Hey all, New to this forum i usually post over in knots,
Anyway i am running a new water line to my detached garage, It will be for the bathroom toilet, sink and and also i plan on a hose bib for the outside. I am ripping up the concrete and pouring new and i would like to get this pipe in while i have easy access under the pavement.
So my question is what type of pipe should i use, I was planing on a heave gage copper its just over 25 feet so i would have two buried joints.
This line will only be used in the summer and i will have a shut off and also a way to drain it dry come fall from the inside the house, and as far as it being under a slab only the first 7 or 8 feet will be really in-accessible the rest will run along the edge of the concrete, so worst case if it leaks i could dig down next to it and then over a foot to the pipe,
thanks for the advice
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First of all a 25 ft copper water line should not have any joints.
Use soft drawn copper tubing, not copper pipe.
But I would probably use PE tubing or PEX.
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
I agree with Bill about soft drawn rolled copper tubing.
Some locals do not allow PE to be run inside the building line.
Pex is great for this, but I would run it inside a "smurf" tube when running underground.
Use pex, its better and FAR cheaper and easier to install than a roll of copper. Also, put the water line below whatever your frost line is just as an insurance to make sure you never have a freeze issue. If you do miss some water when you winterize it, you'll still be ok.