Trenchless water line replacement + tips and tricks

[@ricktomlinson5481]

There is a guy here in my town that does trenchless water line installs using GPS technology. I got estimates from several plumbers that had to bid based on digging 120 feet to lay the pipe. Labor costs was a wow $$$. So I talked to this trenchless guy & his fee to run a new water line was 1/5 the estimate of the others. So he gets to the job. Pulls up with his truck, digs about a 1 foot round hole, takes GPS measurements, sticks the bit device in the hole by the city water meter, gives it a start, pulling the new water line it goes under the garage, under the garden, under the yard, under the concrete patio and pops out right thru a hole in the basement wall square on ! I was slaked jawed ! All connections made and the entire job only a few hours! Amazing the speed and accuracy! Clean and quick!

[@pisom4314]

glad to see you surviving & posting a new video!!! we have been safe & busy here in southern Indiana also!! I have had varying degrees of success with that pulling thru old lines... if someone has repaired a spot or had a tee going to something else at some point it don't work very well, BUT if its "black coil" or copper its like butter!!! way better then digging tho!! I have used it several times to pull a new line under a slab that was leaking!! thanks for sharing & stay safe!!

[@williammorris3303]

You may have considered taping tracer wire to the pipe . I know that in my area it is required by code

[@plumbbuild6517]

Glad to see you are back in action haven't seen you in a while great video hope to see you post more videos and a short clip of your plumbing van anyway stay safe and thanks

[@Liledgy100]

I’m a lineman, but pull cable thru pipe, duct packages etc. too. Very interesting “pipe slicer”. I agree, use a swivel behind the pipe slicer. What kept the steel guy wire behind the pipe splicer, the small piece of steel? What did you use to pull the steel wire and new water line in with? Sometimes elevate one side of the mini ex tracks and loop the pulling line around the tracks and use it as the “winch”.

[@Sctronic209]

That was interesting. Nice work looking forward to the next one.

[@Empireplumbing45]

Holy crap ! That’s bad ass ! Very interesting

[@jimn4307]

My man Karl best plumber ever

[@hhprogressiveconstruction1140]

How did they pull the new pipe throw the old water line .

[@michaelholliday100]

He did not pull the new pipe through the old pipe. He pulled the old pipe out as the new pipe was going in from his side...

[@MaverickandStuff]

I knew you could do that, but I was always wondering how.

[@johnlong9655]

Can you do that with type K copper?

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

yes, we do that quite often in cities that require k copper

[@taylorharrison5667]

Where are you located

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

Findlay/Lima OH area

[@nathanielreid4967]

Thanks 4 sharing👍👍👍

[@TheMigraineGuy]

I bet they were happy they didn't need their yard dug up. Happy customers are the best marketing.

[@georgewahlers2854]

You should do sa tour of your work truck

[@hpman7324]

Nice job man👌😏

[@johng.1703]

that cable looks to be a bit on the scrawny side, looks like it was too thin for the job, many I have seen after watching this video tend to use 3/4" cable.

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

It was 1/4" cable, works fine for poly pipe. But I always use 3/8" cable now for galvanized line and everything else. Of course I use 3/4" cable on my sewer pipe burst jobs

[@psyfertech]

thats so awesome big time saver

[@JosephpPetrosky]

When replacing the water line in home better get 1” at a 200psi rating

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

This is 250 psi rated, some good tough stuff!

[@jasonhw6428]

Use 3/8" cable

[@zacgracia]

That’s was great 👍

[@savinorenteria3192]

Sweet 👍

[@donnierobertson3088]

Ok

[@jeepxj]

Yesssssssss

[@williammorris3303]

20 or 30 years? What in the hell is the matter with you that you are laying water lines that you only believe in for 20 years

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

What are we talking about?

[@jcoz5577]

You know what you forgot? A locate wire. Now you're never going to be able to locate that water line.

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

Only one jurisdiction had required us to install locate wire with a water service. I've tossed that idea around in my head many times, I'll take this as a sign to do it on my next ones

[@bohhica1]

First day with a camera? Need to practice with your camera and videos, getting sick watching this. Gotta give you this till some improvement is shown.👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

[@simpsons721]

Carl said dont come back

[@Subfightr]

@@simpsons721 lmao