Flexible exterior water pipe

[Marnhullman]

I have an external tap on the back wall of my house and I want to T off it to take a supply to another location. There is a recently installed expensive path underneath the tap which I am reluctant to lift.

I propose to use a core drill to drill on oversized hole immediately below the tap and excavate a hole in the lawn such that I could then poke a hole beneath the path and meet up with the hole near the tap. I would then feed the flexible section of water pipe under the slabs and pull it up to join the tap joint.

Is there a type of flexible pipe I could use to connect the tap to the conventional plastic pipe I shall lay underground? I've seen a type of corrugated pipe that looks like it may do the trick but could I then join it to the conventional rigid pipe?

Any ideas appreciated.

Thanks

 

[foxhole]

Plastic pipe is flexible ?

 

[Marnhullman]

Yes, it is, but I don't think it's flexible enough to be able to turn it through 90° as sharply as I'll need to. There's going to be a righthand bend just below the paving slabs which I think will be too sharp for normal water pipe.

I was hoping for something that is considerably more flexible. Almost the flexibility of garden hosepipe but more durable and which could be joined to standard water pipe.

 

[pcaouolte]

How are you going to get this pipe through the compacted earth under the path? Poke doesn't sound realistic. can you drill under the path from the lawn?

 

[oldbutnotdead]

What sort of distance is there between your 2 holes? Was your expensive path properly bedded with crushed and compacted material- if so then very low odds you'll be able to just poke a bit of tube under the slabs.
Horizontal drilling will be the way to go but your access hole in the lawn will need to be quite long. Up to a metre easy (SDS bits 1 metre long are cheap and easily bought).