. Thanks 😊

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yeah, I’ll get another one up.

[@lindapassos]

So let me see if I understood ... You hope you get out of it alive??? 😳 But in case you don't you have your wife recording it??? 😮😂😂😂 Glad everything went well and you knew what you were doing 😉 Let me just say you have an amazing wife cause I wouldn't do what she did 😅🙈🤷🏼‍♀️

[@camicri4263]

She knows who she married!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Lol, she sure does

[@lyndamodeste7902]

Neat

[@alandrury9955]

What capacity is that electrical cable? Compared to the ones we have here it looks waaaay thin to run a whole house, plus if they are buried ours have an armoured sheath round the outside. I have cut them and joined them but it's a real pain to do

[@MikeKincaid79]

This is just the well pump house cable that's only running to a 30 amp breaker. I ran all the new house electrical cable through that gray conduit for protection. That cable is much larger and there are 3 of them braided together.

[@theoverworkedgardener5648]

Anything worth doing is always worth overdoing.

[@rbebut1]

NOW! GET SO SLEEP!

[@MikeKincaid79]

lol

[@AGirl-SomeLand-andADream]

You? Overkill? Naaaaaa 😂

[@MikeKincaid79]

😂

[@theoverworkedgardener5648]

Please tell me you check your power with a meter before you cut the power lines.. I'm gonna start calling you sparky.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Actually, no, lol. I just cut the entire 200 amp breaker coming into the property. Maybe there’s something else I don’t know about it but I’m still alive at this point 😂

[@theoverworkedgardener5648]

@@MikeKincaid79 Never trust anything is what I say. I've had too many times that breakers didn't turn off fully.

[@theoverworkedgardener5648]

@@MikeKincaid79 crazy man