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Thanks Speedbump. I think you just answered the question to my biggest concern. Tunneling through from the outside seems like the the best way to go. If I can just maintain the minumum 36" depth all the way over to the basement wall, I think I'll be ok.

When you say 3 or 4' feet into the crawl space, do you mean below the surface of the dirt floor? Or, do you mean 3 or 4' from the foundation wall? There is only about 1 1/2' of clearance in the crawl space, making it impossible to do any digging. Anytime that I have to get in there to do...

One thing that I failed to mention previously was the reason why I would have to run the flexible pvc from well through crawl space instead of the basement wall. The basement area is on the opposite side of the house from where the well is located. Going through the crawl space on the side...

What you are decscribing is exactly what I wanted to do. Currently, the copper pipe coming from the pressure tank goes through a hole made in the brick that the pit was made from. It then takes a bend and runs about 2 1/2 feet before going through a large wooden beam that I think may the sill...

Actually, my plan was to run a whole new section of the 1" black flexible pvc pipe from the well into a new location in the basement. This would eliminate the existing copper line that is currently running from the pressure tank into the house. The pressure tank would actually be located in the...

My well pressure tank is located in a pit about 5 or 6 feet below the ground level. Every year the pipe coming from the tank into the house freezes during the winter months. The moisture build-up in this pit has caused the tank to rust and the pressure switch accumulate corrosion. (switch has...