How To Run a Pipe Under a Slab or Sidewalk With a Garden Hose

PLEASE READ: This sums up the process on how to get the pipe line under the slab. Keep in mind I ran my pipe as close as possible to the slab. I backfilled the hole back in after I made the video so the ground would have support. You must re fill the hole to do this correctly. If you don’t, you run the risk of the concrete cracking over time. You can also dig your side holes much deeper and run the pipe under the slab at a deeper level and this will allow the concrete to bear on the soil below without having an air gap. Backfilling or refilling the hole is recommended in both scenarios.
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[@gilgalad00]

Just did this today and it was exactly as easy as it looks. Thank you! (I also cut the pipe at a 45-degree angle to make it easier to poke through.)

[@annedavid3551]

I am 61 years old and ran a pvc pipe under my sidewalk. It took you about a minute and a half. It took me about 45 minutes and I was covered in mud. Ha! Wish I would have seen your video first....but I am feeling very accomplished!

[@Archifx]

Rock is going to be harder but I’ve seen it done

[@baileyj123]

Great video. Simple. To the point. No extra useless details like what time you woke up to get started, how your neighbor lost his job, how many dogs you own and the cat that lives across the street. 😳😂. Just the facts. Thanks man. Keep it up

[@Falconlibrary]

I was hoping to get a history of concrete. The ancient Romans used it, you know.

[@jschlaud6]

After clicking "read more", I feel like you've wasted my time with your rambling comment.

[@baileyj123]

@@jschlaud6 Glad to help!

[@TM_Stone]

Personally, I would have liked to have known when he took a dump. Either morning or evening or sometime in between.

[@Archifx]

Both

[@djnone8137]

The correct way is to bust up the concrete then charge the customer 3x extra so says my local contractors

[@doconnor1354]

Whoa! I learned something new at the age of 71! Thanks for the tip.

[@ryost2289]

Super! This is about the fifth video I've watched. The others required deep trenching, power washers, and even a special (high cost?) ramming device. Yours? The length pipe going under the sidewalk, and a foot of duct tape! Doesn't get better or easier then that.

[@pf4773]

For many of us with existing plants on both or either sides shooting water can be a mess. Far neater is to simply take a short section of pvc pipe, cut it on a diagonal (like a hypodermic needle that's on a slant and hollow inside) and then push the pipe through a few inches at a time, pull the pipe out with the dirt inside, then take a smaller in diameter metal rod and push it through the pipe to knock out the dirt, then reinsert the pipe again. This eliminates the mess and clean up of mud.

[@JohnWatkinsUK]

I guess you could attach a vacuum to the end and if the soil is soft enough it would suck it clear.

[@michaelwiley6979]

That's what shop vacs are for.

[@cassysamel3914]

Will try this method first as it seems easier without needing water. But the method in the video was so damn quick! Excited to try both methods.

[@jaredmattson6396]

This helped me so much. I helped my Mom with similar irrigation. She has a grape vine next to concrete. This saved the day. The roots under the concrete were impossible to get around without the video. Thank you awesome job

[@SaltyAlaskan79]

Cool trick. Cut The tip at a 45 degree angle for less resistance

[@StarChaires]

Easy, breezy! My husband is going to hate you for showing me new tips and tricks to dig up our new lawn. haha

[@tomwaldenofficial]

"Thanks for making this video and posting; much appreciated." -Tom

[@ytrade469]

Great idea, you explained & showed the process like a plumbing Teacher. 👌👍🤣

[@verttete3163]

Great video. Just what I needed. So much better than the "shovel under the concrete" method. Thanks!

[@Gabriel.Ponce.De.Leon.777]

A perfect solution on what I needed, thanks!! Greetings from Mexico.

[@stevedavis2391]

Water is a great use for things that are needed to be done in the way you have shown the comparative difference. That's awesome!

[@edal61]

Great method! It went easier than I thought it would at the beginning. 👍🏻

[@JeffreyArthur-ff3vv]

That was actually pretty clever and I was surprised how quickly you got it through. Not sure how it would work at my place as the dirt is hard as a rock but great demonstration non the less. Will definitely keep this in mind in future

[@aaronknight1009]

I've had my garden tap on the wrong side of my sidewalk for years, thanks for showing a great way to fix that with minimal yard damage!

[@Tinyteacher1111]

By tap, do you mean the hose spigot or the electrical box?

[@Archifx]

A garden tap is a spigot

[@pattiwalsh2516]

I'm sorry but you are AWESOME !! Thank you! I was getting so frustrated as a beginner at this kind of stuff and your technique and video made it so simple and easy!

[@inspiration1677]

Worked like a charm! Thank you for the awesome step by step video. So easy!

[@susanm4988]

OMG thank you so much!! I was so dreading having to do this this weekend! You saved me so much needless work! thumbs def up!!

[@thomasliebreich3510]

Thx for showing! Ignore those know-it-alls and keep up the good work 👍🏼

[@ScottWilliams-hx8eb]

Thanks for the useful demo. It worked for me getting drip hose under a sidewalk.

