flexible conduit for service line?
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flexible conduit for service line?
I'm an owner-builder and am getting ready to run a service line to a house I'm building. Rather than deal with schedule 40, which doesn't allow much flex, I'd like to get some of the flexible conduit that the electric companies use. I'm figuring this is a 2 inch line. What is this material called and where might I get it?
I prefer the flexible conduit because in the places where I might need turns, I'd rather have a gentle turn, than have to put in fittings with schedule 40 and have more drastic turns. Plus, the flexible conduit usually comes in long lengths, so it could be continuous, which would make it more water tight. It's to be buried.
I prefer the flexible conduit because in the places where I might need turns, I'd rather have a gentle turn, than have to put in fittings with schedule 40 and have more drastic turns. Plus, the flexible conduit usually comes in long lengths, so it could be continuous, which would make it more water tight. It's to be buried.
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I'm an owner-builder and am getting ready to run a service line to a house I'm building. Rather than deal with schedule 40, which doesn't allow much flex, I'd like to get some of the flexible conduit that the electric companies use. I'm figuring this is a 2 inch line. What is this material called and where might I get it?
If you get lucky and get an invitation to their warehouse yard, take along duct tape, gloves, a pullsaw, a wookie or pro football player, and a gift card for everybody who helps you along the way.
The last time I was at a yard they had dozens of reels sitting around with 100 feet on them, and piles of shorter lengths. Sometimes you have to know somebody, and if that's the case you'll have to call in a contractor.
Be advised this stuff is harder to handle in the cold, and the bigger the diameter, the more manhandling you will need to do. That's why you need the wookie.
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aww come on amm. this is the easy life
the wookie is a nice touch.
If you get lucky and get an invitation to their warehouse yard, take along duct tape, gloves, a pullsaw, a wookie or pro football player, and a gift card for everybody who helps you along the way.
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I thought in the easy life they just direct buried it. Or maybe that was the Simple Life. I forget.