Replacing Underground Water Supply Line

[JDon99]

My water line is leaking in my yard, so I am currently getting quotes on having the line replaced, but may do it myself to save some cash. It has a green colored plastic line ran right now. What are my current options on plastic lines? I am thinking of tackling this myself, so I am looking for the plumbing experts for help. Thanks fellas!

 

[larry4406]

In my neck of the woods we use black polyethylene. Comes in 100-300 ft rolls. 20 years ago it would have been copper. I like poly.

 

[Hurricanoday]

I had a sprinkler line break and I plan on replacing it with the black poly line mentioned above. I could see where it was leaking when I turned on the sprinklers.

I think it is a no brainer if you can see where it is leaking, dig up the line and fix the break. I have a small tractor/backhoe so it is super easy.

I'm no expert but there are plenty of videos and stuff to watch.

 

[CNGsaves]

City just redid ALL the water down my street in last month. They pulled out the copper that went under the street to old steel supply line.

Now there is 8" blue high-strength plastic main supply. The "feeder" line to my house was horizontally drilled with Ditch Witch and they used 1" blue thick-wall plastic poly water pipe. That is some tough ****. I'll be long dead before any type of water issues ever crop up on my street !!

What DISTANCE are you talking about ?? If quite a ways and there are obstacles like sidewalks, driveways, etc in the way, then I'd recommend you get horizontal borer quote from plumber or even sprinkler installation company.

+1 to use the blue poly water plastic pipe. Do It Once . . Do It Right !!

 

[coljar]

In my neck of the woods we use black polyethylene. Comes in 100-300 ft rolls. 20 years ago it would have been copper. I like poly.

Yep, same here and done it myself. It was a 100ft. roll of 1". The only thing is, my buddy sent one of his men down with his hoe to dig a 30 ft. ditch, but you could rent a walk behind for not very much.

 

[JDon99]

I am gonna guestimate it is around a 200' run, goes under my driveway as well, but it's gravel.

 

[Thumper68]

What size and material is the old supply?

May not help but we had to replace a water line and the real old service (not in use for 20+ years) was 1 1/2" lead, we dug a hole at the street, one in the middle of the yard and one at the building and snaked the new 1" copper through the old lead pipe, run was about 150 feet.

Saved us a ton of time and money, of course it was January in MN too so frozen ground to deal with.

 

[Markfothebeast]

I just plumbed an entire house that has an old main that's leaking like a SOB through the basement dirt and probably in the ground outside.

I looked in to the regulations and such. Some cities are real strict on the depth (if we're discussing a main here). Typically deeper than 4'. I've even heard of cities disconnecting water service till the main is repaired.

I'm not sure what the best option is when it comes to durability. I've just know that I've yanked out copper tubing (not piping) and galvanized steel that did not last nearly as long as copper pipe.

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[sberry]

I doubt frost line is that deep there, its probably not a real problem to dig. This is a great diy job, would be rolled poly for me too.