I'm at the end of a project where my entire house is dug up and just waiting for the last few inches of topsoil and new grass to be installed. I had a new drainage system put in so thats covered with rocks and a felt pad (to prevent dirt from clogging the stones)

I really dont know what i'm going to do with outside lighting but was wondering if it would be a good idea to lay some pipe around my perimeter before they fill up the space around my house with a few inches of dirt? I guess ever 10 ft or so id have a T that came up and stuck out of the ground (then would slice it off to make it level with the new dirt)

Just tossing out ideas here..i dont want to have all this new dirt and grass be put in and then say darn, why didnt i do that?

But then again, how easy would it be to fish wire through buried PVC anyway?

looking for any input.

 

Install a pull cord inside the conduit when it is installed to aid in pulling the wire.

 

Make sure the pipe is oversized for the wiring you will be installing as 90 degree tees will be hard to pull through without tearing up the sheathing on the wire. You can always reduce the size right at ground level after you pull the wires through so you can install the box.

 

The T's cannot be buried. You need access to remove the sideplate so that wires can be pulled in.

 

ok then it sounds like i should just wait to figure out what my plan is and dig stuff up if i need to. I'm working on interior projects now so unsure when ill get to the outside

 

I will also add that the minimum burial depth for conduit or cables is 12" if GFI protected, unless under 2" or more of concrete. This does not apply to driveways.

Other conditions require deeper depths. Either way a few inches of topsoil is not deep enough.

 

well then that ship has sailed, i'm not getting 12 inches of topsoil and i'm not going to dig into the membrane that has covered my stones and new drainage system

though i dont really know what to do now because i want to be able to mow around the lights.