Question about utilities

[stangman39]

Hi all,

Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend.

Where I plan to build my garage, currently internet/cable lines are buried in this area and also some underground sprinker lines/heads.

My thoughts for for the cable line was to have a 6" pvc pipe buried left to right in either the foundation concrete or in front of the garage so the cable could then be rerun thru the pvc and it wouldn't to be rerun around the garage. Have others done this? Or is there a better route to go?

For the sprinkler, by landscape guy said just try to have the foundation guys pull up the small sprinkler pvc lines and wires and move them off to the side and then they will rerun everything when the garage is done.

Thanks for the thoughts.

 

[Chaznsc]

I'd run everything around the garage and be done with it.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I'd run everything around the garage and be done with it.

That's what I would do.

 

[stangman39]

I'd run everything around the garage and be done with it.

If I do that, it means possible being w/o internet/tv at my house for at least a week and tearing up much more of the yard. The irrigation guys say it would be easier to rerun the lines for the sprinklers if they don't have to go around the garage.
I guess it sound like no one has done the pipe thru the foundation route b4?
I'll ask the concrete guy next week when he comes out for a final estimate.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Contact your local cable company. Inform them that you are building a new garage where the cable line is. Ask them if they can come out and trench one in.

Some cable providers will utilize and outside contractor for this. They have a small walk behind trencher that will knife the cable into the ground. You'll never know it was done as it doesn't tear the yard up.


BTW, if you're building a new garage, your yard is going to get tore up.

 

[stangman39]

Contact your local cable company. Inform them that you are building a new garage where the cable line is. Ask them if they can come out and trench one in.

Some cable providers will utilize and outside contractor for this. They have a small walk behind trencher that will knife the cable into the ground. You'll never know it was done as it doesn't tear the yard up.


BTW, if you're building a new garage, your yard is going to get tore up.

Oh I know they will come out and do this...they did this when I moved into the house and had the internet/cable installed and new lines run. Was just trying to avoid having them do this again. Figured if I unhook the cable line and the box at the house, run it thru the pipe idea I was thinking of doing, nothing has to be added to the line and I hook it right back up. If it run around the garage all new cable is gonna have to be run from the street. Maybe I'm just making this more difficult than it needs to be. I guess I could just run the line across the driveway while construction is being done and have a new line run when everything is complete. I'll have to speak to the irrigation guys again b/c they did make it sound like it would be easier if they could run thru the garage instead of around it.

 

[nit2wn]

I'm sure they did since it's the easiest way to do it. It might be fine to let it go that way since your in Georgia and it doesn't get that cold down here. Just depends on how deep you're going to put them. I'd rather have out from under the garage if money isn't a terrible concern. It may come to that in the future if you develop a leak in those pipes and you can't pull another line through. Same for that cable in a few years. I guess if the cable company is fine with it, go for it.

 

[stangman39]

I'm sure they did since it's the easiest way to do it. It might be fine to let it go that way since your in Georgia and it doesn't get that cold down here. Just depends on how deep you're going to put them. I'd rather have out from under the garage if money isn't a terrible concern. It may come to that in the future if you develop a leak in those pipes and you can't pull another line through. Same for that cable in a few years. I guess if the cable company is fine with it, go for it.

I don't think the plan would be to run any water irrigation lines thru the pipe in the foundation. I think the irrigation guy was speaking more of electrical lines that control the systems/circuits. He's supposed to come over tomorrow so I'll get more info.

 

[Chaznsc]

You can always build on top of the lines as they sit, then schedule the utility to come and splice a re-route at their convenience.

I'd never leave irrigation line(s) under a slab.