[@KONIXMUSIC]

this weekend i dug out an old cast iron conduit that used to feed electricity to my house (we recently switched to overhead service), and cut the pipe with a sawzall. pulled out the 100 year old wiring (very heavy, probably had asbestos, 3 inches across) and fed my drip tubing through it under the sidewalk.

[@joking7081]

When I build my new home I placed heavy duty 90mm PVC pipes every 5 metres under all driveways , foot paths and garden edges.

[@mikereinhardt5882]

Worked like a charm through clay soil. I paid 11.00 for pvc and adapter for my hose at hardware store.

[@bootylove2276]

Very good - You made that look easy - Simple and effective 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@audiolab303]

Great method but this will only work if there is no gravel under sidewalk. If that's the case , pound some rebar through or use a long flex bit then tape pvc to it and pull.

[@Brimar7]

Didn’t need this info, but I like it! Like and subscribe! Good luck getting to 100K!

[@Archifx]

Thanks so much!!!

[@iamdjsluggo]

I’ve always the lead end into a point. Helps move it along and the angle helps it pass any obstacles without the blunt end. 👍🏾

[@Maxson602]

Great job and a great way to save the concrete.

[@gilbreathca]

Great idea! I've used a similar concept to sink copper pipe into the ground for use as an RF ground for radio operations.

[@shahzadrazi7639]

Great job! The best video I have ever seen. Very valuable information.

[@Archifx]

Thanks a bunch!

[@lou196t]

Thank you so much for sharing this awesome method.

[@thefishchannel9083]

This was extremely exciting

[@stuartgreenshields5591]

Technically it was boring ;-)

[@Archifx]

Hahahahahah

[@dominiquepadmaraj5706]

Thanks, Mr. Handy man 👍

[@morganhouse1101]

Worked perfectly for me! Such an easy solution. Thank you for the video

[@nedcramdon1306]

That's nuts! I was wondering how to do that for a long time. I need to run a low voltage line. Thanks very much!!

[@ThePhobosAnomally]

I know, right? I need to make a hole under a 2 meters wide concrete wall, and start a new life on the other side!

[@Tinyteacher1111]

@@ThePhobosAnomally lol!

[@JD-zd8tm]

"Break on through to the otherside ..yeah" -Jim Morrison

[@FirstnameLastname-zm6ke]

I needed to run irrigation under my driveway, so I found a fat crack in the cement, rented a cement saw, and voila! Irrigation under my driveway and a shiny new patch of cement where the ugly crack used to be.

[@pabrennan6877]

Very helpful - a nice technique, well thought out.

[@trinkladd]

To those asking about Verdi’s under side walk. Great stuff foam works great push in nozzle block hole. Fill it full. Go to other side repeat.

[@Archifx]

Good idea.

[@Tinyteacher1111]

Is that for sealing the hole after? I’m sorry. I’m a DIY 67 year-old woman, and I’m going to do this myself. I’m sick of waiting for helpers and I’ve always done things myself anyway.

[@johnjordanakajoejordanwhen2295]

Like it. Work smarter not harder.

[@fabianavalos1386]

Cut the tip of the pipe at an angle to create a sharp point would help in harder soil

[@fabianavalos1386]

@@wreckitbmx2698 only one prison reference. Apparently, "someone" has done time he big house 🤭

[@Archifx]

Hahahaaha

[@j.dragon651]

Don't know if I will ever need it but it is good to know.

[@dunigan4225]

I dont know if I will ever do this but that was great. I'm going to subscribe just to learn new things.

[@alltimeplumbers]

Excellent vid. Good thing IMO, would have been to use pvc pipe as a sleeve instead of pulling it out.

[@cagymccorgeson4289]

Also helps to cut the pipe like a syringe to help it go through

[@johnmansell5097]

Timely video, got a project where I need to do this...

[@Marinetuck220]

Going to give it a try tomorrow for a new install. Wish me luck lol

[@00mustangwolf00]

Perfect timing, was looking at doing this this summer for a yard project. Nice!

[@JDST-7341q]

You just saved me a bunch of time and fittings. Thanks!!

[@webmedia3748]

Awesome technique. Thanks for sharing.

[@lauralee2514]

you're so smart! Thank you for that spectacular idea!!

[@joechunter1]

That's was awesome! Thanks for sharing your knowledge..

[@yaeslk]

Awesome! efficient and least invasive option, great tip. Thank you

[@dgb5820]

That was very clever, well done

[@MeanaBeana391]

Well done! Thanks for sharing!

[@cowboyup545]

Great Job. now my wife said get out there and fix her a water tap closer to our garden,

[@russellsvigos1748]

Thanks heaps I was thinking that’d be the best way to do it but it’s good seeing it.

[@Steve_in_Texas]

useful and very interesting video!! Thanks for uplaoding and sharing. Question - I agree about backfilling, but how do you get the dirt right into the middle underneath the path for support. That is the one thing that makes me feel uneasy about doing this.

[@angelprell8852]

You are the absolute best. Thanks! Liked and subscribed!

[@giborchayil1617]

Like a BOSS!!! Worked for me...Wait till my wife gets the bill!!! LOL...

