Joe, Me too. I cannot believe that folks will attempt to try and save a dollar, or even a thousand dollars to do something on the cheap that is the most dangerous and lethal.
I look at this as, "How long and how much money would it take for me to fix and replace this after it is complete". Something like when building a driveway, or a workshop building, run a couple pieces of schedule 160 PVC, 4 or 6 inch conduit pipes underground, under the building or driveway before it is built. Let them stub out on each side underground. Mark them and take a picture of theie end cap locations. On the far stretch idea that 10 years from now, I may want a water pipe, or a light, or anything like that on the other side of the driveway, or maybe water to a standpipe behind the shed. Spending that few hundred on pipe, caps and glue, saves me thousands in the long run if I ever use them. If not, so what. It is a cheap gamble.
Go and purchase used paint from the goodwill store if you want to save money.
