Whereismyhat
New Member
I have a question regarding running a lateral line. I was thinking of running a 1" PVC mainline from my rainbarrels which are about 150 feet from my garden/greenhouse. Everything is on a slight slope, with the garden/greenhouse sitting on the lower part of a slope. Can I run PVC (schedule 40) on the surface without having to worry about leaking after the first winter?
I was thought maybe if I opened the lowest part of the PVC pipe and remove say remove the first 5-10 ft. section of the pipe connecting the rainbarrels and the rest of the line prior to winter, I might be in the clear?
I just wondering if the winters (near Chicago), would be cold enough to put cracks in PVC joints [or the pipe sections] even with everything drained out and left out on the surface? It's not perpetually going to hold water. Nor would there be anything impacting/touching and no one would be walking anywhere near the PVC pipe during the winter.
I was thought maybe if I opened the lowest part of the PVC pipe and remove say remove the first 5-10 ft. section of the pipe connecting the rainbarrels and the rest of the line prior to winter, I might be in the clear?
I just wondering if the winters (near Chicago), would be cold enough to put cracks in PVC joints [or the pipe sections] even with everything drained out and left out on the surface? It's not perpetually going to hold water. Nor would there be anything impacting/touching and no one would be walking anywhere near the PVC pipe during the winter.
