How To Tunnel a Sidewalk for French Drain Pipe with Pop Up Emmiter

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How To Tunnel a Sidewalk for French Drain Pipe with Pop Up Emmiter

Tools Needed.
Large regular Shovel – Small trenching Shovel

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Prep Area –
Dig out both sides of walk about 6 to 8 feet. This is so you can use large shovel and stay flat without digging a belly under the walk

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Use large shovel 1st. Remove dirt from the top of the concrete and then push shovel flat into and under the walk to remove the dirt

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Once you have gone as far as you can with big shovel, now use small trenching shovel. Same thing. Remove dirt from top of concrete and then dig flat out under to remove soil.

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Soon you will be more than 1/2 ways through. Then move to other side and repeat the steps until you have 4″ hole under walk!

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You may need to adjust your hole. Simple use small trenching shovel and widen as needed.

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Pull pipe under and back fill as best you can under the walk.

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Your Done!

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Its really not that hard!
You can do this!

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