Hello everyone,
we want to build a single-family house with a garage on a serviced plot of land. However, the garage is planned to be located exactly between the utility connection points and the utility room. Our municipal water supervisor told us that the water pipe must always be laid straight, following the shortest route, and will therefore run directly underneath the middle of the garage. He doesn’t see any issue with this.
Personally, I’m not very comfortable with that. How would repairs be handled if the pipe ever failed? It seems like it would be completely inaccessible. Is it common practice to lay it straight like this? I understand this approach for wastewater pipes, but I wouldn’t have expected a supply line to have to follow a strictly straight path.
What do you think about this, and how could this be resolved with the garage in place without moving the garage? (Unfortunately, moving the garage is not an option.)
Thanks in advance and best regards
we want to build a single-family house with a garage on a serviced plot of land. However, the garage is planned to be located exactly between the utility connection points and the utility room. Our municipal water supervisor told us that the water pipe must always be laid straight, following the shortest route, and will therefore run directly underneath the middle of the garage. He doesn’t see any issue with this.
Personally, I’m not very comfortable with that. How would repairs be handled if the pipe ever failed? It seems like it would be completely inaccessible. Is it common practice to lay it straight like this? I understand this approach for wastewater pipes, but I wouldn’t have expected a supply line to have to follow a strictly straight path.
What do you think about this, and how could this be resolved with the garage in place without moving the garage? (Unfortunately, moving the garage is not an option.)
Thanks in advance and best regards
The blue pipe is the water supply line.
https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/Bauhaus-villa-aus-beton-mit-Kerndämmung-Erfahrungen.28733/post-360876
The utility providers will require a site plan anyway. We had three on-site meetings before we found a solution. It was a bit more complicated for us as well.
https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/Bauhaus-villa-aus-beton-mit-Kerndämmung-Erfahrungen.28733/post-360876
The utility providers will require a site plan anyway. We had three on-site meetings before we found a solution. It was a bit more complicated for us as well.
We are now doing it as originally planned – running the line directly under the garage into the house. There will be no inspection shaft or anything like that. The builder and water engineer agreed that this is acceptable because, as @superzapp already mentioned, the pipe will be installed inside an additional PVC pipe. If something breaks, it can simply be replaced.
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immermehr11 May 2020 21:45Ben-man schrieb:
We are now proceeding as originally planned – running the pipe directly under the garage into the house. There will be no access chamber or anything like that. The builder and the water inspector agreed that this is acceptable because, as @superzapp already mentioned, the pipe will be installed inside an additional PVC conduit. If anything breaks, it can simply be replaced.Interesting. I have a similar situation but will be routing the pipe about 1 meter (3 feet) away from the garage on the side.
Just a silly question, since it fits here right now.
In the past, water pipes were made of cast iron or galvanized steel. In my house, built in 1964, there is a galvanized steel pipe arriving in the basement.
I’ve often read that nowadays pipes are laid inside protective conduits to allow for replacement later on. For that, I would need a flexible pipe, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to pull it through later. Usually, the protective conduit isn’t perfectly straight, as I often have to route it up through the floor slab.
What material are the water pipes typically made of that come into the house from the water supplier?
Regards,
Specki
In the past, water pipes were made of cast iron or galvanized steel. In my house, built in 1964, there is a galvanized steel pipe arriving in the basement.
I’ve often read that nowadays pipes are laid inside protective conduits to allow for replacement later on. For that, I would need a flexible pipe, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to pull it through later. Usually, the protective conduit isn’t perfectly straight, as I often have to route it up through the floor slab.
What material are the water pipes typically made of that come into the house from the water supplier?
Regards,
Specki
Usually, HD-PE pipes with double walls are used for drinking water and are provided by the utility company.
Depending on the diameter, these pipes can be more or less flexible, allowing for replacement later through your house entry point.
Inside the house, metal-plastic composite pipes like Geberit Mepla are commonly used.
There is no need to run these pipes inside empty conduits.
In Switzerland or Austria, pipes are sometimes installed using a hose-in-pipe system, which makes them relatively easy to replace. I believe this method is not even allowed in Germany.
In general, modern water pipes last almost indefinitely, as long as they are not left semi-dry for years...
Depending on the diameter, these pipes can be more or less flexible, allowing for replacement later through your house entry point.
Inside the house, metal-plastic composite pipes like Geberit Mepla are commonly used.
There is no need to run these pipes inside empty conduits.
In Switzerland or Austria, pipes are sometimes installed using a hose-in-pipe system, which makes them relatively easy to replace. I believe this method is not even allowed in Germany.
In general, modern water pipes last almost indefinitely, as long as they are not left semi-dry for years...
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