Rmelo99
Network Engineer
Hello all I am restoring/refurbing my detached garage. It is about 100' or so from my house. There is a workshop and loft out there from way back in the day.
There is a full bathroom and gas boiler out there for heating. Other than electric the utilties have been disconnected (not by me)
I need to get a new water line and possibly gas line out to the garage.
The existing gas line is 1" black pipe and looks to be in very good shape. It is connected to the approx 30yr old boiler in the garage and disconneted in my basement. A pressure test is in order prior to putting that back into service, if all passes ok with the pressure test is there anything more that could be wrong with the line that I should factor into my decision of reusing or replacing?
The water supply line is a different story. I can find the old 1" copper line cut off in the garage, but not in the basement. I'm thinking perhaps it was fed by it's own meter from the city. Either way I need to get water out there.
When someone ran the gas line out there they also ran 2 PVC Electrical conduits out there, a 3/4" which I can't find the other end of and a 1.25" that I know where both ends are. They put a pull string in the pvc....but it is stuck on either end. These are both unused at the moment.
I'm trying to avoid having to dig a trench for gas/water/power!! I was thinking of the possibility of pulling a 1/2" pex line inside of the conduit that i found. If this is doable and the gas line is reusable I can avoid having to trench.
If this is doable and the gas line bad I can settle on putting a propane tank out back for fuel for the garage.
Main reason for not wanting to trench is the driveway between the house and garage would have to be torn up...and that blows any budget.
There is a full bathroom and gas boiler out there for heating. Other than electric the utilties have been disconnected (not by me)
I need to get a new water line and possibly gas line out to the garage.
The existing gas line is 1" black pipe and looks to be in very good shape. It is connected to the approx 30yr old boiler in the garage and disconneted in my basement. A pressure test is in order prior to putting that back into service, if all passes ok with the pressure test is there anything more that could be wrong with the line that I should factor into my decision of reusing or replacing?
The water supply line is a different story. I can find the old 1" copper line cut off in the garage, but not in the basement. I'm thinking perhaps it was fed by it's own meter from the city. Either way I need to get water out there.
When someone ran the gas line out there they also ran 2 PVC Electrical conduits out there, a 3/4" which I can't find the other end of and a 1.25" that I know where both ends are. They put a pull string in the pvc....but it is stuck on either end. These are both unused at the moment.
I'm trying to avoid having to dig a trench for gas/water/power!! I was thinking of the possibility of pulling a 1/2" pex line inside of the conduit that i found. If this is doable and the gas line is reusable I can avoid having to trench.
If this is doable and the gas line bad I can settle on putting a propane tank out back for fuel for the garage.
Main reason for not wanting to trench is the driveway between the house and garage would have to be torn up...and that blows any budget.