Water Line suggestions . . . .

[Sharecropper]

I am ready to run a water line to our new homesite from our well. My question is what kind of pipe can I use in a clay soil? I have been told that the expansion/contraction of the clay soil will break normal PCV water pipes. Don't know if that's true but I only want to do this one time! Suggestions would be appreciated!

[Bilbo]

Someone will have the correct name for it, but it comes on rolls and is works well. Helped dad run a line years ago and still no problems.

[smokin6.7]

PEX - the only way to go.

[Mudslinger]

Pex or schedule 40 PVC. Personally i would go with PEX.

[Sharecropper]

Thanks, what kind of PEX would you use? . . . the list is large . . .

[Change Up]

Sch 40 PVC is all you need. Pex is good but in case of an emergency leak PVC fittings are easy to find than Pex fittings. From the well to the tank if the tank in in the garage should be 1-1/4" sch 40

[HELLRAZOR]

Poly pipe comes in a roll

[cosmiccowboy]

I have literally run thousands of feet of Sch 40 PVC at the ranchito in soil ranging from about 50% clay to 100% clay and have had zero problems with pipe breaking.

[Smokeater]

Might cover it in pea gravel before you fill the trench back in....allow for some flex.

[Todd-ty729]

Sch. 40 PVC

Only way to go in any soil.

Don't use the stuff in rolls regardless of what type of piping it is.

We normally use the yellow poly pipe for gas lines under ground but adapting the ends for water is tricky.

Like was said above sch 40 fittings are easier to find at most home centers if you ever need to make a repair or another tie-in to the line in the future.

[Loreva13]

Poly tubing has worked great for us

[Tmag]

Sch 40 is best for repairs. I used 1" on my new house and get more volume and pressure.

[smokin6.7]

Black gumbo here and it moves a lot! Before PEX I was fixing the old sch40 pvc 1-2 a year. Hadn't had a break since PEX was installed- 2 yrs ago. I don't know exactly what kind my plumber used. It was yellow and in a roll..? Had over 300 foot installed from the meter at the road to the house, shop and barn.

[Wall_Hanger]

if you are really worried about breakage, you can run you sch 40 inside 3" corragated drainage pipe. It makes repairs a pain but in highly varialbe soil conditions it can help. I have never done it pesonally but i have read about farmers in nebraska and kansas doing it on a larger scale for irrigation systems. just a thought. good luck.