Ok to pour slab over water line?

[Johnny Dangerr]

I would put in a full length french drain about 12" wide. You can walk on it and it will help keep both slabs stable and if anything breaks you can get to the broken pipe. We have a french drain I walk across regularly...

[Twist]

Most houses have water lines run under slab..

Yep, because they were designed that way. This one wasn’t and likely doesn’t have the depth of one that was intended to be serviced as such.

All I can do from here is shrug while thinking that there’s no way in hell I’d do this, while not expecting issues anyway.

[Big_gun]

Friends had their line 5' under their driveway... been that way for years... over New Years they have to dig it up for a leak.... i would avoid going under if at all possible

[kae006]

I would put in a full length french drain about 12" wide. You can walk on it and it will help keep both slabs stable and if anything breaks you can get to the broken pipe. We have a french drain I walk across regularly...

A french drain in his foundation?

[MtnMike]

Most houses have water lines run under slab..

Copper Lines yes, a PVC Schedule 40 Pressure Water line under a Slab is no bueno!! Unless you enjoy busting concrete of course!!

[TexasCanesFan]

I would slab over it. No need to dig it up unless it gives trouble. No harder to re-route it later than it is now, and it's pretty doubtful it will ever give any trouble. The part under the slab will be better protected than it is now.

That was my thought. You can get 2 both ends of it to reroute it if need be in the future. If you were pouring the slab over where it goes under the current house then that would be a different story to me. I might try to sleeve it or something to prevent dealing with it again.

You can do the exact same reroute 10 or 20 years from now around that slab that you can do right now, if need be.

[TxDispatcher]

Yes they do. But you have to remember that you took the pictures and where you put them.

Soooooo, what you're saying is that you have the same issue as I do I am always putting stuff in a certain place so that I "know where it is", and then can't remember where I put it so that I wouldn't forget where I put it

[WItoTX]

If your dead set on not moving it ,put it in a sleave so that you could replace it when needed.

I was thinking this too. But then I thought if you are going to do all that work, might as well run it around, assuming it's not a massive add on.

[LeanMachine]

I did forget to mention that I am replacing the current water line regardless. It was too shallow to begin with. The grade on back side of house was at or above the siding. When i started to reduce the grade, I hit the water line. It is about 8" underground every where else I have located it and that is about the amount the grade needs to come down.

It is not much more trouble or expense to go around.

[7sdad]

My driveway and a sidewalk go over mine.

[softpoint]

Copper Lines yes, a PVC Schedule 40 Pressure Water line under a Slab is no bueno!! Unless you enjoy busting concrete of course!!

Why would he have to bust concrete? IF it broke under the slab he is pouring, (highly unlikely) then he could just route it around the add-on, exactly like he is thinking about doing now...

[kingranch]

I did mine this way under a heavy beam. I just ran a thick piece of HD pvc and routed it thru the pvc in another line in case I needed to pull it and service it. Works fine

[Fordnandez]

I wouldnt worry about it. As mentioned before I would put a sleeve for future.

[Brazos Hunter]

The things that are in the way, become the way.




Micheal

[Txarrowhunter]

From what I’ve found most just do it and change route later if needed.