[@leslieturner]

I need to do this. Thanks for the lesson!

[@perryschroeder529]

Would we need to worry about trying to backfill the hole or space under the sidewalk which was created by removing the dirt?

[@sumdudeca]

Awesome. Will definitely use this in the Spring. Question... Any concerns or ideas about the support under the sidewalk and cracking? Thanks

[@marystubbs2168]

Thanks - it worked just like you showed me

[@ryanfreeman7458]

Great method! Beats renting an air compressor and torpedo.

[@kevingrimes7294]

Very helpful to my project today! 👍

[@bohicasnafufubar]

Thank you. I now know what to do.

[@jacob-cs5fx]

A real smart cookie you is Fix it nowuh

[@Archifx]

Thx

[@samoday2992]

Soooo smart . Great job man .

[@keithc728]

You can also do the same thing and use schedule 80 and use that for conduit

[@homebound-g3o]

Yea try that in my soil, pure red clay. But if I ever live in florida and white sand as a soil I could use this. Thanks

[@SgtDuster]

If you pour a concrete slab directly on top of red clay without a sand layer in between, it's your own problem and you derserve it. Thanks.

[@60secondfisherman]

@@SgtDuster I got news for you.. No contractor here in Tennessee puts sand as under a concrete slab.. This ain't California brother.

[@jimmyjamjar10101]

@@60secondfisherman sounds like some people shouldn't be building...

[@recoswell]

running a pipe through a hole by ... digging a hole, thanks, never would have thought of that

[@buckdown87]

Great video!

[@CharlieLOL]

That doesn't work in Texas

[@lilweezy110]

Yes it does I’ve done it to run my Tesla charger.

[@pedromartinez1165]

Great video, quick question I need to do exactly the same job but instead of sand is compacted soil, any tips on how to do this? Thank you Semper Fi

[@ottopartz1]

Same process, however you might want to cut the working end on an angle and twist n push when you run into harder chunks.

[@pmdelgado01]

Thank you will try that.

[@kabochaandspice]

Thank you! Hopefully this will work so I can save money having to buy a flex drill bit

[@NeverMetTheGuy]

I've got one of these but the pool, and always wondered how this worked; was just getting that again two days ago when I had to go turn off the generator.

[@edwardcimmino9982]

awesome video, great content for the unskilled while not wasting time. thank you. What was that black pipe, should that be used running under ground about 50 feet to a garden? Thanks again

[@Laughterfamilyhardscapes]

Very cool!

[@jhanna9901]

That went through quicker than I thought it would! Nice vid... thanks!

[@Archifx]

Curious how you found my video. Thanks for the comment 👍 video has so many views all of a sudden.

[@jhanna9901]

@@Archifx I watch a lot of DIY stuff on KZbin. I came up on my recommendations. ☺️

[@Archifx]

Awesome!!

[@MrEazyE357]

Well, his yard is 90% sand. This won't be as easy in other places.

[@frankyates522]

Nicely done

[@sweetjrewing5435]

Thanks,very helpful, I subscribed 👍

[@ozricus]

And you did it all with one hand...lol

[@EagleTool_US]

You might want to try the Eagle Tool US Dirt Auger. It is designed for this.

[@Archifx]

Nah. I’ll stick to my $6 setup

[@xTWISTED_WAYZx]

Dude that was awesome ...amazing lol . Beats dig'n the shit out !!!

[@user-nd5xe4dh1v]

Hmmm. Not quite so easily done for a 10 foot, 4 inch diameter drain pipe. Thought about using a powerwasher, but the volume of waste water would make an impossibly soggy quagmire and days lost waiting for it to dry, even if I pumped off the overflow. I ended up using a rotary hand post hole auger and considerable sweat. Got 'er done. Now how to back fill...

[@erdaddy5845]

Depending how thick your concrete is, this could eventually lead to a crack. Try to do this under one of the existing control joints to be safe.

[@Archifx]

Nature has a wonderful way of backfilling naturally. You can overthink this and loose sleep at night or, move on with your life and understand after about 3 weeks of life it’ll be backfilled

[@mo_bra3340]

Couple quick questions: 1) What type of soil are you demonstrating this technique in? I have solid, clay soil... Do you think this technique will still work with that? 2) Do you think this technique would work for a longer stretch of concrete? I want to add a drainage pipe under a patio that spans about 15ft. across. Thank you! :-)

[@mrferris]

Ok. Thanks

[@johnmalomo1021]

Well done

[@MustPassTruck]

Now you have that rotary hammer drill you can get a big boring bit for to go under the slab.

[@frankdahlquist1851]

Cool idea!

[@seannsmith2771]

Good job.

[@trich6242]

Do you live somewhere sandy? That would be way more difficult in most of the states i have lived in as far as having clay soils is concerned.

[@dmv_sm1704]

I was thinking the same. I have very hard clay where I live.

[@jimryan9536]

Just leave the pvc in place and use it as a sleeve to run anything that will fit through it.

[@Divici02623]

I won't subscribe but you definitely get my thumb

[@Archifx]

Thanks for the support

[@christopherrojas9690]

Big thumbs up 👍 thank you