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 slelhe
Aug 23, 2009, 07:53 AM
How do you install 3/4" copper waterline under an existing concrete driveway?
 speedball1
Aug 23, 2009, 09:21 AM
How do you install 3/4" copper waterline under an existing concrete driveway?
 
Assumimg there are no rocks in the way you can jet it.  Take a length of  3/4" PVC and glue a cap on one end. Next drill a 3/8th" hole in the cap.  On the other end attach a female hose connection.Take your copper and slip a 3/4" copper hard cap over the end. 
Duct tape the two ends together.  Hook the PVC up to a hose and turn the pressure on.   Inch by inch work  the two lines under your drive.  Good luck,  Tom
 hkstroud
Aug 23, 2009, 10:54 AM
Tom,
 
What do you think of this idea?
 
Rig up your PVC pipe with the cap as you described with cap and small hole.  Rig the other end with a connection to a power washer.
 
I think I would use 1" PVC and leave it in as a sleeve.  Drill the hole the same approximate size as the hole in the end of the power washer nozzle.
 speedball1
Aug 23, 2009, 11:10 AM
[QUOTE=hkstroud;1940359]Tom,
 
What do you think of this idea?
 
Rig up your PVC pipe with the cap as you described with cap and small hole.  Rig the other end with a connection to a power washer.
 
I think I would use 1" PVC and leave it in as a sleeve.  Drill the hole the same approximate size as the hole in the end of the power washer nozzle.
Works for me  Harold.  Tom