My Experience Connecting Irrigation Lines | Tunnel PVC Under A Driveway

[@TurfMechanic]

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[@greenM1221]

Great job getting that pipe through. Done plenty of those in my past. Messy but feels good when you get that pipe across the driveway. Saved yourself some money doing it yourself.

[@TurfMechanic]

Definitely saved a big chunk of cash doing it myself; I like trying hard manual things as much as I can because I learn so much but I'm not excited to do this again any time soon! Once is good for me until the memory fades a bit! LOL

[@robgeach8105]

you always make good videos but this video is the best you've done to date.

[@TurfMechanic]

Wow, what a compliment! Thank you 😊

[@PNWLawnGuy]

Agreed. Love all your stuff but this one might have been the best. Thank you!

[@bmez997]

Appreciate all your videos. In my last house I put down two 1.5” near my garage and one 1” close to the road before they poured my driveway. Can’t imagine trying to do this.

[@TurfMechanic]

I hit publish on this video then told my son I'd never do that again! Lol, I knew it would be a beast of a job but as is always the case, hard is still doable and it feels awesome to have done it myself. Thanks for watching so many vids btw, you regulars make this channel so rewarding for me. 😊

[@Sylvan_dB]

I used this to get under sidewalks. I'm sure glad my builder put a 2in ABS pipe under the (wide) driveway for me. Some people think ahead and do the little extras. I just had to trench along the edge of the driveway and found the pipe.

[@ScottLokey-q2b]

I tried to go 21 ft under my driveway using a brass nozzle connected to 3/4" pvc. I got stuck at about 9ft in. The gravel pack packed up and I couldn't go forward or back. Wish I had seen this video before I started mine. I think using a larger pipe to allow gravel to backwash is a good idea. Also good to see how difficult it really is to do this.

[@raymondmcdonald7085]

Well Brian, as usual, lots of detail with your project which I appreciate. I have been wanting to put in irrigation for my lawn project for some time now at the request of my wife. As you know, "happy wife, happy life"! I have a much larger amount of sod to open for the pipe layment and was wondering if you know an easier way than the hand digging. Love seeing the whole family getting involved. Great job editing!

[@Sylvan_dB]

You can rent a trencher. It makes a big mess. Black poly tubing can also be "pulled." I don't know if rental places would have that or not. Around me you can hire someone to pull the pipe (run a machine) and leave ends for you to dig out and put in valves and heads (the hand work so most expensive to hire).

[@mikegardiner3934]

wow , that was some hard work, but paid off. Looks great!

[@DirtygardenCA]

Wow great job, mission accomplished. I remember there was talk before that you were going to need to hire this job out to a pro.

[@TurfMechanic]

Yep, I was originally thinking I'd hire this out but it was you (or maybe another commenter, I can't remember) that gave me the confidence to give it a try myself. Learned a lot doing this for sure! Btw, I like the new handle 👌

[@StratOvation]

2" PVC with a mini-jetter nozzle on a pressure washer may have worked much better for this tunneling venture. but congrats on accomplishing this daunting task!

[@yung784]

It’s crazy how your finger is actually pointing at what you’re pointing at.

[@richardportelli1983]

Awesome video thank you.

[@TurfMechanic]

thanks for the pat on the back, glad you enjoyed it!

[@paullasko2023]

You can get parts from the big box store to connect a garden hose to the tail of a PVC pipe and the jet nozzle to the front end. IIRC, a 3/4" pvc slip joint x male hose thread fitting is available at Lowes but not Home Depot. I got all the other pieces at Home Depot.

[@technoV0L]

He actually showed that kit in this video and explained why he didn't use it.

[@TurfMechanic]

true, you could just as easily buy all the individual parts and make a stronger PVC jet nozzle than the kit from Orbit I showed but I still think the tip should be hard like the brass nozzle I used because it's constantly getting rammed up into compacted ground and rock. For under sidewalks or softer ground then a PVC accessory would probably work but the nozzle I used is only $10-15 so seems like a no-brianer to me.

[@paullasko2023]

@@TurfMechanic If you get the individual pieces you can attach your brass nozzle. Worked really well for me.

[@TurfMechanic]

@@paullasko2023 ohh yeah, I see what you are getting at. In that case yes, that would be an awesome upgrade for a lot of people! Thanks for fully elaborating!

[@skeepee]

The risk is that any fittings you add to the PVC adds surfaces that it can snag on. I'm dealing with this right now. I got 7-8 feet under my driveway before hitting something I can't bore through, but I can't remove the PVC because the male GHT adapter and jet nozzle I put on the end are catching on material. I'm probably going to have to cut the pipe and start over.

[@GirLzLawn]

Success! Awesome.

[@gerhardtkoller1601]

Stupid question but how would one get that fancy free head for irragreen you mentioned?

[@TurfMechanic]

Anyone ordering a system using the code turfmech gets one...or at least so im told 😁

[@gerhardtkoller1601]

@@TurfMechanic thank you kindly

[@leifromNYC]

Just hope your drive way no crack

[@TurfMechanic]

Me too, fingers crossed. I think it'll be fine but if it ever cracks then I'll just deal with it then.

[@WApnj]

Come on.. you need to be below the gravel layer to do this.. DoH

[@michaelhughes7267]

Dig shorter trench. Use shorter pipe and apply downward pressure to pipe as you go to keep jet head up against concrete. Jet boring heads sold everywhere, simlly attach to PVC and add pvc pipe as you bore.