Replacing driveway and running an extension up the side of the house and found that the conduit for the electric stops right below where the soil was. Checked with some people and was told that when the house was built this was standard thing to do. What is the proper way to lay concrete around the wires? Do I get a large plastic pipe and cut enough out of it to slide around the wires to protect them? I am worried about maintenance issues later down the road if the wires ever need to be replaced. When installed the pad will be above the existing conduit but below the siding by about 3 inches.
Putting in concrete pad on side of house and found this....
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Replacing driveway and running an extension up the side of the house and found that the conduit for the electric stops right below where the soil was. Checked with some people and was told that when the house was built this was standard thing to do. What is the proper way to lay concrete around the wires? Do I get a large plastic pipe and cut enough out of it to slide around the wires to protect them? I am worried about maintenance issues later down the road if the wires ever need to be replaced. When installed the pad will be above the existing conduit but below the siding by about 3 inches.
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Thanks for the input guys. That ground wire is actually attached to the rod. For some reason there is a lot of slack in it. I thought I would move it a little closer to the wires and have it inside my " protected" area. I have decide to go with a piece of pipe around the existing wires starting where the conduit ends and going a couple inches below the concrete. Then installing a second much larger pipe - 8-10 inches cut in half - as the form which the concrete will butt up against. This way there is no movement against the wires when the concrete heaves.
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